[Web4lib] Google docs

[Thomas Edelblute]

I prefer Open Office myself. 


Thomas Edelblute
Public Access Systems Coordinator
Anaheim Public Library

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Tracey.Reed at myClearwater.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 12:59 PM
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Subject: [Web4lib] Google docs

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've also found myself going more to Google docs for a document I know
I'm going to work on from various places instead of using my thumb
drive.  My thinking is that I'll get the basics down and then polish it
in MS Word /Excel when I'm done - if it even needs to go that far.  The
interface is clean and the saving is pretty good; I can honestly say I
dislike the number of times it opens a new window though.

Anyway, just musing on remote apps and how everything comes full circle,
just on a grander scale.

-t
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Tracey Reed
Assistant Circulation Manager
Clearwater Public Library System
tracey.reed at myclearwater.com
727.562.4970 x5188
www.myclearwater.com/cpl
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