[Web4lib] Google docs

[sarah boyd]

Hello, everyone!

I use Google Docs all the time as it's really convenient to do so.  As I've
been known to lose my flash drives and once even washed one, anything like
this is great for me!  I don't use it for confidential info, of course, but
I like it.  I've encouraged our patrons to use it as many can't afford or
don't want to buy flash drives/floppies and our system cleans our computers'
hard drives at the end of each evening.  Many a person has lost their work
due to that so I've tried to get staff to encourage people to use what
Google offers.  It's not easy to get customers to use this, though, so I'm
working on tutorials to put on our web site (using screencasting software)
and I've taught staff training courses on using Google.  Zoho is a nifty
alternative if people don't like Google....

Sarah Boyd
Columbus Public  Library
Columbus, GA  31906
www.thecolumbuslibrary.org

On 7/12/07, Robin Hastings <robin.hastings at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/11/07, Tracey.Reed at myclearwater.com <Tracey.Reed at myclearwater.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Thinking off the cuff and wondering what other's experiences are.
> >
> > I've noticed just by walking around our public computers, that a number
> of users are taking advantage of the Google docs services and was wondering
> if this was just here, or others were noticing it too.  If use is actually
> going up, are any of you considering not purchasing MS Office (or
> equivalent) for your patron computers?  Or, (gasp!) training patrons on it
> instead of Word or Excel?
>
> I'm using Google Docs a lot these days too. We aren't training patrons
> on it yet, but it is part of our Library Learning 2.1 rollout, sort
> of. I'm doing a session on Word Processing and using Word, Open Office
> and Google Docs as the 3 example applications to teach the general
> Word Processing skills - as opposed to specific application skills.
>
>
> --
> Robin Hastings
> robin.hastings at gmail.com
> http://www.rhastings.net
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