Presentation given by Marcin Werla Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center, Poland LoCloud Conference Sharing local cultural heritage online with LoCloud services Amersfoort, Netherlands 5 February 2016

1. LoCloud Collections,
or how to make your local heritage available on-line
Marcin Werla
Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center
LoCloud is funded by the
European Commission's ICT Policy Support Programme

2. Our challenge
• All digital library components generate costs
• In smaller institutions there may be no proper
hard IT infrastructure to reuse for a digital library
• Apart from costs - lack of expertise
to cope with IT infrastructure
• How to simplify deployment
and reduce the cost of having
a digital library
without limiting
its value
for end users?
Content
Software
Hardware
Fast
Useable
Interesting

3. LoCloud Collections

4. • Key features:
– Easy start with LoCloud Collections
– Many collections, many formats
– High availability, scalability, data safety
– Advanced usage statistics
– Multilinguality, SEO
– Compatibility with Europeana
– No financial investments, costs based on real use of
resources
LoCloud Collections

5. Easy start
with LoCloud Collecions
More info: http://support.locloud.eu/tiki-
index.php?page=Training%20Videos

6. High availability,
scalability, data safety
LoCloud Collections are located in PSNC Data Center,
in private cloud environment (yes, cheaper than using Amazon Cloud)
Virtual trip: http://pcss.tv.pionier.net.pl/play?id=5397

7. Advanced usage statistics

8. Multiliguality, SEO

9. • OAI-PMH Interface
• Advanced mappings and data processing with MORE
aggregation platform
• Basic mapings with CSV import mechanism
• Built-in EDM output for preconfigured metadata
schema
Compatibility with Europeana

10. Compatibility with Europeana

11. Storage plan Size limitation Estimated price
Zero 500 MB 0 EUR / month
XS 2 GB 2 EUR / month
S 5 GB 4 EUR / month
M 10 GB 8 EUR / month
L 25 GB 16 EUR / month
XL 50 GB 24 EUR / month
No financial investments,
costs based on real use of resources
Free until the end of the project and even a bit longer…
Details: https://locloudhosting.net/offer

12. • Some numbers:
– 265 collections created in 36 countries
• top countries: Poland, Greece, Norway, Croatia
– 33 collections currently with (potentially) paid storage plan
• top countries: Poland, Ireland, France, Norway
• PSNC plans to provide and develop the service further
– Based on feedback from users (thank you!)
– In collaboration with Europeana,
possibly under Europeana DSI2 project
– In collaboration with interested LoCloud project partners –
scope of collaboration is to be discussed based on individual
needs – just let me know
• Translations, local promotion, local support, national domains, …
Sustainability?

13. LoCloud Collections
on ICT2015

14. Thank you
and
let’s keep in touch!
http://locloudhosting.net
locloud-ldl@man.poznan.pl
mwerla@man.poznan.pl