1. The 2.0 Office Nicole C. Engard SLA Tech Topics Series September 18, 2007 More than just Blogs & Wikis

2. Tonight’s Schedule 5:30pm: Quick intro to tonight’s tools 5:45pm: Using Wordpress to create your own blogWordpress 6:15pm: Getting your blog found 6:30pm: Break & Play Time 7:30pm: Setting up & posting to your own PBWiki PBWiki 8pm: Intro to Google Docs, Spreadsheets and CalendarGoogle Docs, Spreadsheets Calendar Nicole C. Engard – SLA Tech Topics – September 18, 2007

3. 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 – SLA Tech Topics – September 18, 2007

4. 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 – SLA Tech Topics – September 18, 2007

5. 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 Locally Hosted: Fee Based − Moveable Type Moveable Type Nicole C. Engard – SLA Tech Topics – September 18, 2007

6. Let’s Play

7. Getting Your Blog Found Technorati LibWorm LisZen LISWiki Tools − FeedBurner FeedBurner − Pingoat Pingoat

8. BREAK Nicole C. Engard – SLA Tech Topics – September 18, 2007

9. Wiki Tools Many free and affordable tools to choose from Wiki Matrix: www.wikimatrix.org www.wikimatrix.org Demo wiki software: opensourcecms.comopensourcecms.com Start with a freely hosted wiki package to learn the ropes Nicole C. Engard – SLA Tech Topics – September 18, 2007

10. 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 – SLA Tech Topics – September 18, 2007

11. Let’s Play

12. 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 emailing the document back and forth Nicole C. Engard – SLA Tech Topics – September 18, 2007

13. Big names in Office Tools Google Docs & Spreadsheets & Calendar Google Docs & SpreadsheetsCalendar Zoho Office ThinkFree Online Comparisons − Computerworld (January 2007) Computerworld − Read/Write Web (August 2007) Read/Write Web Nicole C. Engard – SLA Tech Topics – September 18, 2007

14. 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 using them! Nicole C. Engard – SLA Tech Topics – September 18, 2007

15. Communication Without Shared Tools Nicole C. Engard – SLA Tech Topics – September 18, 2007

16. Communication Without Shared Tools Nicole C. Engard – SLA Tech Topics – September 18, 2007

17. Communication Without Shared Tools Nicole C. Engard – SLA Tech Topics – September 18, 2007

18. Communication Without Shared Tools Nicole C. Engard – SLA Tech Topics – September 18, 2007

19. Communication Without Shared Tools Nicole C. Engard – SLA Tech Topics – September 18, 2007

20. And now,everyone knows little bits and pieces and no one knows everything. Communication Without Shared Tools Nicole C. Engard – SLA Tech Topics – September 18, 2007

21. 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 – SLA Tech Topics – September 18, 2007

22. Let’s Play

23. Thank You Nicole C. Engard Metadata Librarian Princeton Theological Seminary Library nicole.engard@ptsem.edunicole.engard@ptsem.edu & nengard@gmail.comnengard@gmail.com http://web2learning.net