Cloud Computing for Libraries

Marshall Breeding serves as the Director for Innovative Technologies and Research for the Vanderbilt University Libraries in Nashville, TN. He focuses on issues related to the strategic use of technology in the library, designs and develops digital library resources, and investigates emerging technologies. Marshall is also the Executive Director the Vanderbilt Television News Archive, a large-scale archive of digital video content. Marshall frequently speaks and writes on topics of network technologies and library automation. He is the creator and editor of Library Technology Guides (www.librarytechnology.org). His monthly column “Systems Librarian” appears in Computers in Libraries; he is a Contributing Editor forSmart Libraries Newsletterpublished by the American Library Association, and has authored the “Automation System Marketplace” feature published byLibrary Journalfor the last eight years. He has authored eight issues of ALA’s Library Technology Reports, and has written many other articles and book chapters.

Marshall has previously edited or authored five books. He is a regular presenter at library conferences including Computers in Libraries and Internet Librarian conferences; Marshall has been an invited speaker for many library conferences and workshops throughout the United States and internationally. He has spoken in throughout the United States and in Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, China, Singapore, the Czech Republic, Austria, The Netherlands, Norway, Colombia, and the United Kingdom. In December 2008 Marshall completed a three-week Fulbright grant project in Argentina.