Groups Can Also Help Librarians

Google Groups is a useful service provided by the search giant that allows you to communicate with the company's employees and even make suggestions to improve the solutions currently available under the Google brand. Google Groups works just like a forum, allowing every user to post a new message or to reply to a topic so the service enables you to communicate with both members and Google's employees. The service was released as a beta version in October, 2006, but the company announced today that the final version of Google Groups is now available with a lot of new features meant to improve your collaboration with Google experience.

Besides the improved interface that now contains more attracting icons and images, Google Groups provides you with functions to upload and enables you to share all kinds of files, view other members' profiles with an improved appearance and detailed information. The functionality of the final version of the service is now similar with the one provided by Gmail that allows you to organize your discussions easier and post faster.

It seems like Google Groups is not only created to help users communicate with the company because Griff Hazen, Software Engineer, posted a message on the official blog to add that this solution can help librarians organize their community.

"Does your library host book clubs or community events? Do you have a book, poet, or author of the month? Maybe you're just looking for an easy way for your library staff to communicate. Well, my team and I gave Google Groups a new look and some new features earlier today, so now it's an even better tool to use to manage these sorts of group activities.

Some libraries are already using Google Groups. Simon Fairfield Public Library in Douglas, Massachusetts maintains a Google Group where members trade book recommendations. Then there's the Montrose Great Books book club, which meets at the Freed-Montrose Library in Houston and holds additional discussions on their Google Group. Why not bring your club, library or community online with Google Groups so that your patrons can discuss, collaborate and share in one place?" the Google employee said.