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

2. 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

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 – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

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 – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

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 − Moveable Type Moveable Type Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

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

7. 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

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

9. Wiki Tools Many free and affordable tools to choose from Wiki Matrix: www.wikimatrix.orgwww.wikimatrix.org 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

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 – South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – March 11, 2008

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

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 Now available offline!! Nicole C. Engard – Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative – May 22, 2008

13. 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

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

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

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

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

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

19. 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

20. 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

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

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

23. 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

24. My Suggestions for Office 2.0 Options TypePad (http://typepad.com)http://typepad.com − Not free, but a viable blogging option if you’re interesting in something hosted, but not as limited as WordPress and Blogger Twiki (http://twiki.org/)http://twiki.org/ − A bit easier than MediaWiki to use if you want to host your own wiki Zoho (http://zoho.com/)http://zoho.com/ − 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

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

26. Other Possible Tools Flickr (http://flickr.com)http://flickr.com − Share your library’s photos online – can be made private so only library staff sees – or public for the world Facebook (http://facebook.com)http://facebook.com − 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 (http://linkedin.com)http://linkedin.com − 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

27. Thank You Nicole C. Engard Open Source Evangelist LibLime – http://liblime.comhttp://liblime.com nengard@gmail.com http://web2learning.net