Presented at the 2013 Nebraska Library Association / Nebraska School Librarians Association Annual Conference. Kearney, NE. October 10, 2013. http://nebraskalibraries.org/conf2013/

1. 20 Cool Tools for You and Your Library
2013
NLA/NSLA
Annual
Conference
October 10,
2013
Christa Burns,
Nebraska
Library
Commission

2. • Online video creation
• Web-based, Android and iPhone apps
• Free or pay accounts – Free for
Educators
• Upload your video clips/photos, choose a
template, select music – licensed library
of songs, add captions
• Download video to embed, share on
Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter, etc.

4. • Online social bookmarking
• Tags
• Saved into your online account, so
available to you anywhere you go
• Choose if bookmarks are Public or
Private

5. http://delicious.com/cjburns42/
neblib2013
• SCRENSHOT OF MY DELICIOUS,
AFTER I”VE SAVED ALL THE
LINKS

6. • Online RSS feed aggregator
• Collects and organizes new posts
from blogs, news sites and
webpages
• Web-based, Android and iOS apps
• Share items to Facebook, Twitter,
LinkedIn, Google+, etc.

8. • Online animated video creation
• Customizable characters,
backgrounds, props, and actions
• Import your library logo, pictures,
screen captures
• Audio – text-to-speech or record your
own narration
• Download video to embed, or share on
YouTube and other social networks.

10. • Book-based social network
• User-populated database of books,
annotations and reviews
• Generate library catalogs and
reading lists
• Book discussion groups

12. • Online infographic creator
• Pre-made templates
• Add text, your own pictures, data
from a spreadsheet
• Publish to Facebook, Twitter,
Pinterest or embed on your website

14. • Save web content to read later
• Bookmarklet for browsers
• Android, iPhone, iPad, computer or
Kindle

16. • User-created do-it-yourself projects
• Step-by-step instructions, photos,
videos
• Commented and rated for quality
• Free Pro Membership for teachers
• Android and iOS apps

18. • Online collection of video tutorials
• Math, science, economics and
finance, and humanities
• Step-by-step exercises
• Performance data to track your
progress

20. • Infographics creation tool
• Choose a theme, upload statistical
data, use DIY editor to display
• Drag and drop functionality for
colors, fonts, repositioning blocks of
data
• Upload your own photos and logos
• Export as an image that you can use
anywhere

22. • Online photo editing tools
• Fix, adjust, filter
• Express and Advanced versions
• Pixlr-o-matic – vintage/retro look
• Download, Facebook app, Chrome
app, Android and iOS

24. • Online reading service
• Turns webpages into clean,
uncluttered view for easy reading
• Browser add-on, Android or iOS app
• Store articles on the web to read
later on your computer, tablet, phone
or Kindle

26. • Social news site
• Users post news stories, then vote
on them, making stories appear
higher or lower on the list -
community decides what is
interesting or relevant
• Subreddit for Libraries

28. • Online screen recorder
• Create a video of exactly what is
happening on your screen
• Audio
• Embed into a webpage, upload to
YouTube or other sites
• Export - Quicktime (MP4), Windows
Media Player (AVI), or Flash (FLV)

30. • Word cloud generator
• Visualization of word frequency in a
text or webpage
• Pick a shape to enclose the words
• Save as an image, JPEG or PNG
• Print out or share online

32. • Educationally focused instructional
videos
• Designed for teachers, schools and
home learners
• Free and open for all to use
• Rating system

34. • Web-based survey creation tool
• Online web form
• Single question or many
• Share via Twitter, Facebook, email
or embed on your website
• You must have a Twitter account to
create a poll, but responders don’t
need one

36. • Infographic creator, same basic
features as Infogr.am and Piktochart
• Gather info and stats from Facebook
and Twitter to create personalized
infographics
• Facebook Social Life, Twitter
hashtag
• Download as an image or PDF, get a
URL, or embed code to put on your
website.

38. • Online animated GIF creator
• Use snapshots from your webcam or
digital camera
• Combines into animation on the
website
• Email, share, download, embed

40. • Online word processing program
• No software to download, install or
maintain
• Documents can be shared, opened,
edited online, multiple users
• Save into ZoHo – access anywhere
• Export - Word(.doc and .docx), Plain
Text(.txt), Web Page(.html), or
PDF(.pdf)

42. BONUS TOOL!
http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/nelearns/

43. Questions???
Christa Burns
Special Projects Librarian
Nebraska Library Commission
christa.burns@nebraska.gov
800-307-2665
http://delicious.com/cjburns42/neblib2013
http://www.slideshare.net/cjburns