Category Archives: Presentations

This presentation takes a look at some of the different cloud based services and discusses how they can be used by higher education technology professionals to provide systems they supply to their users. The session will focus on real world examples and demonstrations of the different services. Continue reading →

This panel session will focus on providing an overview of what cloud computing is and how it is being used to fill needs in libraries. Panel members will each provide a short presentation and then the moderator will coordinate a discussion on common themes. Continue reading →

Our panel of local technology superstars returns to discuss the top technology trends to watch in Massachusetts libraries this year. Get the early word on the new and exciting, the useful and needed, and maybe even the confusing but popular technologies on the horizon. The panel will include some returning experts from last year as well as some new faces. Soak up their expertise and impress your friends. Continue reading →

ITIG DigiCamp features a community-driven format where each session is suggested, designed and delivered by the audience. DigiCamp’s format was in the style of an unconference. Continue reading →

Cloud computing is the new hot topic in IT. While many are talking about it, few actually understand what it is, how it’s being used, and what benefits it could offer to higher education. This session will first provide attendees with a baseline definition of cloud computing before moving into an attendee based discussion on how institutions are using the cloud. We will wrap up with a brief discussion on benefits of using the cloud. Participants will leave with a better understanding of what cloud computing is and ideas on how they can use it at their own institutions. Continue reading →

When most people think about cloud computing (if they think about it at all), it usually takes one of two forms: Infrastructure Services, such as Amazon EC2 and GoGrid, which provide raw, elastic computing capacity in the form of virtual servers, and Platform Services, such as Google App Engine and Heroku, which provide preconfigured application stacks and specialized deployment tools. Several providers, however, offer access to large public datasets that would be impractical for most organizations to download and work with locally. From a 67-gigabyte dump of DBpedia’s structured information store to the 180-gigabyte snapshot of astronomical data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, chemistry and biology to economic and geographic data, these datasets are available instantly and backed by enough pay-as-you-go server capacity to make good use of them. We will present an overview of currently-available datasets, what it takes to create and use snapshots of the data, and explore how the library community might push some of its own large stores of data and metadata into the cloud. Continue reading →