Free Web 2.0 Tools for Libraries

Free Technology and Web 2.0 Tools for Your Library

Teresa S. Welsh, [email protected]

Stacy Creel, [email protected]

BEFORE GETTING STARTED…

Solomon, L. (2011). Doing social media so it matters. Chicago: ALA.

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Some tips: “Social Media will change. Concept will

not. Be flexible.”

“Interact with people in social media, or risk becoming irrelevant.”

“Giving up control is hard, but worst case scenario rarely happens. Even if it does, it is far outweighed by potential reach a library can have via social media.”

“Figuring out your library’s social media goals doesn’t have to be terribly complex, but it does have to be the first step.”



More tips: “If your library can be in only one place

online, Facebook should be it. Ideally, however, your library should maintain an active presence at least on Facebook and Twitter. They are very different social instruments with different strengths.”

‘Find the best fit for your library based on the demographics you are trying to reach and your library goals.”



More tips: “Every time your library directly engages with

someone online in a positive way, especially one that benefits the other person, it gains social capital. Social capital takes time to earn and trust to build.”

“As Library staff, we know that people do judge books by their covers. Your library’s social media profiles are “covers” that people will use to judge the library. Put effort into making them interesting, authentic, and inviting.”



More tips: “No Matter what social network your library

chooses to participate in, always remember that people appreciate the value of content. Don’t waste people’s time with posts or status updates that are just worthless fillers.”

“ Social Media, in many cases, is happening in close to real time. Failure to respond promptly to a conversation, either positive or negative, can result in a great deal of harm to your library’s reputation.”

Create a social media policy for staff.



Create Web Pages, Multimedia Yola Web site builder www.yola.com/

Weebly.com Web site, blog builder www.weebly.com/

Create audio greeting with audacity.sourceforge.net

Find, revise, create color palettes with colorhunter.com/

Filter images, post to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr with instagram.com/

YouTube Downloader to grab, edit videos youtubedownload.altervista.org/



Create Tutorials or Presentations Animoto http://animoto.com/

Turn photos, video clips, music into video PhotoPeach photopeach.com/

Create slideshows with captions, create quizzes Vuvox http://www.vuvox.com/

Create collages, slideshows like videos PowerPoint 10 Try PPT 10 free or use

Open Office Edit images, videos

office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/

Tildee.com www.tildee.com/ Use embedded maps, images, video to create unique

URL to share on Facebook, Twitter, Google



Homework Help Khan Academy www.khanacademy.org/

ReadingBear.org teaches phonics

Free Online Learning videos for reading, math www.gcflearnfree.org/

WatchKnowLearn.org free educational videos

CitationMachine.net, EasyBib.com bibliography creator

PRIMO (Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online) www.ala.org/cfapps/primo/public/search.cfm



Fun Tools for Youth Workshops Create a Bio Poem cuip.uchicago.edu

/~adarice/cwsite/poems/biopoemform.htm

Create Cartoons www.toondoo.com/

Create Comix www.makebeliefscomix.com/

Create a Glog www.glogster.com/

Create Map www.google.com/mapmaker

Create a Word Cloud at www.wordle.net/



Useful Tools for Adult Workshops ESL Tutorial www.englishpage.com/

GED Tutorials www.testpreppractice.net/GED/Free-Online-

Tutorials.aspx

www.bestfreetraining.net/

GRE Tutorial www.mygretutor.com/ Resume Tutorials

www.gcflearnfree.org/resumewriting owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/719/01

/



Tools for Marketing Libraries Foursquare via mobile app, Facebook

facebook.com

LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/

Blog www.blogger.com/ or wordpress.com/

Delicious bookmarks delicious.com/

Create Your Own Newspaper paper.li/

Pinterest online pinboard pinterest.com/

YouTube channel, iTunes channel, StumbleUpon



Free Virtual Cloud Apps

Access files from any computer, phoneShare, work on files with selected users Install Dropbox to any computer; files saved auto-sync

Dropbox www.dropbox.com/ Upload photos, docs, various file types

Microsoft SkyDrive office.microsoft.com/en-us/web-apps

7 GB space, apps for Word, Excel, PowerPoint



Apps: Cloud Connect for MS Office

google.com/apps/intl/en/business/officeconnect.html

Form Creator www.google.com/google-d-s/forms/

Google Translate translate.google.com/

i-Google personal page www.google.com/ig

Google Mobile www.google.com/mobile/

Googlio e-Portfolio sites.google.com/site/googlioproject/



And many tools all in one place…

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More Free, Useful Web 2.0 Apps Comodo Free Internet Security

www.comodo.com/home/internet-security/free-internet-security.php

Best Free Online Applications and Services http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/best-free-online-applications-and-services.htm

Let’s look at some library Web page examples…



http://www.houstonlibrary.org/social-media

http://www.hcpl.net/

http://www.nypl.org/voices/connect-nypl

http://digitalbookmobile.com/

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Thank you for your attention…..

What are your favorite, free

Web 2.0 tools?

Mississippi Library Association Conference, Natchez, Miss.

Teresa S. Welsh, [email protected]

Stacy Creel, [email protected]

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Free Web 2.0 Tools for Libraries