The complete guide to using Google in libraries

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Information & Library Science Library

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Z674.75.W67 G67 2015 v.1
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Available
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Z674.75.W67 G67 2015 v.2
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Summary

Carol Smallwood's The Complete Guide to Using Google in Libraries, Volume 1: Instruction, Administration, and Staff Productivity explores how Google's suite of tools, from Google Docs (now Google Drive), Google Scholar, Hangout, Forms, and others made freely available to the Internet Community can be used by libraries to expand the role of digital operations in the management of library materials, to communicate with their patrons and collaborators, to exploit the resources on the Web, and many others. The book has 29 chapters organized into sections that focus on ways that Google s suite of tools can be applied to address problems in a specific area of library concern. The section headings are: Library Instruction for Users; Collaboration within and among libraries; Library Administration; Collection Management; and Library Productivity. In each topical area, the chapters show how librarians are taking advantage of these tools to change the way that their library works. All of this without the burden of an additional bill to pay. Through these carefully selected case studies from real libraries, you will be able to learn about the surprising and powerful potential that exists through Google tools to improve library operations."

Contents

  • Foreword p. ix
  • Preface p. xi
  • Acknowledgments p. xiii
  • Part I Library Instruction for Users
  • 1 App It Up: Using Google Apps in Library Instruction p. 3 Heather Beirne and Ashley Cole and Sarah Richardson
  • 2 Developing Research Skills with Developmental Students p. 13 Theresa Beaulieu
  • 3 Enhancing Access to Master's Thesis Research with Google Fusion and Google Maps p. 23 George L. Wrenn
  • 4 Google Trends as an Academic Research Tool: Expanding Scholarly Search Strategies p. 35 Sarah Cohn and Amy Handfield
  • 5 Helping College Students Make the Most of Google Scholar p. 41 Aline Soules
  • 6 Using Google for Primary Sources p. 53 Alejandro Marquez
  • Part II Collaborations
  • 7 Hanging Out with Google p. 65 Amy James and Robbie Bolton
  • 8 Harnessing the Power of Google Docs for Writing Collaboration p. 73 Jaena Alabi and William H. Weare Jr.
  • 9 Taking Interlibrary Loan Operations from Good to Great Using Google Collaboration Tools p. 81 Sarah Troy
  • 10 Using Google Calendar Collaboratively for Library Organization p. 89 Misti Smith
  • 11 Using Google Sites as Library Intranet p. 97 Diana K. Wakimoto
  • Part III Library Administration
  • 12 Google Analytics and Library Websites p. 107 Wei Fang
  • 13 Google Video and YouTube p. 119 Deborah Hamilton
  • 14 Incorporating Google Trends into Library Administration: Marketing, Outreach, and Collection Development p. 131 Amy Handfield and Sarah Cohn
  • 15 Organizing Employees Using Google p. 135 Adam Fullerton
  • 16 Using Google Drive for Library Assessment p. 147 Seth Allen
  • 17 Using Google Forms and Google Drive for Library Use Surveys p. 159 Steven Richardson
  • Part IV Collection Management
  • 18 Google Books API: Adding Value to Print Collections p. 169 Andrew Weiss
  • 19 Google Books as a Library Resource p. 173 Amanda Dinscore
  • 20 Google Ngram Viewer p. 181 Andrew Weiss
  • 21 Managing Electronic Resources License Agreements and Other Documentation with Google Drive p. 189 Apryl C. Price
  • 22 Simplifying "Contact Us": How to Offer Free Multichannel Virtual Reference and Monitor It from a Single Unified Dashboard p. 199 Laura Baker
  • 23 Does Google Scholar Help or Hurt Institutional Repositories? p. 209 Peace Ossom Williamson and Rafia Mirza
  • Part V Library Productivity
  • 24 Embedding with Google: Using Google to Optimize Embedded Librarian Involvement p. 221 Samantha Godbey
  • 25 Librarians' Everyday Use of Google Tasks, Voice, Hangouts and Chat, Translate, and Drive p. 233 Fantasia A. Thorne-Ortiz and Neyda V. Gilman
  • 26 Google Alerts, Trends, and Chrome in Public Relations p. 243 Chelsea Dodd
  • 21 Google Drive for Library Productivity p. 251 Teri Oaks Galloway and Jennifer Starkey
  • 28 Google Translating and Image Searching for Foreign-Language Cataloging p. 261 Laura Bohuski
  • 29 Understanding Our Users: Feedback and Quizzes Using Google Forms p. 269 Josh Sahib and Mark Daniel Robison
  • 30 Using Google to Locate Government Information p. 279 Christopher C. Brown
  • Index p. 293
  • About the Contributors p. 299

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