The document provides an overview of useful free and inexpensive tools for library webmasters and internet librarians. It covers a variety of tools grouped into categories such as image processing, productivity, security, usability, and more, with specific examples and URLs for access. The content encourages users to enhance their web management skills with these recommended resources.

1. Cool Tools for Library Webmasters Internet Librarian October 20, 2008 Darlene Fichter Data Librarian University of Saskatchewan Frank Cervone, Director Library, Information, and Media Studies Chicago State University

2. Let’s take a look at where we’re heading today.

3. We’ll explore new free and inexpensive tools.

4. Briefly mention some of our all time favourite tools.

5. There will be tools for everyone.

6. Let’s get visual.

7. VisCheck A computer simulation of the entire process of human vision Way of showing what things look like to someone who is color blind Online service Image files Web pages Downloadable Windows and Mac www.vischeck.com/vischeck

8. Tritanope Protanope Deuteranope Full color

9. Full spectrum Red/green deficiency Blue/yellow deficiency

10. Thumbalizer www.thumbalizr.com

11. ImageFlow 194.95.111.244/~countzero/scripts/_myImageFlow/

12. Generate a color palette from an image. www.degraeve.com/color-palette/

13. Create graphs as widgets . widgenie.com

15. Add sounds. freesound.org

16. Call Graph – free Skype call recorder. callgraph.in

17. Let’s look at productivity and security tools.

18. Freemind freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

19. Firefox tools SafeCache SafeHistory FoxMarks FEBE

20. SafeCache Protects your privacy Defends against cache-based tracking techniques Embedded content is cached Segments the cache according to the domain of the originating page. Enable/disable in the Privacy pane of the Options menu. Learn more about Protecting Browser State using Same Origin policy ( paper ) www.safecache.com

21. SafeHistory Protects your privacy by defending against visited-link-based tracking techniques. It allows offsite visited links to be marked only if the browser's history database contains a record of the link being followed from the current site. Enable/disable SafeHistory in the Privacy pane of the Options menu www.safehistory.com

23. FoxMarks Automatically synchronizes bookmarks Access your bookmarks anytime at my.foxmarks.com. Works in the background to keep your bookmarks up-to-date on all your computers www.foxmarks.com

24. mysteryuser

26. FEBE Firefox Environment Backup Extension Quickly and easily backup your Firefox extensions Easily synchronize your office and home browsers May specify user defined items Backup virtually any data on your computer customsoftwareconsult.com/extensions/febe/febe.html

28. LinkBunch Lets you put multiple links into one small link Firefox extension creates a bunch from all your open tabs Twitter bot in the works Isn’t finished yet linkbun.ch

29. DocSyncer Automatically finds and syncs your document files to Google Docs This means everything “ Users are even reporting that launching a document directly from their desktop using DocSyncer is FASTER than launching the document natively in Microsoft Office!” Yeah…right www.docsyncer.com

32. Encrypt your USB stick. http://www.truecrypt.org/

33. File Hamster Real-time backup and archiving of your files while you work Monitors files or directories Automatically creates incremental backups Store notes about the changes that have been made www.mogware.com/FileHamster

35. Syncback Freeware Backup all files anytime with a single click Scheduler to automate backups Versioning Synchronization Incremental backups Machine to machine via ftp Encryption Compression www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html

39. FreeUndelete www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/

40. Usability

41. Browsershots Creates screenshots in different browsers Open source, online service How it works: Submit your web address Added to the job queue Distributed computers open the website in their browser They create screenshots and upload them to the browsershots server browsershots.org

45. Feng GUI www.feng-gui.com Automatic alternative to eye-tracking Creates heatmaps based on an algorithm that predicts what a real human would be most likely to look at

46. www.fenggui.com

47. © 2006-2008 Feng-GUI - Feng Shui for graphic user interfaces.™

48. google.com

49. flickr.com

50. useit.com

51. Create a favicon for browser address bars, favourites and tabs. www.html-kit.com/favicon/

52. Improve your site and manage site feedback. www.suggestionbox.com

53. More fun tools

54. DamnIT damnit.jupiterit.com Sign up for DamnIT Include damnit.js An error happens Optional description You get an email Careful with that URL!

55. . htaccess password generator tools.dynamicdrive.com/password/

56. Cropper in C# blogs.geekdojo.net/brian/articles/Cropper.aspx

57. Steal from the best. LGR Blog Webmaster Blog. The Five Best Website Templates

58. Save time with a website template. Open Source Web Design > 2000 layouts Open Web Design > 2100 layouts themesBase.com > 1000 for Joomla and Mambo plus other CMS website layouts, FreeCSSTemplates.org > 100 layouts Free Layouts < 100 templates

59. Design 404 Pages www.zug.com/mp3/nothere.htm

60. Find even more tools. Browse links to past presentations http://library2.usask.ca/~fichter/cool_tools/

61. A sample of the all time best tools Firefox Firefox Web Developer Extension Image Editors Gimp Picnik Photoshop Express Meebo Me Widget MailBigFile

62. More all time winners Primo PDF Drupal Google Analytics Yahoo Pattern Library Surveys SurveyMonkey Poll Daddy QuestionPro

63. Photo Credits – Creative Commons Roadmap by Brain farts Chick by ap. Pig Ribbon by brandichu123 Laptops by Irregular Shed Cosplay (red hair) by colodio Wrench Wench by Tojosan Capitol Place Shower Instructions by ATIS547 Japanese Tea Flavoured Ice Cream by timtak Toolbox Full by Austin ampersand Zak

64. Questions? Darlene Fichter Data Librarian University of Saskatchewan [email_address] Frank Cervone, Director Library, Information, and Media Studies Chicago State University [email_address]