Selected digital tools for library and media professionals. They are categorised as tools to create, curate and publish content and tools to connect, collaborate and engage people.

1. S. L. FAISAL
www.slfaisal.com
Digital Tools for
Media & Libraries
National Workshop on Media and Libraries
Kannur University, March 9, 2023

2. Digital Tools (DT)?
Why Digital Tools?
Digital Tools: Categories
DTs for Media & Libraries
How to keep it up
In this
Presentation
Here's what we'll cover:

3. Digital Tools, Defined
Software, programs, applications,
platforms, and (online or offline)
resources that can be used with
computers, mobile devices or other
digital devices, and which
incorporate text, audio and visual
stimuli.
https://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/digital-tools

4. Why Digital Tools ?
How DTs help Media &
Library professionals?
Optimise the workflow
Making processes more consistent, secure,
efficient, and effective. Increases productivity.
Communication, Sharing & Collaboration
Improve communication, facilitate sharing
and support collaboration among team
members and with users.
User friendly & Cost effective (mostly free)
Can be accessed on web browsers,
Used both at home and in work.
Esy to use and learn.

5. Examples for Digital Tools used to
Curate Content

6. Digital Tools
Create
Publish
Curate
Content
People
Connect
Collaborate
Engage

7. Create Content
Digital Tools to
Aids in the content creation process
by creating written or visual
content in different digital formats
for all sorts of purposes.

8. Examples for Digital Tools used to Create Content
Planning & Research

9. Examples for Digital Tools used to Create Content
Writing

10. Examples for Digital Tools used to Create Content
Design Video & Animation

11. Examples for Digital Tools used to Create Content
Podcast AI

12. Publish Content
Digital Tools to
Allows users to create a variety of digital
content, such as ebooks, magazines, and
brochures, and distribute them through
various channels, such as email, social
media, and websites.
Anyone can access and share the content
on Internet. Global audience.
Lower production and distribution costs.

13. Examples for Digital Tools used to
Publish Content

14. Curate Content
Digital Tools to
Help to find and share relevant and
valuable content.
Annotated directories, anthologies, news,
compilations, playlists, reading guides,
courses and textbooks. Social
Bookmarking/listing., news aggregation.
Curation of content of any or multiple
formats, text, links, audio, video,
software, etc.

15. Examples for Digital Tools used to
Curate Content

17. Connect with Poeple
Digital Tools to
Aid to reach out people and share
content.
Social Media: Social Networking,
Social Bookmarking, Instant
Messaging.
Online groups created based on
intersts and themes.
Support networking, content
creation and sharing.

18. Examples for Digital Tools used to
Connect with People-Social Media

19. Examples for Digital Tools used to
Connect with People-Instant Messaging
& Social cataloguing

20. Collaborate with Poeple
Digital Tools to
Let teams work together over the
internet.
Synchronous and asynchronous
online collaboration.
Platforms/tools support
Communication, Conferencing and
Coordination.
Collaboration on cloud.

21. Collaborate with Poeple
Examples for Digital Tools to

22. Engage Poeple
Digital Tools to
Aids communication and
engagement in an online
environments.
Facilitates actions that reflect and
measure how much your audience
interacts with your content.
Aids continuous interaction and
instant feedback.

23. Engage Poeple
Examples for Digital Tools to

24. How to keep it up?
Digital Media Plan.
Understand user need preferences.
Create and update with relevant and
useful content.
Widen your Professional Learning
Network. Learn from others.
Try Open Source Software.
Explore. Experiment. Innovate. Share.

26. Shero.(2023). 6 Best Free Digital Publishing Platforms & Tools To Distribute
Your Content Online . https://fliphtml5.com/learning-center/free-digital-
publishing-platforms-tools. Retrived March 7, 2023.
Links to cited Examples
https://librarykvpattom.wordpress.com/ https://wakelet.com/@Librarykvpattom
https://anchor.fm/nwrls https://soundcloud.com/library-kvpattom/sets
https://linktr.ee/librarykvpattom https://www.facebook.com/LibraryKVPattom
https://twitter.com/librarykvpattom https://www.youtube.com/c/librarykvpattomtvm
https://www.instagram.com/state_library
https://padlet.com/librarykvpattom/whatiamreadingnow
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/2096-san-antonio-public-library
Reference

27. Questions?
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