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MALL Spring Conference - May 29, 2009Compiled by Bonnie Shucha, University of Wisconsin Law Library
Content Creation Tools
Blog
- Web page that has short, frequent posts made to it; Short for web log;
Blawg
- law related blog
- Google Blog Search
(http://blogsearch.google.com/
) - blog search engine
- Blawg
(http://www.blawg.com/
) and
Blawg Search
(http://blawgsearch.justia.com/
)- law blogs
- Law Library Blogs
(http://aallcssis.pbworks.com/Law-Library-Blogs
)
- WisBlawg
(http://law.wisc.edu/blogs/wisblawg/
) – UW Law Library blog
Podcast
- Audio blog; combination of “iPod” + “broadcast”;
Blawgcast/Plawdcast
- law related podcast;
Vlog/Vidcast/Vodcast
- Video podcast
- Podscope
(http://www.podscope.com/
) - search engine
- Blawgs.fm
(http://blawgsfm.justia.com
) - law podcast directory
- Law Librarian Podcasts
(http://blawgsfm.justia.com/category.aspx?catid=1875
)
Wiki
- A website which allows users to add and edit content collectively
- Wex
(http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/
) - from Cornell; only selected authors may contribute
- AALL Conference Wiki
(http://aall2009.pbworks.com/
) – created by individual librarian
- Wikis at the Rosen Law Firm
(
http://tinyurl.com/2ytmls
) – blog post about law firm wikis
- Web 2.0 Challenge-Wikis Links & Examples
(http://tinyurl.com/r6rp5m
)
Other Content Creation Tools
- Del.icio.us
(http://delicious.com/
)- A social bookmarking web service for storing, sharing, anddiscovering bookmarks
- Univ. of Baltimore Law Library’s Bookmarks
(http://delicious.com/reflaw
)
- Web 2.0 Challenge-Social Bookmarking Links & Examples
(http://tinyurl.com/r48ynh
)
- Flickr
(http://flickr.com/
) - A digital photo sharing website in which photos are tagged to allowsearchers to easily find images
- Web 2.0 Challenge-Flickr Links & Examples
(http://tinyurl.com/q4gz2e
)
- Scribd
(http://www.scribd.com/
) - A site for sharing documents (& presentations)
- SlideShare
(http://www.slideshare.net/
) - A site for sharing presentations (& documents)
- Bonnie Shucha’s Scribd documents
(http://www.scribd.com/shucha
)
- JD Supra
(http://www.jdsupra.com/
) – A site for legal professionals to share documents andsocial network
- YouTube
(http://www.youtube.com/) - A popular free video sharing website which lets usersupload, view, and share video clips
- Harvard Law School Library Research Tutorials
(http://www.youtube.com/hlslib
)
See “Twenty Reasons Why Learning Emerging Technologies is Part of Every Librarian’s Job”at http://tinyurl.com/24hlm8
Emerging Technologies in Law Libraries:It’s Everone’s Business
Information Delivery Tools
RSS
- A format for distributing, or syndicating, Web content, including blogs, podcasts, news, and more;subscribers receive content as soon as it is published; content can be remixed and republished elsewhere
- TVC’s RSS Feeds for Law
(http://www.virtualchase.com/topics/rss_law.shtml
)
- Current Law Journal Content
(http://lawlib.wlu.edu/CLJC/
) - from Washington and Lee Law School;search and subscribe to current law journal tables of contents
RSS Reader -
Application that collects syndicated content from one or more RSS feeds and consolidates into asingle view. Also known as an RSS aggregator, feed reader, news reader, or news aggregator.
- Google Reader
(http://reader.google.com
)
- Bloglines
(http://
www.bloglines.com/
)
- iGoogle
(http://www.google.com/ig
) – custom Google homepage which incorporates RSS feeds
Content Aggregator
-
tool to aggregate, manipulate, and mashup RSS content
-
Yahoo Pipes
(http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/
)
eBooks
- Kindle from Amazon
(http://tinyurl.com/392a94
) – eBook reader
- Sony Reader
(http://tinyurl.com/pfeabt
) – eBook reader
- Kindle for iPhone
(http://tinyurl.com/bu8fdl
) – free iPhone eBook app
- OverDrive
(http://www.overdrive.com
) - provider of eBook, audio books, etc.
- Amazon Kindle DX to be Piloted at Universities this Fall
(http://tinyurl.com/pdszos
)
- Kindle Me This
podcast from
Legal Talk Network
(http://tinyurl.com/q5oute
)
Information Discovery Tools
Library Catalog / Resource Discovery Tool –
An interactive OPAC or OPAC add-on which allows users to tag,rate and review the data. Many are open source.
- Blacklight
(http://blacklightopac.org
)
Blacklight catalog – Univ. of VA Library
(http://blacklight.betech.virginia.edu/
)
- SOPAC (http://www.thesocialopac.net/about )SOPAC catalog – Darien Library
(http://www.darienlibrary.org/catalog
)
- VuFind
(http://www.vufind.org
)
VuFind catalog – demo
(http://www.vufind.org/demo/
)
- LibraryThing for Libraries
(http://www.librarything.com/forlibraries/
)
LibraryThing enabled catalogs
(http://tinyurl.com/2x3cdj
)
- Catalogablog
(http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/search/label/OPAC
) – blog about library catalogs
Information Sharing Tools
Screen Capture / Screencasting
- SnagIt
(http://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp
) - Take a "snapshot" of anything on your PCscreen. Send it, store it, turn it into a detailed graphic, find it later. (purchase required)
- Jing
(http://www.jingproject.com/
) - Snap a picture of your screen. Record video of onscreen action.Share instantly over the web, IM, email. (Use with
Picnik
to edit image -http://www.picnik.com/
)
- Wink
(http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
) - Tutorial and presentation creation software
Citation Tools
-
Zotero
(http://www.zotero.org/
) - Free Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite yourresearch sources-
CiteGenie
(http://www.citegenie.com/
) - Firefox extension which creates Bluebook formatted pinpointcitations when copying from Westlaw, Lexis and select websites (purchase required)
- Jureeka!
(https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6636
)
–
A tool which transforms legalcitations in web pages into hyperlinks that point to online source material
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