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Google Apps for Libraries
Jezmynne Dene, MLIS Portneuf District Library
Chubbuck, Idaho [email protected]
What is Google Apps? A hosted solution for email, calendaring,
chat, document creating and sharing, web forms, and more
Jezmynne Dene, MLIS Portneuf District Library [email protected]
Purchase a domain
Do it yourself or call an authorized reseller
Also available is a business option for purchase
What do you need?
How do you implement?
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 Mail
Shared calendaring for your organization
Publically viewable
Google Calendar
Chat client or through your web browser
Each user account has chat enabled
Works on mobile phones
Google Chat
Formerly Google Docs
Works like MS Word or Open Office
Shared documents and document editing and creating
Google Drive
Works just like MS Excel or Open Office
Shared spreadsheet allows multiple users at once to edit and view
Google Spreadsheets
Create online forms for information gathering
Post forms to websites or email links
Google Forms
Google offers training
Videos, quick start guides, and more
Web forums and how-tos for administrators
One on one testing
Training
Face to face, one on one
One exercise per tool
Make it fun
Find mentors among the staff
Training that worked for us
Jezmynne Dene, MLIS
Portneuf District Library
Chubbuck, Idaho 83202
208-237-2192
Thank You!