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Ever expanding digital collections have become the norm in academic libraries. As the size of collections grow, the need for simple-to-deploy yet powerful preservation strategies becomes increasingly important. The [http://duracloud.org DuraCloud] project, a cloud-hosted service for data management and preservation, is committed to bringing the availability and elasticity of the cloud to bear on the issue of digital preservation. This session will discuss the APIs and tools which can be used to communicate and integrate with the DuraCloud platform, providing an immediate connection to scalable storage available from multiple cloud storage providers, configurable services which can be run over your content out-of-the-box, and a development platform which can serve as the basis for ongoing data mining and analysis.
== Visualizing Library Data ==
* Karen Coombs, OCLC, coombsk at oclc dot org
Visualizations can be powerful tools to give context to library users
and to provide a clear picture for data-driven decision-making in
libraries. Map mashups, tag clouds and timelines can be used to show
information to users in new ways and help them locate materials to meet
their needs. QR codes can help link users to materials that libraries
have in their collections. Charts and graphs can be used to help analyze
library collections (holdings) and compare them to other libraries. This
session will show prototypes which combine tools like Google Chart API,
Protovis and Simile Widgets with data from WorldCat, WorldCat Registry,
Classify, Terminology Services, and Dewey.info to create vivid
illustrations in library user interfaces and administration tools.
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