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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#6: translationGoogle Translate

#7: tag cloudsTagCrowd

Wordle

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

feedback?

Sarah Houghton-JanLibrarianInBlack.net

Twitter: @TheLiB

LibrarianInBlack@gmail.com