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We all know how central cloud computing is to ZSR Library. Now that we are completing our migration at the server level we are beginning to think about what cloud computing could mean for our public and staff library computers.

As a first step in examining this question we are participating in a thin client pilot project with our friends in Computer Science. The pilot project includes three public access machines which are located across from the circulation desk. The machines do not run any software (or operating system) locally – they are in essence network access points to virtual machines running on a server in Computer Science.

So if you are curious to see a thin client in action – check out the public terminals across from circulation. The initial term of the pilot project is the Summer I semester. In the coming weeks we will be doing some testing on staff-focused thin clients at Circulation and Resource services.

If you want to know all about the pilot – hit the staff wiki and search for ‘thin client pilot’