Today there was a staff meeting where we discussed the use of cloud computing in archival management. This is a innovative use of current technology in application to archival management. The NEH and IMLS have an ample amount of funding available for institutions that are willing to implement creative and new uses of technology in the humanities. My role in all of this is to write the grant and figure out how to organize archival items in a cloud. I am not aware of many archives putting there digital items into a cloud of servers and I look forward to the MCLM being one of the first to do so.
I have so many ideas about how to organize the files in the server in a manner that would reflect the current organizational schema being used at the MCLM. More information to come!
Question of the day: Are you privy to any institutions that use a cloud, instead of a database, to organize there digital objects?
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