Hi Thomas,

I also have an effective lab sign-up system through Google, but not with Google Calendar.  I created a document where you can view a week’s worth of sign-up in all labs at once.  Teachers sign up by themselves, any time of day or night, even from their mobile devices!  I keep about six calendar weeks of sign-ups available.  We do not have gmail for teachers, but they don’t need it.  They can create a Google log-in account using their school email address without making a gmail address.  I believe this link will work.  It’s best to see it for yourself…

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O3c4tzEXX41pLbE5LwYDK8OS8rfWa8QlQ_hRB3ZMxZE/edit

I’d be happy to answer anyone’s questions…

Tracy Spaar Earnshaw

Library Media Specialist

Coginchaug Regional High School

135 Pickett Lane

P. O. Box 280

Durham, CT  06422

(860) 349-7215

(860) 349-7218 (fax)

"Libraries are no longer “grocery stores” where students can go to pick up ingredients, but “kitchens,” where they have the resources necessary to create a finished product." --Joyce Valenza

CRHS Library Website--http://blogs.rsd13ct.org/crhslmc

From: casl-l-bounces+tearnshaw=rsd13.org@mylist.net [mailto:casl-l-bounces+tearnshaw=rsd13.org@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Palazzolo, Katrina
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 8:54 AM
To: Vaghini, Thomas; casl-l@mylist.net
Subject: RE: [CASL-L] Google Calendar as scheduler for computer labs and carts

Tom, Sage Park has been using Google calendar for a long time to manage sign ups for all computer labs and library spaces.  We made a separate calendar for each library space and then combined them all into one calendar and linked it to our library web site so you could see all of the spaces at the same time, or you could view each space separately.  We let teachers view the calendar, but then they had to email us to tell us what we they wanted reserved.  Librarians only would put the reservations on the calendar because it kept us in the loop with where we were needed in the building.  Also, if teachers needed extra equipment we would know far in advance.  It was/is an excellent system to discard your paper sign out books!

From: casl-l-bounces@mylist.net [mailto:casl-l-bounces@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Vaghini, Thomas
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 8:26 AM
To: casl-l@mylist.net
Subject: [CASL-L] Google Calendar as scheduler for computer labs and carts

Good Morning Fellow Librariae,

We are now a 'Google school' and I'd like to use google calendar for signing up / displaying bookings for computer labs, carts, and resources. I want to know how some of your schools might handle using google calendar for these purposes. I want teachers to see the bookings and be able to 'book' thier own times into the calendar for these resources. But maybe to keep it orderly library staff should be the ones updating the calendar bookings.

How might you be utilizing google calendar? Best practices?

Thanks folks,

Thomas