The University Libraries is embarking upon a new endeavor to address concerns of project management, communication and collaboration among staff, groups, committees, hubs, teams, units, departments and work tasks and projects. There are many solutions to address our needs. Our desire is as many library staff gets a good look and trial of the best solutions available. ITS will be providing invitations to you, to join this effort as we sign on to trials of these solutions. Our first collaboration solution will be JIVE. The trial has begun- 30 days. An invitation will be forth coming for you to join the charge towards a better communicating and collaborating library.
Curtis (ccarr1@vt.edu) will ask for your feedback after you have had a chance to review each solution. Our suggestion would be to join the trial. Visit the website provided here. Try out its features and give your feedback right in the application, itself. You can respond to everybody that have joined or just to Curtis (ccarr1@vt.edu), whatever your pleasure.
We are hoping to have “buy in” from most of you in one or more of the solutions. Hopefully by the end of the summer a solution that we can install – purchase or free – will be chosen! The point is to be all together! We know that some of you have tried solutions mentioned below in the past and some are currently using a solution (basecamp, Google apps, and Redmine). These all will have their chance with all of us as well.
Collaboration software; Take your mark; Get set; GO! … And may the best solution for us be chosen!
NOTE: Order here has no particular preference! If any link appears to be broken please let Curtis (ccarr1@vt.edu) know ASAP!
You also may vote on the next trial to start in 2-3 weeks! If you know about others that you think we should try please respond with those suggestions as well.
JIVE
Website, read about what they can do: http://www.jive.com/enterprise/
Pricing model for your consideration: http://www.jivesoftware.com/landing/purchase/
Jabber
Website, read about what they can do, not completely collaboration software but may have some value for us in reviewing: http://www.cisco.com/web/products/voice/jabber_features.html
Redmine
Website, read about what they can do: http://www.redmine.org/
Atlassian has a couple of solutions:
JIRA
Website, read about what they can do: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/overview
Confluence
Website, read about what they can do: http://www.atlassian.com/team-collaboration-confluence?_mid=d1210e149e968cad50667b5f6e1ccba8&gclid=CLqT6KOqnbcCFYqY4AodeGUAoA
Meebo
Here’s another one that may have a short life, but interesting enough to at least take a look: http://meebo.en.softonic.com/web-apps
Convo
Website, read about what they can do: http://www.convo.com/product/features/index.html
ZoHo
Website, read about what they can do: http://www.zoho.com/projects/lp/project-management-and-collaboration.html?gclid=CP2jma6onbcCFQae4AodW0UAgA
Google Apps – of course we have access to this now!
Website, read about what they can do: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/smb/index.html
Huddle
Website, read about what they can do: https://www.huddle.com/this-is-huddle/about-huddle/
Live Hive
Website, read about what they can do: https://livehiveapp.com/
Moxie – Collaboration Spaces
Website, read about what they can do: http://www.moxiesoft.com/products/collaboration-spaces.aspx
ProjectManager.com
Website, read about what they can do: http://www.projectmanager.com/collaboration-software.php?gclid=CMiyyJWqnbcCFdGf4AodUFIAQA
AtTask
Website, read about what they can do: http://www.attask.com/?o=70160000000MtRhAAK&lr=70160000000MtRhAAK&step2=&step3=&step4=&step5=&k=&l=http://www.google.com/aclk
Claromentis
Website, read about what they can do: http://www.claromentis.com/features/collaboration/?gclid=CJHootmqnbcCFQqi4AoduhsAaQ
