Thing 14. Online Productivity Tools

I actually had an "iGoogle" account partically set-up so I just completed the process today. I added the Calendar Widget and a widget for "quote of the day" for humorous quotes and the "video of the day" function. I also have links to all my favorite pages and google reader. This reminds me of Delicious. They are both excellent organizational tools to help make a librarian's job of viewing a variety of projects easier. I can definitely see the value of having everything on one page. I am working on synching the Google calendar with possibly my microsoft outlook calendar. If anyone has any suggestions of how to do this please let me know!! I have enjoyed developing my iGoogle page!

Opps! In investigating Google Calendar further and going through the tutorial I discovered how to integrate it with my Microsoft Calendar. I haven't done that yet--not sure I want to world to see everything listed on my work calendar, but at least I do know how to do this now!! Online calendars can help remind you of upcoming appointments and meetings; you can share your calendar with others as well as look at theirs; you can create multiple calendars for other areas of your life; one can customize so that their calendar is accessible from their mobile phone; as well as utilizing the color coding features to highlight different events!

Ta Da was the "to-do" list that I signed-up for. I look at this as just another tool to assist a librarian throughout a busy day. However I utilize my online calendars for most important events so "Ta-Da" is not a necessary tool for me, just creates more work.

Backpack is good for keeping a group calendar and project on-time and under budget. Small libraries with limited resources should find this tool useful.

I investigated the "Top 25 Web 2.0 Apps. to Improve a Student's or Professor's Productivity." I noted with interest that alot of the tools on this list we already use at UNF such as Google Calendar, and Meebo.