We use Google Calendar for booking our X-ray facility.
Klaus
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Klaus Fütterer, Ph.D.
Reader in Structural Biology
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University of Birmingham F: +44-(0)-121-414 5925
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On 16 Feb 2011, at 12:25, Darren Hart wrote:
> Hello,
> Since we are now part of the "Facebook Generation" (or at least 10%
> of the planet is), it seems there must be a better way of
> distributing time on our various Aktas to an institute of
> scientists than our current system which involves a race for the
> paper booking sheet every Thursday morning. Inevitably people book
> in a speculative manner and time slots are not always used due to
> problems in preparative steps etc. Bits of paper in different
> buildings make it difficult to see who booked what and when.
>
> Has anyone successfully implemented an electronic system, perhaps
> shared through the "cloud", that allows real time booking in a
> manner that can be revised easily and has worked well? An
> electronic calendar (Google..) would partially address this, but it
> seems some sort of social networking site/tool might be better for
> negotiating instrument time, swapping timeslots, reallocating
> unused time if the sample prep fails.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. If governments can be
> toppled through Facebook, I'm sure we can book our Aktas in a
> better way!
>
> Darren
>
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