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New Technologies that Save Money, Time, and Improve Service
Sarah Houghton-JanDigital Futures Manager, San Jose Public LibraryAuthor, LibrarianInBlack.net
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Free Public & Staff Computer Software
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Operating System - Ubuntu
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Email/Calendar - Google Calendar & Gmail
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Open Office – word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, desktop publishing
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Antivirus - AVG Antivirus
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Image Editing - GIMP
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Free Staff Scheduling Tools
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Staff Schedules - DRoster
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Free Team Meeting Tools
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Voice (VOIP) & Video – Skype
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Meeting Scheduling – Doodle
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Webcasts – Vyew
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Free Tech Support Tools
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Screencasts on the fly - Jing
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Discussion Boards - Google Groups
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Remote Support - LogMeIn.com
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Free Audio & Video Tools
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Audio Recording/Editing – Audacity
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Video Editing – Avidemux
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Free branding of video cameras - Flip
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Free eLearning Tools
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Online Learning Environment – Moodle
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Screencasting Tools - Wink
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Webcasts – Ustream.tv
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Free Reference Tools
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Chat Widgets – MeeboPut chat windows and Help links where
customers are UPSET
Screenshot courtesy of David Lee King, Topeka Shawnee County
Public Library
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VOIP/audio – Skype
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Free Social Network Tools
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MyBUZZmonitor: hear what people say
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$10 = 5000 Facebook Flyers
to targeted audiences
Facebook Flyer image by Steve Lawson: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tuttlibrary/1546577200
CHEAP ADVERTISING!!!
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Free Website Tools
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Flickr slideshow w/o code - Pictobrowser
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Tag Clouds – Wordle
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Free Online Book Club Tools
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Free Blogs for Book Suggestions
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Blogs – Blogger
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Free Online Book
Displays in Flickr
Westmont Public Library
http://www.flickr.com/photos/westmontlibrary/549380055/
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Free eBooks• Project Gutenberg• AudioBooksForFree• Escholarship• Google Books• ManyBooks• Memoware• Online Books Page• Oxford Text Archive
& many more!
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Free Databases• ArticlesBase.com• FindArticles.com• Open access journals• + free language learning sites
(BBC)• + free practice test sites (SAT)
Why not add this stuff to your website, or even your catalog?
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Questions?
Sarah Houghton-Janweb: www.LibrarianInBlack.netIM: LibrarianInBlackSkype: LibrairanInBlackFacebook:
facebook.com/librarianinblackTwitter: twitter.com/TheLiBemail:
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Additional Recommendations
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Sarah's Random Favorites
RSS aggregator - Google Reader
Book Jackets - Book City Jackets
Open Source/CC Images - Wikipeda Commons, Flickr Image Search
Charts – LucidCharts, Lovely Charts, Gliffy
Text to Voice - Text2Speech
Citation Manager – Zotero
Movies Online - Hulu
File Drop Sites – A-Drive, SendUIt, DropBox
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More Free Public & Staff Computer Software
Office software – Zoho
Web Browser – Firefox, Google Chrome
Financial Software – GNU Cash
Typing Software - GNUTypist or TypeFaster Typing Tutor
CD writing - Brasero or InfraRecorder
AdBusting - AdAware
Anti-Spyware - SpyBot, Spyware Guard, Spyware Blaster
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More Free Team Meeting Tools
Voice – Google Voice
Video – Sightspeed, Tokbox
IM – AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, & others
Meeting Space/Chat – Today's MeetMore Free Tech Support
ToolsEmbedded chat - Meebo chat widget
Voice or video chat - Skype or Ekiga, Sightspeed, Tokbox
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More Free Staff Scheduling Tools
AceShift (<20 shifts/day)
or even Open Office's “Calc”
More Free Audio & Video Tools
Voice/Video Chat – Skype or Ekiga
Audio Recording – Mic4All (into MP3)
Video Editing – DVDx, Lumiera, Kino
Video Hosting – YouTube, blip.tv, Vimeo
Audio Hosting – OurMedia
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More Free eLearning Tools
Screencasting Tools - Screencast-o-matic, Jing, Camstudio, Screencast.com
Conference Calls – FreeConferenceCall.com
Class Websites – WordPress, Blogger, PBworks
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More Free Reference ToolsEmail – Gmail, Yahoo Mail
Instant Messaging – AIM, GoogleTalk, Meebo
Chat Widgets – Meebo, Plugoo
VOIP/audio – Skype
Video – some IM clients (AOL, Skype)
Text Messaging – AIMhack (security?), Mosio ($)
Social Networks – Facebook IM
Twitter – “ask us a question with @...”
Screencasts on the fly – Jing
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More Free Social Network Tools
CheckUsernames.com: check many networks
Open ID and ClaimID: claim and log into multiple site profiles
Ping.fm or Hellotxt.com: simultaneous updates
AtomKeep: simultaneously updates
Twitter/Facebook: settings/apps to update both
Filtrbox: monitor social networks in real time
MyBUZZmonitor: hear what people say
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More Free Website Tools
Website recommender – del.icio.us, Evernote
ILS - Koha or Evergreen
Content Management System - Drupal
Feed and Post Statistics - PostRank
Tag Clouds – TagCrowd, Wordle
Google Forms
CSS-picker – Typetester
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Free Event CalendarsEventfulUpcoming.orgGoing.comCraigslistGoogle Calendar (if you want
something more separate)
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Free Image Generators
GeneratorBlog.blogspot.com
ImageGenerator.org
ImageChef.com