Keep It Simple, StupidFree and Easy-to-Use Tech Ideas

for Your Library!

Bill HelmanIntegrated Digital Services Librarian

University of Baltimore Langsdale Library

Alison K. CodyPublic Relations & Instruction Librarian

Loyola/Notre Dame Library

With a little help from . . .

Cindy FisherFirst-Year Experience Librarian

University of Texas LibrariesUniversity of Texas at Austin

Michael SpelmanBranch Library Supervisor

Madison Public LibraryMadison, WI

First, a word about open source

Photos by flickr users lorispindler, nathaninsandiego, digitalmagicphotos & gamedayfocus

Free as in?

Photos by Flickr users Roadsidepictures and pheochromocytoma

Where does my stuff live?

Things to consider

PrivacyWho owns your content?How easy is it for someone else to get the keys?

AccessOnly at a computer....with an internet connection.

UptimeRecent Google and Amazon failsIs there power at the library?

InstallationIt's totally DIY!...uh, maybe I should have called IT.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dykam/3840747324/

Google Calendarhttp://www.google.com/calendar

Lewiston Public Libraryhttp://lplonline.org/kids/?page_id=6 Loyola/Notre Dame Libraryhttp://www.loyola.edu/library/EventBookings.html

 

http://docs.google.com This very presentationhttp://tinyurl.com/KISS-preso Our notes for this presentationhttp://tinyurl.com/KISS-notes

 

Google Docs

http://www.zoho.com/creator/  Reference Statistics with Zoho Creatorhttp://tinyurl.com/refstats-zoho (has a link to make a copy of a database)

Zoho Creator

http://www.screenjelly.com/

Screencast about Screenjelly, hosted on Screencast.com and made with Jing (whew):http://screencast.com/t/tDSwoMcJ4ZNZ

Screenjelly

http://www.dropbox.com

Dropbox

Use Dropbox as a free (if limited) webserverhttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/8190488/index.htm

Or to share project files with colleagues at other libraries

http://www.flickr.com/photos/darksidex/2533664443/

http://www.gimp.org/

Gimp

Make a sign for a printer that kind of looks like R2-D2http://is.gd/gYHXFF

Or a sad-Mac sign letting users know "this iMac is broken"http://is.gd/5xy1lx

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rore/3312733806/

http://www.rememberthemilk.com

Remember the Milk

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jelles/2902422030/

Script a library due date reminder http://is.gd/vczAn0

Or use it as a project management toolhttp://is.gd/Uh7aHx

Resources: Open Source & the CloudFree and Open Source Software for librarians and libraries (great explanation of FOSS @ beginning)http://www.innovation.ukzn.ac.za/InnovationPdfs/No36pp1-16keats.pdf Free/Libre and Open Source Software and Libraries Bibliographyhttp://www.zotero.org/groups/freelibre_and_open_source_software_and_libraries_bibliography Library Cloud Atlas: A Guide to Cloud Computing and Storagehttp://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6695772.html