Comments on: LITA’s Top Tech Trends http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/07/12/litas-top-tech-trends/ David Lee King is the Digital Branch & Services Manager at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, where he plans, implements, and experiments with emerging technology trends. He has spoken in the U.S. and Canada about emerging trends, website usability and management, digital experience planning, and managing techie staff, and has been published in many library-related journals. David writes the Internet Spotlight column in Public Libraries Magazine with Michael Porter. David maintains a blog at http://www.davidleeking.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ee Knud http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/07/12/litas-top-tech-trends/comment-page-1/#comment-28352 Ee Knud Mon, 22 Nov 2010 03:42:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1175#comment-28352 Like Roy, I'm old enough to have been a mainframe user/programmer. I can see his comparison to mainframes, but I submit that he's missing the point. * no batch processing anymore; it's effectively real time * no mainframe-based system would allow you to send a request for more computing/network/storage bandwidth and give it to you in minutes Cloud computing has the potential to allow libraries and other orgs to respond very quickly to requests for new services, develop new services, and manage dynamic loads. The old mainframe models had you buying (incredibly expensive) blocks of time. The last, maybe best point, is because the primary interface is HTTP(S), you can expose data for use by others extremely quickly and easily. Back in the day, you spooled up a tape, recorded, then mailed it to your customer... :-) Like Roy, I’m old enough to have been a mainframe user/programmer. I can see his comparison to mainframes, but I submit that he’s missing the point.
* no batch processing anymore; it’s effectively real time
* no mainframe-based system would allow you to send a request for more computing/network/storage bandwidth and give it to you in minutes
Cloud computing has the potential to allow libraries and other orgs to respond very quickly to requests for new services, develop new services, and manage dynamic loads. The old mainframe models had you buying (incredibly expensive) blocks of time.

The last, maybe best point, is because the primary interface is HTTP(S), you can expose data for use by others extremely quickly and easily. Back in the day, you spooled up a tape, recorded, then mailed it to your customer… :-)

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]]> By: The Monday Muse: Top Tech Trends | Libraries Interact http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/07/12/litas-top-tech-trends/comment-page-1/#comment-21964 The Monday Muse: Top Tech Trends | Libraries Interact Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:01:57 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1175#comment-21964 [...] can read more about these at Library Journal, David Lee King, Marshall Breeding,  LITABlog, Mobile Libraries and Free Range Librarian.  You can also [...] [...] can read more about these at Library Journal, David Lee King, Marshall Breeding,  LITABlog, Mobile Libraries and Free Range Librarian.  You can also [...]

]]> By: Brook http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/07/12/litas-top-tech-trends/comment-page-1/#comment-21908 Brook Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:13:25 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1175#comment-21908 Thank you! I wasn't able to catch the whole talk. Very useful. Thank you! I wasn’t able to catch the whole talk. Very useful.

]]> By: Brook http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/07/12/litas-top-tech-trends/comment-page-1/#comment-27124 Brook Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:13:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1175#comment-27124 Thank you! I wasn't able to catch the whole talk. Very useful. Thank you! I wasn’t able to catch the whole talk. Very useful.

]]> By: LITA Top Tech Trends 2009 « Surf’s Up http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/07/12/litas-top-tech-trends/comment-page-1/#comment-21901 LITA Top Tech Trends 2009 « Surf’s Up Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:45:49 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1175#comment-21901 [...] LITA’s Top Tech Trends at David Lee King Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)I *heart* TwitterFunctioning in a state of overloadColorado Sen. Michael Bennet on Education: “We’re Falling Behind the Rest o…The Future of Facebook – TIME [...] [...] LITA’s Top Tech Trends at David Lee King Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)I *heart* TwitterFunctioning in a state of overloadColorado Sen. Michael Bennet on Education: “We’re Falling Behind the Rest o…The Future of Facebook – TIME [...]

]]> By: PLA Blog » Blog Archive » LITA’s Top Technology Trends http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/07/12/litas-top-tech-trends/comment-page-1/#comment-21899 PLA Blog » Blog Archive » LITA’s Top Technology Trends Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:32:18 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1175#comment-21899 [...] This may have been somewhat of a set up instead of truly believed statements, for it generated much debate. Understanding the finer points is difficult, not just because of the technical language, but also because of some academic and philosophical jargon. Luckily for us, the entire program is available to view again and again at LitaBlog. Also, David Lee King seemed to understand the finer point a bit better than I did and bullet pointed them on his blog. [...] [...] This may have been somewhat of a set up instead of truly believed statements, for it generated much debate. Understanding the finer points is difficult, not just because of the technical language, but also because of some academic and philosophical jargon. Luckily for us, the entire program is available to view again and again at LitaBlog. Also, David Lee King seemed to understand the finer point a bit better than I did and bullet pointed them on his blog. [...]

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