Is it an issue of electronic storage or of the cost of the software?
If it is just the latter, why not just use LibreOffice which is
cross-platform, OpenSource, and free. It is a fork from OpenOffice,
after Sun was sold to Oracle, but is in continuous development through
the auspices of the Document Foundation. I think that you will find
that it is: (a) more sophisticated than GoogleDocs; (b) is faster
because it does not depend on an internet connection; and (c) is
widely used in institutions throughout the world (the french
government is about to make the move as well).
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From: Charlotte Brunskill <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 12:43 PM
Subject: Cloud computing - negotiating contracts & service level agreements
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Dear All,
I would be really interested to hear from any small institutions using
Google Mail (& the wider suite of tools, such as Google Docs, that
comes with Google Apps for Education package).
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art is considering
switching to using these cloud based services for conducting business
& I am aware that there are various issues we need to consider (not
least security & privacy) before doing so. I am particularly
interested in speaking to anyone who would be willing to share their
experience of negotiating & establishing a suitable contract & service
level agreement.
We are a very small educational/charity institution whose core
business includes awarding grants & fellowship; organising academic
activities; teaching Yale-in-London students and managing an archive,
library and photographic archive. It would be particularly helpful to
speak to anyone at a like-institution who has gone down this path.
Finally, I have read the very useful guidance available on the JISC
website on this subject, but if anyone can point me in the direction
of additional sources of help/information I would be most grateful.
Thanks in advance
Charlotte Brunskill
Archivist & Records Manager
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
16 Bedford Square
London
WC1B 3JA
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