Holly Hibner
Tech Tools for Reference hhibner@plymouthlibrary.org
Registration
Tool Address Description Library Uses Set up time Expertise
required?
Children's books read by famous Free alternative to similar paid
Story Line Online www.storylineonline.net No. Zero Minimal
people on video programs
Yes to save,
Create story books with artwork! Or,
Story Bird www.storybird.com Children's programming share, and Zero Medium
read books created by others.
comment
Libraries w/o public fax service can
GotFreeFax.com www.gotfreefax.com Fax from your computer for free. No. Zero Minimal
suggest to patrons.
Create tutorials with or without audio Create tutorials for patron Download and
Wink http://debugmode.com/wink No. Medium
overlay. instruction install
Highlight text on web page, share link Reference via email: highlight
Awesome Highlighter awesomehighlighter.com No. Zero Minimal
to the highlighted page. answer in article/email URL
Allow patrons to edit photos w/o
Picnik picnik.com Easy online photo editing tool. No. Zero Minimal
supporting software.
Allow patrons to edit photos w/o
Change Images change-images.com Easy online photo editing tool. No. Zero Minimal
supporting software.
Allow patrons to listen to music at
Yes. Free
Pandora www.pandora.com Internet radio computer terminals w/o accessing Zero Minimal
account.
CD collection
Yes. Sign in
Suite of tools: word proc.,
Alternative to pricey software using Yahoo or
Zoho www.zoho.com spreadsheets, presentations, e-mail, Zero Medium
licenses. Google
wikis, invoices, reports…
account.
Teaching e-mail or computer
Password Meter www.passwordmeter.com Test the strength of your password. No. Zero Minimal
security classes
Tell the Book Seer what you just read
Book Seer www.bookseer.com and he will recommend more books to Reader's Advisory No. Zero Minimal
you!
Copy and paste popular characters like Tech support, email, web design,
Copy Paste Character www.copypastecharacter.com No. Zero Minimal
arrows, copyright, musical notations… word processing
Make meetings more efficient,
Meeting Ticker http://tobytripp.github.com/meeting-ticker
How much are those meetings costing? show patrons the value of a No. Zero Minimal
program
Make fun magazine covers with your "How Well Do You Know Your
MagMyPic www.magmypic.com No. Zero Minimal
pic on them! Librarians" display