I created the entry below in Google Docs and posted it to the Blog. I accidentally found a great list of new features in Google Docs whereby I was able to add the drawing, but then I couldn't find that page again to use other features...very frustrating. The direct URL is www.google.com/google-d-s/whatsnew.html but how you find the link on the site is any one's guess. Still, Google Docs seems to be a useful tool especially for working simultaneously online with someone else. Could it be used for real time conversations? I'll have to think that one through. Now, on to maps, book search..... will get there.
Remember during Week 3 I set up a special LibraryThing site for my boss to view books that had been requested for purchase by the library by our various course coordinators. It took awhile for her to respond with her comments about this tool. Eventually she said that she really like the concept, but that she found it time consuming going into the comments page of each book to give her recommendations and comments and that she preferred to have the information in an email format that she could edit. So now what I do is put the books in the LibraryThing site and then print the details off using one of the display options, then I save that & paste into an email. She then replies and edits this document. She misses out on seeing the book covers and bibliographic details of each book, but at least she is more likely to just quickly do the job of approving the various books for purchase.
It is understandable that your manager doesn't want to spend a lot of time going into things to find information, but it's great that you are still using LibraryThing from your side of things! Thanks for the udpate!
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