Best Free Web Services for Broke Libraries
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How to replace expensive subscriptions, software, web services, and other techie stuff with free alternatives, often open source. This presentation is aimed at computers but could work for almost any institution whatsoever running a large number of computers or web services at great expense.
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- 1. Best Free Web Services & Software for Broke Libraries Sarah Houghton-Jan Digital Futures Manager, San Jose Public Library Author, LibrarianInBlack.net
- 3. Free eBooks Project Gutenberg AudioBooksForFree Escholarship Google Books ManyBooks Memoware Online Books Page Oxford Text Archive & many more!
- 4. Free Databases ArticlesBase.com FindArticles.com + free language learning sites + free practice test sites + free sites in all disciplines Why not add this stuff to your website, or even your catalog?
- 5. Reference Tools IM/Chat/Texting - LibraryH3lp Email – Gmail, Yahoo Mail Instant Messaging – AIM etc., Meebo Chat – Meebo, Plugoo, Olark VOIP/audio – Skype Video – some IM clients (AOL, Skype) Text Messaging – AIMhack, TextPlus Social Networks – Facebook IM Twitter – “ask us a question with @...”
- 6. Put chat windows and Help links where customers are ANGRY Screenshot courtesy of David Lee King, Topeka Shawnee County Public Library
- 9. Setting Up a Social Network Username Check: CheckUsernames.com Usernames Claim/Log-In: Open ID and ClaimID
- 10. Maintaining a Social Network Update Syncing: Ping.fm or Hellotxt.com, Facebook’s Twitter App Multiple Account Management: AtomKeep, Seesmic, or HootSuite
- 11. Metrics for Social Networks Social Network Monitoring: Filtrbox, MyBUZZmonitor, TwitterSearch Stats: Twitter Analyzer, Twitter Counter, built-in Facebook page stats
- 12. Public & Staff Computer Software Operating System - Ubuntu Email/Calendar - Google Calendar/Gmail Web Browser – Firefox, Google Chrome Financial Software – GNU Cash Open Office - word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, desktop publishing, and calculator
- 16. More...Public & Staff Computer Software Image Editing - GIMP, FotoFlexer Typing Software - GNUTypist or TypeFaster Typing Tutor CD writing - Brasero or InfraRecorder Firewall - PC Tools Firewall Plus Antivirus - MS Security Essentials, Avast AdBusting - AdAware Anti-Spyware - SpyBot, MalwareBytes, Spyware Guard, Spyware Blaster
- 18. Staff Scheduling Tools Droster AceShift (<20 shifts/day) or even Open Office's “Calc”
- 20. Team Meeting Tools Voice – Skype, Google Voice Video – Skype, Sightspeed, Tokbox IM – AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, & others Meeting Space/Chat – Today's Meet, DimDim, Wiggio Meeting Scheduling – Doodle, When Is Good, NeedToMeet Webcasts – Vyew
- 24. Tech Support Tools Embedded chat - Meebo chat widget Voice or video chat - Skype, Sightspeed, Tokbox Screencasts on the fly - Jing Discussion Boards - Google Groups Remote Support/Computer Sharing - LogMeIn, Yuuguu, TightVNC
- 28. Audio & Video Tools Voice/Video Chat – Skype Audio Recording/Editing – Audacity Video Editing – Avidemux, DVDx, Lumiera, Kino Video Hosting – YouTube, blip.tv, Vimeo Audio Hosting – OurMedia, PodBean, LibSyn
- 31. eLearning Tools Screencasting Tools - Screencast-o-matic, Jing, Wink, Camstudio, Screencast.com Image Mark-Up - DabbleBoard Online Learning Environment – Moodle Conference Calls – FreeConferenceCall.com Webcasts – Ustream.tv Class Websites – WordPress, Blogger, PBworks, PageFlakes Computer Sharing - LogMeIn, Yuuguu
- 35. Website Management Website recommender – del.icio.us ILS - Koha or Evergreen Content Management System - Drupal Flickr slideshow w/o code - Pictobrowser RSS Feed and Post Statistics - PostRank Tag Clouds – TagCrowd, Wordle Form Creator - Google Forms CSS-picker – Typetester
- 38. More Website Management Free/OS/CC Photos – OpenPhoto, Stock.xchng, Image*After, Wikipedia Commons, Flickr image search Survey Tools - Zoomerang, SurveyMonkey Polls - PollDaddy Statistics - Google Analytics, OneStatFree, StatCounter Translation – Google Translate Website Hosting – WordPress, Bravenet, Bryght.com, Weebly, SquareSpace
- 39. Online Book Club Tools
- 40. San Jose Public Library's LibraryThing Teen Book Club
- 41. Blogs for Book Suggestions Blogs (each entry is its own review) - Blogger, WordPress Entry templates w/ tags/categories Webpage with links directly to mysteries, picture books, graphic novels, biographies, books for teens, etc.
- 43. Event Calendars Eventful Upcoming.org Going.com Craigslist Google Calendar (if you want something more separate)
- 44. Online Book Displays Westmont Public Library http://www.flickr.com/photos/westmontlibrary/549380055/
- 45. Exploit Image Generators GeneratorBlog.blogspot.com ImageGenerator.org ImageChef.com
- 46. More Free Web Tools
- 48. Free Mash-Ups People mash up your library's content. Why not advertise that? Library ELF - account tracking and alerts (email, SMS, RSS) Library LookUp bookmarklet LibX Toolbar Google Maps mashups w/ branches, local resources iGoogle gadgets w/ library content
- 49. More Favorites Cloud Storage - box.net, drop.io, adrive Book Jackets - Book City Jackets Open Source/CC Images - Wikipedia Commons, Flickr Image Search Charts – LucidCharts, Lovely Charts, Gliffy Text to Voice - Text2Speech Citation Keeper – Zotero, Evernote, CiteULike Virtual Business Cards - card.ly File Drop Sites - SendUIt, DropBox
- 50. Questions? Sarah Houghton-Jan web: LibrarianInBlack.net Twitter: @TheLiB Facebook: Facebook.com/LibrarianInBlack IM: LibrarianInBlack Skype: LibrarianInBlack email: [email_address]