REF GRABIT FREE
(Feel free to add more in the comments.) You can usually upload Word and other word processing documents (.txt. There are a number of them, most notably Writely, now Google Docs, Zoho Writer (and a whole suite of related services), and ThinkFree Office Suite. Since our group was already using a Google Group to communicate, using some of Google other services was an obvious choice.Īn online word processor is a word processor that exists on a web server rather than on your local computer harddrive. Writely had already a collaboration system (based on email logins), and Google just added the Google service login. When Google bought Writely, an online word processing program, they integrated it into their services and finally combined it with their existing online spreadsheet program to produce the Google Docs & Spreadsheet service. Two (or more) people make changes and email the draft out, suddenly you've got multiple versions, and no one is sure what happened to that paragraph someone stuck in-was it in Joe's version or Kim's update?
This works pretty well with 2 or 3 people, but it starts getting confusing very quickly with more. The standard way to collaborate on a writing project these days is to email the draft back and forth among the participants. I recently had the opportunity to collaborate on an article with colleagues from around the world. I will cover any new databases in future posts.Īgain, thanks to all for the thoughts and words of encouragement.
REF GRABIT TRIAL
We will be getting some trial access to a few new databases to help cover the gaps. You might have to wait a little longer, so be sure to request things early.ĭistance students will probably benefit from some increased electronic access. Again, any requests of that sort will be handled through Interlibrary Loan, possibly by getting tables of contents and indexes so we can send photocopies of appropriate pages. I don't believe we have ever had a book request for something in storage from a distance student, since books in storage were all older and rarely used volumes. Distance students can request photocopies of materials in our collections-those journal requests will simply be filled via Interlibrary Loan instead of photocopied from our own journals. This will not affect distance services very much. As current journal issues and newspapers come in, they will be housed on the first floor and be completely accessible. Most Government Documents had been reclassified into the STACKS collection, and those are fine, but a few were still in the old collection.
REF GRABIT PLUS
That includes print journals, microfilm, SCSU theses, the Juvenile (children's fiction), Oversized, and GovDoc collections, plus everything marked Closed Stacks or Storage in CONSULS. Services: Everything that was on the lower level of the building is inaccessible until the processing and cleaning is finished. Staff who had office and work space on the lower level have been accommodated on the first and second floors. Everything except the art should start coming back to us in about a month, at which point we will decide if it is usable (as opposed to salvageable, since they aren't exactly the same thing.) Everything is being treated by Document Reprocessors or an art restoration company. Everything on the level was affected, if not by the actual flood then by the high humidity afterwards. The water levels did not reach as high on the main part of the level, but still reached the lower shelves. Water reached nearly to the tops of the shelving in the Art Gallery, soaking everything in storage. The building: The Art Gallery, which was being used for storage during the construction, is about 6 feet lower than the rest of the lower floor. The water poured in through construction-related holes in the foundation, bringing clean water (not sewage) and mud into the lower level of building.
The flood: The flood was caused by a water main connection break at the new construction. Thanks to everyone who sent notes of encouragement and offers of help.
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