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library 3.0 services w/o 3.0 million dollars:free and cheap web services for broke libraries
Sarah Houghton-JanAssistant Director @ San Rafael Public LibraryAuthor, LibrarianInBlack.net
we are broke
free = useful
20 steps to a better digital library
breakout 1
what free tools do you already use?
#1: where to put your websites
WordPress – CMS + host (blog + pages)
Blogger – CMS + host (blog)
Drupal - CMS
Squarespace – CMS + host (full feature website) $
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#2: images
editing: GIMP, Picasa, FotoFlexr
hosting: FlickrFlickr slideshow: Pictobrowser
free/royalty-free: OpenPhoto, Stock.xchng, Image*After, Wikimedia Commons, Flickr adv search
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online book displays
Westmont Public Library
http://www.flickr.com/photos/westmontlibrary/549380055/
image generators
GeneratorBlog.blogspot.com
ImageGenerator.org
ImageChef.com
breakout 2
try out a tool
#3: ebooks• Project Gutenberg• AudioBooksForFree• Escholarship• Google Books• ManyBooks• Memoware• Online Books Page• Oxford Text Archive• Kindle’s promotional free ebooks• & many more!
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breakout 3
what challenges face us with pointing users
to free ebooks?
#4: surveys and pollsZoomerang
PollDaddy
SurveyMonkey
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#5: open source ilsKoha
Evergreen
Social OPAC (catalog only)
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breakout 4
try a tool you haven’t tried yet.
#8: reference toolsMulti-platform: LibraryH3lp ($)
email: Gmail
IM: Meebo
VOIP & video chat: Skype
texting: Google Voice or AIM hacks
Twitter: ask @yourlibrary for help!
#9: user support toolsScreencasts: Jing
Discussion Boards: Google Groups
Computer Sharing: LogMeIn or Yuuguu ($)
#10: online book clubsGoogle Groups
LibraryThing
breakout 5
try a tool you haven’t tried yet.
#11: web analyticsGoogle Analytics
PostRank
#12: social media (set up)
Username Check: Namechk
Username Standard: OpenID
Username Claim: ClaimID
#13: social media (maintenance)
Post Automation: Social Oomph
Multiple Account Management: Seesmic, HootSuite, TweetDeck
#14: social media (metrics)
Monitoring: MyBUZZmonitor, TwitterSearch
Statistics: Twitter Analyzer, Twitter Counter, Facebook page Insights & weekly email updates
breakout 6
try a tool you haven’t tried yet.
#15: forms
Google Forms
#16: online classesScreencasting Tools - Jing, Camstudio
Learning Environment – Moodle
Webcasts – Vyew, Ustream
Class Websites – WordPress, Blogger, PBworks, PageFlakes
breakout 7
try a tool you haven’t tried yet.
#17: mapsGoogle Maps mashups & API
#18: audio toolsRecording/Editing – Audacity
Hosting – PodBean ($), LibSyn ($)
#19: video toolsEditing – Avidemux, JayCut
Hosting – YouTube, blip.tv, Vimeo
Creation - xtranormal (educator account!)
iPhone 4 vs. HTC Evo
#20: lastly, more Google
