[Web4lib] Intranet revamp

[Pons, Lisa (ponslm)]

Anyone using Google Apps? 

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> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org 
> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Robert 
> L. Balliot
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 2:08 PM
> To: 'Paula Gray-Overtoom'; 'Casey Bisson'
> Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Intranet revamp
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Google Documents allows you to share files and select who can 
> contribute/ read them.  You can create spreadsheets 
> compatible with Excel, documents compatible with Word, and 
> presentations compatible with PowerPoint.
> 
> I use it to collaborate with a variety of organizations and 
> individuals.  It seems that falls in line with the intranet 
> requirements for non-public and accessible documents.  The 
> Google Documents can be just as private or accessible as you 
> want.  Remote access is readily available without owning any 
> software other than a browser.
> 
> http://docs.google.com/
> 
> Sometimes it does seem to hiccup a bit, but not any more than 
> traditional intranets.
> 
> It is in the personal interest of IT departments and any 
> bureaucracy to sustain itself and grow.  However, the point 
> of technology and the massive expenditures we have made to 
> bring it in have always been enhancement of opportunities and 
> efficiency.  Increasing bandwidth can make most features 
> currently available through IT departments possible by 
> utilizing very wide area networks.  
> 
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> Robert L. Balliot
> 1-401-441-5763
> Skype: RBalliot
> Bristol, Rhode Island
> http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Paula 
> Gray-Overtoom
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 1:45 PM
> To: Casey Bisson
> Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Intranet revamp
> 
> Casey,
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> I've wondered about doing that too from time to time, but we 
> still want a place for procedures, meeting minutes and such 
> that would just clog up our public site.  I also think some 
> staff depend on the information and the ways they can access 
> it from our intranet and aren't familiar enough with our public site.
> 
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> Thanks,
> 
> Paula
> 
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> Paula Gray-Overtoom
> Information Services Librarian
> 812-349-3050
> Fax: 812-349-3051                                              
> Monroe County Public Library
> 303 E. Kirkwood Ave.
> Bloomington, IN 47408
> http://www.mcpl.info
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> From: Casey Bisson [mailto:cbisson at plymouth.edu]
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 1:36 PM
> To: Paula Gray-Overtoom
> Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Intranet revamp
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> Paula,
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> We gave up on our intranet a while ago, as we learned there 
> was really no web-based information we wanted to share that 
> we couldn't also share with the public. We do use Google Docs 
> and a shared fileserver, but most of our content is on our 
> website using Scriblio:
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> http://library.plymouth.edu/
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> And when you search, it returns results from both the site 
> and the catalog -- especially useful for course and subject 
> guides. Our licensed databases are linked there too, and 
> users are prompted for their university username and password 
> when they click on them.
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> --Casey Bisson
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> __________________________________________
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> Information Architect
> 
> Plymouth State University
> 
> Plymouth, New Hampshire
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> http://oz.plymouth.edu/~cbisson/
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> ph: 603-535-2256
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> On Jan 11, 2008, at 9:32 AM, Paula Gray-Overtoom wrote:
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> Our library is preparing to revamp our intranet and I am 
> wondering if any of you would be willing to let us take a 
> peek at your intranet.
> 
> I have a few questions too and even if I can't take a look, 
> I'd like find out how other people are doing it.
> 
> 1.  What software are you using to post content?
> 
> 2.  How do you manage how and what gets posted?
> 
> 3.  What are the best features of your intranet?
> 
> 4.  What about your intranet could use some improvement?
> 
> We've had an intranet available to our staff for about 7 
> years and have used Macromedia/Adobe's Contribute software to 
> post content for the majority of that time.  We also have a 
> blog, a wiki, dynamically generated content from in-house 
> developed scripts and static pages.  We really want to 
> consider moving to an open source CMS and want to see what 
> other libraries are doing.
> 
> You can email me at pgrayove at mcpl.info 
> 
> Thanks,
> Paula
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Paula Gray-Overtoom
> Information Services Librarian
> 812-349-3050
> Fax: 812-349-3051
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> Monroe County Public Library
> 303 E. Kirkwood Ave. 
> Bloomington, IN 47408
> http://www.mcpl.info
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