Our Journeys to DevOps across UC Library Development Teams
Abstract
As our library systems adapt to ever-growing volumes of data and new security vulnerabilities, several UC Library Development Teams are adopting DevOps (Development Operations) practices to meet these challenges. DevOps practices promise to enable teams to tackle problems at a “cloud” scale. The adoption of DevOps practices comes with a significant learning curve. The traditional roles of software developers and systems administrators are blurred in the process. How ready are our library development teams to adapt to these changes?
This panel will feature presenters from development teams at CDL, UCB, SCSB, UCSC and UCSD. Each of the represented teams are at different stages of adoption of DevOps practices. Each panelist will provide a brief introduction to the DevOps practices that their teams have in place as well as their teams plans and hopes for future adoption. Each panelist will describe the challenges they are encountering in implementing these practices. Lastly, each panelist will describe the learning process that their teams are undertaking as they adopt DevOps practices.