Free tools yet to use for your website and blog

library 3.0 services w/o 3.0 million dollars: free and cheap web services for broke libraries Sarah Houghton-Jan Assistant Director @ San Rafael Public Library Author, LibrarianInBlack.net

we are broke free = useful

20 steps to a better digital library

breakout 1 what free tools do you already use?

#1: where to put your websites
WordPress – CMS + host (blog + pages)
Blogger – CMS + host (blog)
Drupal - CMS
Squarespace – CMS + host (full feature website) $

#2: images
editing: GIMP , Picasa , FotoFlexr
hosting: Flickr
Flickr slideshow: Pictobrowser
free/royalty-free: OpenPhoto , Stock.xchng , Image*After , Wikimedia Commons , Flickr adv search

online book displays
Westmont Public Library
http://www.flickr.com/photos/westmontlibrary/549380055/

image generators
GeneratorBlog.blogspot.com
ImageGenerator.org
ImageChef.com

breakout 2 try out a tool

#3: ebooks
Project Gutenberg
AudioBooksForFree
Escholarship
Google Books
ManyBooks
Memoware
Online Books Page
Oxford Text Archive
Kindle’s promotional free ebooks
& many more!

breakout 3 what challenges face us with pointing users to free ebooks?

#4: surveys and polls
Zoomerang
PollDaddy
SurveyMonkey

#5: open source ils
Koha
Evergreen
Social OPAC (catalog only)

#6: translation
Google Translate

#7: tag clouds
TagCrowd
Wordle

breakout 4 try a tool you haven’t tried yet.

#8: reference tools Multi-platform: LibraryH3lp ($) email: Gmail IM: Meebo VOIP & video chat: Skype texting: Google Voice or AIM hacks Twitter : ask @yourlibrary for help!

#9: user support tools Screencasts: Jing Discussion Boards: Google Groups Computer Sharing: LogMeIn or Yuuguu ($)

#10: online book clubs Google Groups LibraryThing

#11: web analytics
Google Analytics
PostRank

#12: social media (set up)
Username Check: Namechk
Username Standard: OpenID
Username Claim: ClaimID

#13: social media (maintenance)
Post Automation: Social Oomph
Multiple Account Management:
Seesmic , HootSuite , TweetDeck

#14: social media (metrics)
Monitoring: MyBUZZmonitor , TwitterSearch
Statistics: Twitter Analyzer , Twitter Counter , Facebook page Insights & weekly email updates

#15: forms
Google Forms

#16: online classes
Screencasting Tools - Jing , Camstudio
Learning Environment – Moodle
Webcasts – Vyew , Ustream
Class Websites – WordPress , Blogger , PBworks , PageFlakes

#17: maps
Google Maps mashups & API

#18: audio tools
Recording/Editing – Audacity
Hosting – PodBean ($) , LibSyn ($)

#19: video tools
Editing – Avidemux , JayCut
Hosting – YouTube , blip.tv , Vimeo
Creation - xtranormal (educator account!)

iPhone 4 vs. HTC Evo

#20: lastly, more Google

feedback?
Sarah Houghton-Jan
LibrarianInBlack.net
Twitter: @TheLiB
[email_address]

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