Tuesday, June 3, 2008

HeLP - Episode 2 - Tech Tools

Download the podcast of this episode here.

On the call this week:

Jason Fields, Chief Operating Officer, Hancock County Public Library (Greenfield, IN)
Eric Fisher, Information Services Librarian, Ball State University (Muncie, IN)

Several technology tools were discussed, including (in no particular order):

  • Trillian - IM chat aggregator
  • Google Docs - web-based word processor, spreadsheets, and presentations, easily shared
  • Google Blogger - create blogs
  • Google Sites - create your own social network
  • MediaWiki - open-source wiki, same framework as Wikipedia
  • PageFlakes - customizable personal web portal
  • zotero - Mozilla browser plug-in citation management application
  • INSPIRE - Indiana's online virtual library
  • SlideShare - share your slide presentations on the web
  • del.icio.us - popular social bookmarking site
  • Firefox/Flock - alternative web browsers, based on the open-source Mozilla browser

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