New Technologies that Save Money, Time, and Improve Service

Sarah Houghton-JanDigital Futures Manager, San Jose Public LibraryAuthor, LibrarianInBlack.net

Free Public & Staff Computer Software

Operating System - Ubuntu

Email/Calendar - Google Calendar & Gmail

Open Office – word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, desktop publishing

Antivirus - AVG Antivirus

Image Editing - GIMP

Free Staff Scheduling Tools

Staff Schedules - DRoster

Free Team Meeting Tools

Voice (VOIP) & Video – Skype

Meeting Scheduling – Doodle

Webcasts – Vyew

Free Tech Support Tools

Screencasts on the fly - Jing

Discussion Boards - Google Groups

Remote Support - LogMeIn.com

Free Audio & Video Tools

Audio Recording/Editing – Audacity

Video Editing – Avidemux

Free branding of video cameras - Flip

Free eLearning Tools

Online Learning Environment – Moodle

Screencasting Tools - Wink

Webcasts – Ustream.tv

Free Reference Tools

Chat Widgets – MeeboPut chat windows and Help links where

customers are UPSET

Screenshot courtesy of David Lee King, Topeka Shawnee County

Public Library

VOIP/audio – Skype

Free Social Network Tools

MyBUZZmonitor: hear what people say

$10 = 5000 Facebook Flyers

to targeted audiences

Facebook Flyer image by Steve Lawson: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tuttlibrary/1546577200

CHEAP ADVERTISING!!!

Free Website Tools

Flickr slideshow w/o code - Pictobrowser

Tag Clouds – Wordle

Free Online Book Club Tools

Free Blogs for Book Suggestions

Blogs – Blogger

Free Online Book

Displays in Flickr

Westmont Public Library

http://www.flickr.com/photos/westmontlibrary/549380055/

Free eBooks• Project Gutenberg• AudioBooksForFree• Escholarship• Google Books• ManyBooks• Memoware• Online Books Page• Oxford Text Archive

& many more!

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?

Questions?

Sarah Houghton-Janweb: www.LibrarianInBlack.netIM: LibrarianInBlackSkype: LibrairanInBlackFacebook:

facebook.com/librarianinblackTwitter: twitter.com/TheLiBemail:

LibrarianInBlack@gmail.com

Additional Recommendations

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

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

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

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

More Free eLearning Tools

Screencasting Tools - Screencast-o-matic, Jing, Camstudio, Screencast.com

Conference Calls – FreeConferenceCall.com

Class Websites – WordPress, Blogger, PBworks

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

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

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

Free Event CalendarsEventfulUpcoming.orgGoing.comCraigslistGoogle Calendar (if you want

something more separate)

Free Image Generators

GeneratorBlog.blogspot.com

ImageGenerator.org

ImageChef.com