eLGARnet Live

eLGARnet, the SharePoint based collaborative eLGAR workspace is now live and accessible by library staff from Auckland, Waitakere, Papakura and North Shore. Rodney should be live by Mon 31 Aug.

Access for Manukau is pending a DNS entry change.

All staff belonging to eLGAR Collaborative Teams or known to belong to a Community of Interest have been automatically set up. As libraries/councils connect, login and password details are being emailed to respective individuals.

Information/Training sessions are being organized for libraries and calendar invites will be sent as the dates/times are finalized.

Name That Space

The eLGAR Collaborative Workspace is about to enter implementation phase. As soon as the hardware and application are setup you will be able to preview the site and become familiar with it. We encourage you then to send feedback on how it works for you.

In the meantime we need to find an exciting name to capture the essence of a Collaborative Workspace.

So come on, get into the spirit of working together as eLGAR and post your inspirations to our Blog.

SharePoint

Microsoft SharePoint is the preferred software for the eLGAR Collaborative workspace. A trial download was done to allow us to preview the features of SharePoint. That was successful and now ITC are doing the detailed design. We are currently finalizing details on how staff from across the 5 councils will access SharePoint, which will be hosted on the eLGAR network. Once that is finalized, the implementation process will begin.

QuickFact: The Shared Logon Government Service uses v2.0 of SharePoint. The eLGAR Workspace however will use the improved, feature-rich SharePoint v3.0.

Comments/suggestions/inquiries about SharePoint and the workspace are welcome.

Expressions of interest are also sought from anyone who wants to contribute to the SharePoint implementation, by providing assistance in the following areas:

• Critiquing the user interface
• Cleanup of old content
• Reviewing use cases

If you are interested, then please contact Prateek.