Sunday, July 8, 2007
Google Docs
Wow. Google Documents is definitely easier to use than Microsoft Word, if you're not doing anything too complicated. I created a template for my Monthly Reports using Google Documents and I created a spreadsheet for titles I would like to purchase for my Collection Development Areas. What I like about this is that you can access them from anywhere. You don't have to worry about different computers running different versions of Microsoft Word or Excel. You don't have to worry about using up space on your hard drive or carrying around a floppy or a flash drive. I also set up a personal calendar using the 30 Boxes site. It was so easy to set up and so easy to add events. Google Calendar looks much more professional and I think it is not as easy to use. I did not try any of the other sites because I did not want to sign up for yet another site that I probably will not use more than once. However, I do think that we should let our patrons know about some of these sites. Especially, the patrons that often forget their disks or have damage to their disks. At least then they would be able to save their documents and be able to access them again.
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Great idea about the Monthly Report template in Google Docs! I think I'm going to do the same. Then I can just add to it as I go along throughout the month. Same with the collection spreadsheet. This could be a great way to cut down on the piles of notes to myself that I collect throughout the weeks!
And I love your idea about letting the patrons know what they can do with Google. We should spread the word! I know that when someone needs to sign up for an email account, I usually direct them to Gmail.
That's great that you're using Google Documents for work related documents such as templates. It sounds like it'll lessen some of the work, and it's nice that everything's stored in one place, especially when you're working at different desks all of the time.
I like the idea about promoting Google and its services to patrons. We get so many people who have bad disks or don't want to buy one, and Google Documents is a simple solution.
Vanessa
This 30 Boxes thing sounds intriguing, as I can't seem to do much with Google Calendar yet. Is it through Google, or something totally different?
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