Big Talk From Small Libraries: Working in the cloud

What is Google Apps? A hosted solution for email, calendaring, chat, document creating and sharing, web forms, and moreJezmynne Dene, MLISPortneuf District Libraryjezmynne.dene@portneuflibrary.org

What do you need? Purchase a domain Do it yourself or call an authorized reseller Also available is a business option for purchase

How do you implement?

Google Mail Web based Has features similar to robust mail clients Very mobile friendly interface Will use Gmail or MS Exchange’s protocols to sync to smart phones

Google Calendar Shared calendaring for your organization Publically viewable

Google Chat Chat client or through your web browser Each user account has chat enabled Works on mobile phones

Google Docs Works like MS Word or Open Office Shared documents and document editing and creating

Google Spreadsheets Works just like MS Excel or Open Office Shared spreadsheet allows multiple users at once to edit and view

Google Forms Create online forms for information gathering Post forms to websites or email links

Training Google offers training  Videos, quick start guides, and more Web forums and how-tos for administrators One on one testing

One on One Training Face to face, one on one One exercise per tool Make it fun Find mentors among the staff

Thank You! Jezmynne Dene, MLIS Portneuf District Library Chubbuck, Idaho 83202 208-237-9192 jezmynne.dene@portneuflibrary.org

Big Talk From Small Libraries: Working in the cloud

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