Author(s)

Donghua Zhou

Corresponding Author

Donghua Zhou

ABSTRACT

With the rapid development of modern information technology and Internet, cloud computing has changed from a conceptual hype to a deployment practice. It is user-centered and provides powerful data storage and network services. This paper discusses the characteristics and benefits of cloud computing in digital libraries, analyzes on the problems existing in cloud computing in digital libraries, expounds the important significance of developing digital libraries under cloud computing environment, and points out that the application of cloud computing technology in digital libraries must have a bright future.

KEYWORDS

Digital library, Cloud computing