Based on the popular 60 Apps and Sites in 60 Minutes sessions at last year’s SLA Conference in Chicago, Anneli Sarkanen and Simon Barron of SLA Europe present a European selection of essential apps and websites that all modern information professionals should know about. This fast-paced event covered top sites for productivity, business, social networking, lifestyle, travel, and fun and games. Presented at the City Business Library in London on the 19th March 2013.

1. apps and sites in
minutes
@LibrarianNelly
Anneli Sarkanen
Simon Barron
@SimonXIX
Sponsored by

2. Acknowledgements Scott Brown
@scbrown5
Joe Murphy
@libraryfuture
Gayle
Lynn-Nelson
John DiGilio
@iBraryGuy

3. Productivity:

4. Productivity:
Google Drive

5. Productivity:
bitly.com

6. Productivity:
diigo

7. Productivity:
doodle.com

8. Productivity:
howstuffworks.com

9. Productivity:
ifttt.com

10. Productivity:
Atooma

11. Productivity:
EDF Energy

12. Productivity:
Pocket

13. Productivity:
SoundGecko

14. Communication:

15. Communication:
Viber

16. Communication:
MightyText

17. Communication:
SMS Backup+

18. Legal:

19. Legal:
biallpr.pbworks.com

20. www.feefiefoefirm.com/uk/
Legal:

21. Legal:
europa.eu/legisation_summaries/index_en.htm

22. Technology:

23. Technology:
AirDroid

24. Technology:
BigLens

25. Technology:
archive.org

26. changedetection.com
Technology:

27. Technology:
webplatform.org

28. Technology:
Browsers
Firefox
Dolphin
Chrome

29. Business:

30. Business:
DomainTools.com

31. Companies House
Business:

32. corporateinformation.com/
Company-Extensions-
Security-Identifers.aspx
Business:

33. Business:
Mint

34. rba.co.uk/sources/registers.htm
Business:

35. oanda.com/currency/historical-
rates/
Business:

36. Business:
xero

37. Business:
dnb.com

38. Entertainment

39. Entertainment
GoodReads

40. Entertainment Music identification apps
Shazam Soundhound

41. Winamp Music
Entertainment players
Poweramp

42. Entertainment:
TV Guide

43. Entertainment
BBC iPlayer

44. Lifestyle:

45. bbcgoodfood.com
Lifestyle:

46. Lifestyle:
ilovecheese.com

47. Lifestyle:
Heart Rate

48. St. John Ambulance
Lifestyle:

49. notonthehighstreet.com
Lifestyle:

50. freecycle.org
Lifestyle:

51. Search:

52. Search:
Google
Goggles

53. searcheuropa.eu
Search:

54. Travel:

55. Travel:
Rome2Rio.com

56. Google Maps
Travel:

57. Travel:
fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-
abroad/travel-advice-by-country

58. Oyster apps
iOyster
Travel:
Oyster
Master

59. Travel:
WalkIt

60. Travel:
Train apps
Virgin Trains
thetrainline

61. Fun & games:

62. Fun & games:
Human.io

63. Fun & games:
Fake-A-Call

64. Fun & games:
DearBlankPleaseBlank.com

65. Fun & ganes:
You
Rather

66. Fun & games:

67. Fun & games:
Dingbats

68. Fun & games:
What’s The
Word?

69. Fun & games:

70. Fun & games:
Plague Inc.

71. Fun & games:
LibrarianFacts.tumblr.com

72. Fun & games:
BannerFlo

73. Image credits:
All images licensed under Creative Commons Licenses.
‘Todos los apps’ by Flickr user: ‘wow-thing’ by Flickr user: James
Chris Radcliff. Vaughan.
‘iPhone vs. Android’ by Flickr user: ‘Life’ by Flickr user: gfpeck.
nrkbeta.
‘Travel’ by Flickr user: Susana
‘Moleskine mod’ by Flicker user: Fernandez.
erin m.
‘Waterloo’ by C. M. Coolidge.
‘Cat-Phone’ by Flickr user: cbowns. Made available by the New York
Public Library’s Digital Library.
‘Law Books’ by Flickr user: Waikay
Lau. All other images captured by
Anneli Sarkanen and Simon
‘Robot Noir – Red Robot 4’ by Barron.
Flickr user: littlelostrobot.
‘boardroom’ by Flickr user:
The_Warfield.