Tech Tools For Reference:
Academic Libraries
Registration
Tool Address Description Library Uses Set up time Expertise
required?
Schedule and set up conference
Free Conference www.freeconference.com Conference call scheduling service Yes Zero Minimal
calls.
Scheduling software; poll others for Share availability for scheduling
Doodle www.doodle.com Yes Zero Minimal
availability meetings.
Organize and store notes, ideas,
Evernote www.evernote.com Organization and Filing; Cloud Computing Yes Zero Minimal
reminders.
Brainstorm and work on projects
MindMeister www.mindmeister.com/ Collaborative Mind Mapping Yes Zero Minimal
collaboratively in real time.
Store and share files for
Google Docs docs.google.com Cloud computing; File storage and sharing Yes Zero Minimal
collaborative projects.
Use to conduct virtual reference Create and
Meebo Me http://www.meebome.com/ Instant Messaging widget Yes Minimal
(IM). Embed
Use to conduct virtual reference
Instant Messaging and Social Networking Create and
Digsby http://widget.digsby.com/ (email and IM) and manage social Yes Minimal
widget Embed
networking sites.
To snip - No;
Shorten lengthy URL's in answers
To save and
Snipr snipr.com URL shortener to email or chat reference Zero Minimal
manage snips -
questions.
Yes
Embed customized search engine Create and
Google Search Engine www.google.com/cse/?hl=en Customized search engine No Minimal
on research guides and web pages. Customize
Record screenshots to Download and
Fireshot addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5648 Screenshot creator No Medium
demonstrate database searching. install
Create video tutorials for Download and
CamStudio camstudio.org Streaming video software No Medium
reference and instruction. install
To record - No;
Screencasting tool to create
ScreenToaster www.screentoaster.com/ Screen Recorder To publish - Zero Minimal
tutorials for reference.
Yes
Create podcasts or library audio Download and
Audacity audacity.sourceforge.net/ Audio recorder and editor No Medium/Difficult
tours. install
Online access to Adobe Photoshop
Photoshop.com www.photoshop.com Online photo editor Yes Zero Medium
image editing tools.
Just for Fun! Customize your
Face Transformer http://morph.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/ Create an artistic work from a photo No Zero Minimal
Facebook profile pic!