Information Management in the Cloud Environment

Information Management in the Cloud Environment: Application and Ethical Issues presents the information explosion that has made navigating the web more important than ever. Knowledge organization is at the forefront of the challenge, and the cloud offers a strong solution. This book is a guide for LIS students, educators, library administrators, and technical professionals that features practical implementation solutions for LIS in cloud computing, discussing novel techniques that enable searching heterogeneous resources from a single platform.

The most striking feature covered is the ethical and copyright issues that could arise during the implementation of in cloud library services. The book consists of 18 chapters and five modules, starting with discussions on the importance for cloud computing in knowledge organization. Module I: Knowledge Organization in Cloud: An Overview provides the fundamentals of library automation and digitization and is ideal for post-graduates. Module II: The Computation in Library Management System is geared towards advanced levels for researchers and practitioners, with later modules aimed at library professionals and information professionals, computing professionals who would wish to understand the essential facts of cloud computing, the integration of the LIS computational needs, and implementation in a cloud environment.

The book also features practical guides and case studies for the application of the services in the cloud through information and knowledge centers. The final section explores the current trends in LIS and its practical implementation in the cloud, with final discussions of the ethical and copyright issues related to the implementation of library services in the cloud environment.

• Provides an ideal guide for both graduate students and advanced researchers interested in information management in the cloud environment
• Presents practical advice for cloud implementation in libraries
• Offers a guide towards understanding the current trends in LIS in relation to the cloud
• Covers the ethical and copyright issues relating to the implementation of library services in the cloud