New Technologies That Save Time & Money - HLA 2009
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Learn about free and open source software and web services for libraries. Many of these options can replace paid services or add to the quality of your existing services. A presentation for the Hawaii Library Association's annual conference in November of 2009.
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New Technologies That Save Time & Money - HLA 2009
- 1. New Technologies that Save Money, Time, and Improve Service Sarah Houghton-Jan Digital Futures Manager, San Jose Public Library Author, LibrarianInBlack.net
- 2. Free Public & Staff Computer Software
- 3. Operating System - Ubuntu
- 4. Email/Calendar - Google Calendar & Gmail
- 5. Open Office – word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, desktop publishing
- 6. Antivirus - AVG Antivirus
- 7. Image Editing - GIMP
- 8. Free Staff Scheduling Tools
- 9. Staff Schedules - DRoster
- 10. Free Team Meeting Tools
- 11. Voice (VOIP) & Video – Skype
- 12. Meeting Scheduling – Doodle
- 13. Webcasts – Vyew
- 14. Free Tech Support Tools
- 15. Screencasts on the fly - Jing
- 16. Discussion Boards - Google Groups
- 17. Remote Support - LogMeIn.com
- 18. Free Audio & Video Tools
- 19. Audio Recording/Editing – Audacity
- 20. Video Editing – Avidemux
- 21. Free branding of video cameras - Flip
- 23. Online Learning Environment – Moodle
- 24. Screencasting Tools - Wink
- 27. Chat Widgets – Meebo Put chat windows and Help links where customers are UPSET Screenshot courtesy of David Lee King, Topeka Shawnee County Public Library
- 29. Free Social Network Tools
- 30. MyBUZZmonitor: hear what people say
- 31. $10 = 5000 Facebook Flyers to targeted audiences Facebook Flyer image by Steve Lawson: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tuttlibrary/1546577200 CHEAP ADVERTISING!!!
- 33. Flickr slideshow w/o code - Pictobrowser
- 34. Tag Clouds – Wordle
- 35. Free Online Book Club Tools
- 36. Free Blogs for Book Suggestions
- 37. Blogs – Blogger
- 38. Free Online Book Displays in Flickr Westmont Public Library http://www.flickr.com/photos/westmontlibrary/549380055/
- 39. Free eBooks Project Gutenberg AudioBooksForFree Escholarship Google Books ManyBooks Memoware Online Books Page Oxford Text Archive & many more!
- 40. Free Databases ArticlesBase.com FindArticles.com Open access journals + free language learning sites (BBC) + free practice test sites (SAT) Why not add this stuff to your website, or even your catalog?
- 41. Questions? Sarah Houghton-Jan web: www.LibrarianInBlack.net IM: LibrarianInBlack Skype: LibrairanInBlack Facebook: facebook.com/librarianinblack Twitter: twitter.com/TheLiB email: [email_address]
- 43. Sarah's Random Favorites RSS aggregator - Google Reader Book Jackets - Book City Jackets Open Source/CC Images - Wikipeda Commons, Flickr Image Search Charts – LucidCharts, Lovely Charts, Gliffy Text to Voice - Text2Speech Citation Manager – Zotero Movies Online - Hulu File Drop Sites – A-Drive, SendUIt, DropBox
- 44. More Free Public & Staff Computer Software Office software – Zoho Web Browser – Firefox, Google Chrome Financial Software – GNU Cash Typing Software - GNUTypist or TypeFaster Typing Tutor CD writing - Brasero or InfraRecorder AdBusting - AdAware Anti-Spyware - SpyBot, Spyware Guard, Spyware Blaster
- 45. More Free Team Meeting Tools Voice – Google Voice Video – Sightspeed, Tokbox IM – AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, & others Meeting Space/Chat – Today's Meet More Free Tech Support Tools Embedded chat - Meebo chat widget Voice or video chat - Skype or Ekiga, Sightspeed, Tokbox
- 46. More Free Staff Scheduling Tools AceShift (<20 shifts/day) or even Open Office's “Calc” More Free Audio & Video Tools Voice/Video Chat – Skype or Ekiga Audio Recording – Mic4All (into MP3) Video Editing – DVDx, Lumiera, Kino Video Hosting – YouTube, blip.tv, Vimeo Audio Hosting – OurMedia
- 47. More Free eLearning Tools Screencasting Tools - Screencast-o-matic, Jing, Camstudio, Screencast.com Conference Calls – FreeConferenceCall.com Class Websites – WordPress, Blogger, PBworks
- 48. More Free Reference Tools Email – Gmail, Yahoo Mail Instant Messaging – AIM, GoogleTalk, Meebo Chat Widgets – Meebo, Plugoo VOIP/audio – Skype Video – some IM clients (AOL, Skype) Text Messaging – AIMhack ( security? ), Mosio ($) Social Networks – Facebook IM Twitter – “ask us a question with @...” Screencasts on the fly – Jing
- 49. More Free Social Network Tools CheckUsernames.com: check many networks Open ID and ClaimID: claim and log into multiple site profiles Ping.fm or Hellotxt.com: simultaneous updates AtomKeep: simultaneously updates Twitter/Facebook: settings/apps to update both Filtrbox: monitor social networks in real time MyBUZZmonitor: hear what people say
- 50. More Free Website Tools Website recommender – del.icio.us, Evernote ILS - Koha or Evergreen Content Management System - Drupal Feed and Post Statistics - PostRank Tag Clouds – TagCrowd, Wordle Google Forms CSS-picker – Typetester
- 51. Free Event Calendars Eventful Upcoming.org Going.com Craigslist Google Calendar (if you want something more separate)
- 52. Free Image Generators GeneratorBlog.blogspot.com ImageGenerator.org ImageChef.com