User Spotlights

Users of the DuraCloud service have implemented DuraCloud for a variety of use cases to meet various technical needs.

Rhodes College has used DuraCloud to provide access to large images that are part of a very rare collection. By leveraging the image viewing services provided by DuraCloud, they were able to provide immediate and advanced access to the collection, as well as preserving the historically important images at the same time. Read more about Rhodes College's use case here: "A 19th Century View of Shakespeare Through the Cloud."

The Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), is the the largest archive of social science data (500,000+ files) in the world and because of this makes preservation one of their top priorities. By using DuraCloud as one of it's storage locations, ICPSR is ensuring that their archive of 6TB of data and growing is available into the future. Read more about ICPSR's use case here: "A Quick Analysis with a Side of Data."

MIT makes it easy for repository collection managers and curators to use cloud storage and replication services through  DuraCloud without interrupting repository workflow. They simply perform all of their tasks through their DSpace interface and DuraCloud is seamlessly integrated in the background providing cloud storage and services. Read more about MIT's use case here: "Easy Cloud Access for Collection Managers and Curators."

WGBH has spent time investigating various technical solutions for preserving and streaming video. DuraCloud offered not only an efficient storage option, but also access to versions of some of their unique video content. In the future, they are interested in video file format transformation services, as well as transcoding directly in the cloud. Read more about WGBH's use case here: "One Night in Civil Rights History."