Week 12: Cloud Computing

I use Google Docs for sharing a spreadsheet with another librarian that I am on a committee with. That way we can both edit it and it is saved in a common place. We limited access to the document to the two of us.

We have also used Google Docs in the library for shared presentations and shared calendars. The shared calendars have been especially helpful for instruction scheduling purposes.

Week 11: URL Shorterners

I can see where url shorteners would be helpful if you were referencing a web link that was really long. It's not a tool that I really have use for in my work right now. I will archive it for future use if the need should arise.

Week 11: Searching Twitter

I signed up for Twitter to keep up to date at the ALA annual conference this year. At mid-winter people were tweeting about where to get the best stuff from the vendors. That didn't seem to happen at the annual. I did get some good restaurant tips, however.

I don't know about Twitter as a research tool since the nature of a tweet is to keep it brief. It seems to be most useful as a message tool.