Cloud computing applications in public libraries

The study monitors cloud computing applications in public libraries in order to know the applications and policies that some foreign and local public libraries use. It provides cloud computing models that can be applied in Egyptian public libraries. The study is based on the analytical descriptive method as well as the comparative method.
    The study help in evaluates the cloud computing in Misr public libraries and present a project shared by AFLI and Arabian union catalog.
The study concludes that Cloud computing saves up to 62.5% of costs, and the Zero Client device saves more than 90% of electric power. A cloud computing model has been mapped for public libraries and there are ten important factors when creating a cloud for libraries. The rate of libraries that use cloud computing is 13.5%.
The study recommends the creation of a cloud of Egyptian public libraries based on the proposed model. It will be supported by Misr Public Libraries Fund which is one of the financial sources of Misr public libraries. It is also recommended that The Arab Federation of Libraries organizes a conference entitled "Cloud Computing Applications in Libraries"