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Information
3jam launches virtual numers: Takes Google Voice head on


Alerts - RSS, Web feeds and Feed aggregators

Tools

• Google Reader (standalone feed reader)- http://www.google.com/reader
• My Yahoo! - http://my.yahoo.com/
• Bloglines - http://www.bloglines.com/
  

Examples

• SLQ - http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/home/help/rss_feeds
  
• State Library of Victoria - http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/site/feeds/
  
• ABC - http://www.abc.net.au/news/services/
• Libworm - searchable library RSS collection

Information

• Clever video - RSS in plain English

Blogs and blogging (see also Microblogging below)

Tools

• Wordpress
  Plug-ins for Wordpress
  

• Blogger
• LiveJournal

Library examples

• Librarian in Black
• OPAL Training
• LISNews
• Tame the Web
• Darien Library
• Eastern Regional Libraries
• Holiday Blast
• I Love Brisbane
• Manukau Mobile Library
  

Bookmarking services
Delicious

Information
Yahoo makes Delicious.com cool again - post by Search Engine Land

Book search engines

Examples

• Google Book Search
  It's really two projects. 1) Google Library (scanning) Program and 2) Google Partner Program for Publishers/Authors.
• Microsoft Live Book Search
• Open Access Text Archive from the Internet Archive
• Amazon - Search Inside the Book
• Project Gutenberg
• Digital Book Index - over 93,000 free digital books
• International Children's Digital Library

Tools

• Online books page check what's added daily
  A list of resources for finding online books, maintained by John Mark Ockerbloomm, Uni of Pennsylvania

Browsers

• Apple Safari
• Camino
• Google Chrome
• Flock
• iCab
  
• Internet Explorer 8
• K-Meleon
  
• Konqueror
• Maxthon
  
• Mozilla’s Firefox
• OmniWeb
  
• Opera
• Seamonkey
• Shiira
  

Google Chrome - A speedier Google Chrome for all users - video clip from Google Chrome blog
14 Alternative browsers that are not IE6 - from Mashable

Cloud computing

• Youtube video explaining cloud cloud computing, http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=6-EacywXL9w
• Some cloud computing examples
  • www.google.com.au
  • http://docs.google.com
    
    

Domain name service
Chi.mp - Content Hub and Identity Management Platform - Online identity management tool

eBooks, eBook readers and electronic texts

Examples

• Project Gutenberg
• OpenLibrary

Information

• Teleread blog
• Review of OpenLibrary

ExitReality

• Presentation available as PowerPoint attachment at end of this page.

File converting tools

• Zamzar
  

Filesharing tools

• Filetwt - file sharing via your Twitter account - www. filetwt.com
• Google docs - create and share documents - http://docs.google.com/#
• Zoho
• Myplick - sharing presentations
• Omnidrive - no longer available - they now recommend NomaDesk
• Senduit
• Slideshare
  
• Tadalist - for sharing lists
  
• Writeboard
• Yousendit
  

Information
Google docs video clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA
Fab freebies for productivity - by Princeton Public Library using Slideshare

Firefox

Add-ons

• https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/
• Weave - Weave Updated for Firefox Syncs your web identity - by WebMonkey
  

Flickr
People Tagging - post from TechCrunch

Flip video

• Presentation available as PowerPoint attachment at end of this page.

Gadgets & devices

Information

• Humourous presentation on gadgets (courtesy of LibrarianinBlack.net)
  
• Blog post on "Top Ten Tech Gadgets"
  

Gaming in libraries

• Lengthy list of resources -A Quick Guide to Gaming in Libraries
• Research on gamers - http://nickyee.com/index-daedalus.html

Google Earth

Information

• Google Earth website

Google products

Google fast flip
Gmail, Google Maps, and Google Search: 19 Cool Tips - fromPC World
Google News Timeline
Google Squared
Google (web)Sites - screencast and podcast from Cool tools for Library 2.0
Google Voice - YouTube videoclip

Image editing tools

Falcon
Pixlr

Information
Aviary launches Falcon: a browser based image editor - by TechCrunch

Image Seaching
Yahoo! Image search
Google images search

Information
Find Creative Commons images with Image Search post from Google blog

Image Sharing
Picurio

Information
Y Combinator’s Picurio Crowdsources Photo Sharing - by TechCrunch

Instant Messaging and VoIP

Tools

• Meebo
• eBuddy
• ILoveIM
• Skype
• Plugoo
  

Information

• Instant Messaging (IM) – how do you IM presentation - http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/HowDoYouIM.ppt

Learning 2.0

Library examples

• Great collection of Learning 2.0 programs at http://del.icio.us/hblowers/learning2.0Libraries
  

Training videos

• Open Thinking - rants and resources from an open educator blog - 80+ tools for tech. and media literacy
  

Learning 2 Test Drive - blog

LibraryThing

• LibraryThing presentation/webcast at the Library of Congress by Tim Spalding is the founder of the social cataloging website

http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4102

Mash-ups

• Chicago Crime Map
• Amazon Map
• Frekfly
• TSMaps
• Captioner: Add captions to your digital photographs!
• Newsmap
• Library Map - http://www.lcls.org/members/routemap.aspx
• Mashups : A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That SirsiDynix Institute presentation
• Re Picture Australia
• Tag Galaxy
• Typeracer
• Animoto Online videos.. check out the video created during the session: http://animoto.com/play/HnH0pfTjsl0mHE45lRF5LQ

http://producten.hema.nl/

Microblogging

Tools

• Twitter
  • Backtweets - search for links on twitter
    
• Yammer

Information

• Screencast by David Lee King on Twitter tools, apps and cool ways to extend Twitter - http://showcase.litablog.org/index.php/David_Lee_King
• 100 tips, apps and resources for teachers on twitter from Online College Degree blog
  
• Literary tweets 100+ of the best authors on Twitter from Mashable - The social media guide
• Non-fiction tweets - 70+ authors to follow on Twitter from Mashable - The social media guide
• Filetwt - send files via your twitter account www.filetwt.com
• 14 more tools of highly effective Twitter users
• Top 100 Librarian Tweeters - Librarians, (US) librarys and organisations related to libraries
• Twitter lists
• How to cite Twitter posts in APA style - post by Moonflowerdragon
• The Ulitmate list of Twitter tools - from BrandsAmongMany. Includes TweetActive to graph your tweets and your followers
• TweetTabs - search Twitter in real time on selected topics
• Headline Blogging: Elevating the Twitter conversation - by EContent
• A Twitter search Primer - from ResourceShelf
• Twitter search in plain English - video clip from CommonCraft
  

Photo editing in your brower

• Picnik
  

Photo sharing

Tools

• Flickr
• Picasa web albums

Library examples

• The State Library of Queensland Flickr commons
• PictureAustralia | Flickr.com
• Mosman Library's Photos
• Flickr for library teens
• North Carolina State University
  

Presentation

• Sharon's presentation for Emerging media session - April 07

Podcasting, webcasting etc

Examples

• OCLC webcasts
• Sirsi/Dynix webcasts
• LITA blog podcasts
• Opal Online

Portable applications

• Free applications and launcher at http://portableapps.com/
• Many portable free applications - regularly updated - http://www.portablefreeware.com/
• 100 Portable apps for your USB stick (for Win and Mac) - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/portable-software-usb/
  

Presentations

• Shift happens

http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2006/08/did-you-know.html

• A Librarian’s 2.0 Manifesto - A YouTube presentation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZblrRs3fkSU&eurl=

• Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us - A YouTube presentation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE&mode=related&search=

• New technology - medieval times - A YouTube presentation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5mLK4V5P30

QR codes

Definition - wikipedia
Kaywa QR code
QR code.com
QR code and mobile telephone (You Tube video)
YouTube videos
Winksite
Mobile libraries blog post

Library examples

• University of Bath, UK, catalogue http://www.bath.ac.uk/library/catalogue

RFID

• RFID chair follows you around http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/rfid-chair-follows-you-around-393198

Search engines

• Alternate Search Engines http://www.altsearchengines.com/
• Alpha http://au.alpha.yahoo.com
• Bing http://www.bing.com/
  
• Tafiti http://www.tafiti.com/
• Mahalo http://www.mahalo.com/
• Allthat http://allth.at
• Hunch http://www.hunch.com/
• Spezify http://www.spezify.com/ great visual presentation of results
  
• Walk2Web http://walk2web.com/
• Wolfram Alpha http://www.wolframalpha.com/ -
  
• Similar-site.com http://similar-site.com/ - similar site and tag searches
  

See also Wolfram Alpha reviews
Wolfram Alpha live view: The Un-Google - by Search Engine Land
Wolfram Alpha and Google face off - by Technology Review

Study Suggests People Prefer Bing’s Design To Google’s, But Still Won’t Switch - from TechCrunch


Security - Social networking sites
Information
If it's (not) good enough for the marines - from Emerging Technologies Librarian


ShareTabs

Site ranking - see Website ranking below

SlideCasting

• SlideShare website http://www.slideshare.net
• Screenr
  
• Screenjelly
  
• Screencastle
• Screentoaster
  

Information

• Mary's PowerPoint presentation for SlideShare & SlideCasting
• Notes about SlideShare & SlideCasting http://slqlibrary2.wetpaint.com/page/SlideShare+%26+SlideCasting+notes.
• Screenjelly and ShareTabs - post by Desire2Blog
  

Social bookmarking

Tools

• Connotea http://www.connotea.org

Social media

Tools

• Free online course "Five weeks to a social library"
  
• Del.icio.us
  • online 3rd party tour of Del.icio.us
  • video Social bookmarking in plain English

• SocialText.net's comprehensive guide to social media
• Digsby = IM + Email + Social Networks - all visible at once
  

Examples

• State Library of Queensland Library 2.0 Del.icio.us bookmarks
• 10 golden rules of social media

Information
Statistics Show Social Media Is Bigger Than You Think - post by Socialnomics – Social Media Blog
Forty-five Percent of Employers Use Social Networking Sites to Research Job Candidates, CareerBuilder Survey Finds - Press Release by Market Watch (The Wall Street Journal)

Social Networks - see social networking

Social news

Examples

• Digg.com
• Reddit.com
• Netscape.com
• Topix.net
• Newsvine.com
• Nowpublic.com

Social Utility: Facebook

Tools

About Facebook
Create your own Facebook account
Tips for starting your own Facebook group
Guided tour of Facebook

Library Examples

(you will need to sign up to Facebook to view the following groups)

British Library Book Club
Second Life Librarians

Australian Library Examples

(you will need to sign up to Facebook to view the following groups)

ALIA Conference 2008 (DREAMing08)
National Library of Australia Appreciation Society
Manga Library
Friends and Readers of the Library Interact

Library Applications in Facebook

(you will need to sign up to Facebook to view the following applications)

Search for these in the search box (top left corner)

Books iRead
Librarian Booth Library Ask?Away
LibGuides
Lister Hill Library Catalogue Search

Spreadsheet tools

• Google squared - Your search results in spreadsheet form from Mashable: The social media guide
  

Survey tools

• Doodle
• Survey monkey
  

Tag Clouds

Presentation

URL shortening services

• Bit.ly
• Cli.gs
• Is.gd
• Ow.ly
• Snip.url
• Su.pr
• TinyURL
• Tr.im
• Twurl

Information
Ow.ly And Bit.ly Fastest, Most Reliable URL Shorteners. Tr.Im Comes Up . . . Short - post by TechCrunch

Video search engines

• Truveo(Australia) - Truveo Video Search site relaunches with new features & 17 "Country" sites - from ResourceShelf
• Blinkx
• CastTV
• Pixsy
• Veoh

Information

• Find your favourite clips with these search engines - from Webware - CNET News
  

Video sharing

• Eyespot
• Google Video
• Grouper
• Jumpcut
• Ourmedia
• Revver
• Videoegg
• Vimeo
• vSocial
• YouTube
  

Information
Ten video sharing services compared - by DV guru

Virtual worlds

Information

• The role of virtual worlds in education
• Survey results on libraries in virtual worlds
• Second Life and libraries
• 60 Minutes on Second Life - Story, Chat, Video
• Research into who uses MMO (Massive Multiplayer Online) worlds
  • Nick Yee - The Daedalus Project
• Mary's presentation for Emerging Media session September 2007

Examples

• Second Life
• World of Warcraft

Visualisation

• Visualisation resources
• Data Visualization: Modern Approaches

Web 2.0

Information

• Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and Librarian 2.0: Preparing for the 2.0 World by Stephen Abram
• List of web 2.0 services - http://www.go2web20.net

Web browsers

• Google Chrome presented by Collin Fieldsend, ICT Services - (See attachment at the end of this page.)

Web conferencing

• Dimdim
  
• Saba Centra
  
• WebEx
• Yugma - share your desktop during an online presentation
  

Website ranking (and more)
Xinu Returns - Check PageRank, Backlinks, Indexed Pages, Rankings and more

Wikis

Tools

• Wetpaint
• PBwiki
• @wiki
• Seedwiki

Examples

• Wikipedia
• Library Instruction Wiki
  
• LISWiki
• Library Success wiki
• BookLoversWiki
• FutureLib
• ALA wiki
  

Information

• "An empirical examination of Wikipedia's credibility"
  

Other resources

• Webjunction
• The changing digital library landscape:trends in the world of Web 2.0. (as above) - for external users (PPT)
  
• Presentation by Lorcan Dempsey. Edinburgh University Library. [Windows Media Video - Public (non-EdLAN) users only - limited to 20 simultaneous streams]
• Top 10 lifestyle & leisure business ideas in 2006 http://www.springwise.com/lifestyle_leisure/top_10_lifestyle_leisure_busin/
• The Internet can change your life - a series of daily lessons in blog format
• Using discovery and play to monitor new technology
• 7 things you should know about ... Educause Learning Initiative - series provides concise information on emerging learning technologies and related practices.