How to create a company library of books, materials, tools, templates, etc for company-wide employee access?
September 26th 2009
I want to create a library where the employees can store books and any new materials (binders, tools, templates, files, etc) created by different people in the company for reference so that every time someone does not have to waste time to create something new and can refer to the materials in the library. I want to build good intellectual capital so that employees dont have to re-invent the wheel and utilize their time efficiently. Can someone please help me with how to start this process in my company’s corporate office? Thanks.
September 29th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
If your company uses a “shared drive” where all have access to the same folders on “the server” paste your data in there and make sure that everyone knows how to access it. If you need to, password protect the documents so nobody can edit them.
I did this for my co-workers and it’s fine except the big mistake I made initially was assuming everyone would understand my filing system. You have to dumb it down as much as possible while still remaining organized.
Scan documents and save the pdfs in there too. See what paper can be eliminated and only make a physical library of what is copyrighted material which should not legally be reproduced.