The 2.0 Office Nicole C. Engard Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative May 22, 2008 More than just Blogs & Wikis

Today’s Schedule Quick intro to today’s tools Using WordPress to create your own blogWordPress Getting your blog found & Finding other blogs Break & Play Time Setting up & posting to your own WetPaint WikiWetPaint Wiki Intro to Google Docs, Presentations, Spreadsheets and CalendarGoogle Docs, Presentations, SpreadsheetsCalendar Other options for office tools Tools not covered that are worth playing with Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

Blogging & Wiki Options Remotely Hosted − Stored on someone else’s server − May have a cost associated with it − Limited control − Easy to learn Locally Hosted − Technical skills required − Your own web server required (will cost money) − Complete control − More of a learning curve Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

Blog Tools Many free and affordable tools to choose from Weblog Matrix: weblogmatrix.orgweblogmatrix.org Demo blog software: opensourcecms.comopensourcecms.com Start with a freely hosted blog package to learn the ropes Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

Big names in blogging Remotely Hosted: Free − WordPress.com WordPress.com − Blogger.com Blogger.com Remotely Hosted: Fee Based − TypePad.com TypePad.com − LiveJournal.com LiveJournal.com Locally Hosted: Free − WordPress.org WordPress.org − Moveable Type Moveable Type Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

Let’s Play Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

Getting Your Blog Found Technorati – Blog Search Engine Technorati LibWorm – Library Blog Search Engine LibWorm LisZen – Library Blog Search Engine LisZen LISWiki – Listing of Library Blogs LISWiki Zuula – Meta Blog Search Engine Zuula Tools − FeedBurner – Keep stats on your RSS FeedBurner − Pingoat – Send your feed several searches Pingoat Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

BREAK Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

Wiki Tools Many free and affordable tools to choose from Wiki Matrix: Demo wiki software: opensourcecms.comopensourcecms.com Start with a freely hosted wiki package to learn the ropes Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

Big names in Wikis Remotely Hosted: Free − pbWiki pbWiki − WetPaint WetPaint − Wikispaces Wikispaces Locally Hosted: Free − MediaWiki MediaWiki − PhpWiki PhpWiki − Twiki Twiki Nicole C. Engard – South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – March 11, 2008

Let’s Play Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

Intro to Online Office Tools Work similar to Microsoft or Open Office Tools Hosted online (accessible from any computer) Privacy and Sharing options Allow for collaboration without ing the document back and forth Now available offline!! Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

Why?? Why use these tools? − Because it keeps information in one place. − Communication is scattered during projects − More people are telecommuting − It’s a way to work with colleagues in other offices − They’re easy to use (and mostly free) Most importantly − Your patrons are probably using them! Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

Communication Without Shared Tools Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

Communication Without Shared Tools Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

Communication Without Shared Tools Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

Communication Without Shared Tools Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

Communication Without Shared Tools Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

And now,everyone knows little bits and pieces and no one knows everything. Communication Without Shared Tools Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

Keeping Everyone in the Loop Shared tools allow you and your colleagues to work more productively and efficiently, never excluding someone who needs to be in the loop. Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

Let’s Play Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

Other Options Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

Big names in Office Tools Google Docs, Presentations, Spreadsheets & Calendar Google Docs, Presentations, SpreadsheetsCalendar Zoho Office ThinkFree Online Comparisons − Computerworld (January 2007) Computerworld − Read/Write Web (August 2007) Read/Write Web − Wikipedia Wikipedia Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

My Suggestions for Office 2.0 Options TypePad ( − Not free, but a viable blogging option if you’re interesting in something hosted, but not as limited as WordPress and Blogger Twiki ( − A bit easier than MediaWiki to use if you want to host your own wiki Zoho ( − Offers the same functions as Google Docs, with a bunch of added tools that may be of interest to you and your staff Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

What else can I play with? Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

Other Possible Tools Flickr ( − Share your library’s photos online – can be made private so only library staff sees – or public for the world Facebook ( − Libraries can now have their own profile on Facebook – allowing you to reach your users on a new level – but also giving library staff members a sense of community and fun LinkedIn ( − Professional networking tool that allows you to find connections and recommend colleagues for their work. Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

Thank You Nicole C. Engard Open Source Evangelist LibLime –