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Publications on the use of cloud technologies at libraries

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This paper gives a review of foreign and Russian publications on the application of cloud technologies in the work of libraries. The advantages and disadvantages of introducing cloud computing in library practice are analyzed. The opinions of library staff on cloud technologies and the potential for their use is presented. The experience of the most popular cloud librarian systems is considered.

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    A. A. Stukalova & A. E. Guskov

  2. Institute of Computing Technologies, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

    A. E. Guskov

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    A. E. Guskov

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Original Russian Text © A.A. Stukalova, A.E. Guskov, 2016, published in Nauchno-Technicheskaya Informatsiya, Seriya 1, 2016, No. 2, pp. 22–33.

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Stukalova, A.A., Guskov, A.E. Publications on the use of cloud technologies at libraries. Sci. Tech.Inf. Proc. 43, 47–57 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0147688216010093

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