Well I've just discovered Google Docs for the first time - Wow! I can't believe the range of tools available - all for free. I'm kicking myself because not so long ago I purchased some software to use at home that operates like Microsoft Office (but costs around half the price). Now I wish I had of known about Google Docs - I could have been word processing to my little hearts content... without having spent a cent.
The number of tools available in Google Docs that could be used in the Library environment is amazing. I can easily see our Branch staff using the Event Management tool to plan some of our larger promotional events, the team holiday calendar to plan annual leave, and a yearly calendar along with notes relating to the activities we have planned for our @ your library months. I think Google Docs would be great for giving input to, and editing draft versions of Dress Codes, Annual Plans, Customer Service Charters etc especially for country libraries where staff in branches might be spread many kilometers apart. Rather than waiting for all branch staff to come together in one place, the use of Google Docs would make creating these documents quite a simple process I would think. I can also see advantages in using the online 'to do list' personally as I won't have to try and keep track of the endless lists I have scrawled down on little bits of paper.
I also converted a doc file to a pdf file, which I was very pleased about, as sometimes community organisations ask for copies of promotional flyers to be emailed to them as pdf files. Now that I know how easy this is, I can do it myself, and not rely on others to do it for me.
I love Libraries Learning 2.0. This is great stuff... I'm very sad it's coming to an end soon.
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