library 3.

0 services
w/o 3.0 million dollars:
free and cheap web services for
broke libraries

Anil Kumar Mishra

Lib. Information Officer,
NCHRC, NIHFW
New Delhi, India.
we are broke

free = useful
 20 steps to a
better digital library
 breakout 1

what free tools do you

already use?
 #1: where to put your websites

WordPress – CMS + host (blog + pages)

Blogger – CMS + host (blog)
Drupal - CMS
Squarespace – CMS + host (full feature website)
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editing: GIMP, Picasa, FotoFlexr
hosting: Flickr
Flickr slideshow: Pictobrowser
free/royalty-free: OpenPhoto, Stock.xchng,
Image*After, Wikimedia Commons,
Flickr adv search
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online book displays

Westmont Public
Library

http://www.flickr.com/photos/we
stmontlibrary/549380055/
 image generators
GeneratorBlog.blogspot.com
ImageGenerator.org
ImageChef.com
 breakout 2

try out a tool

 #3: ebooks
• Project Gutenberg
• AudioBooksForFree
• Escholarship
• Google Books
• ManyBooks
• Memoware
• Online Books Page
• Oxford Text Archive
• Kindle’s promotional free ebooks
• & many more!
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what challenges face us with

pointing users to free
ebooks?
 #4: surveys and polls
Zoomerang
PollDaddy
SurveyMonkey
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 #5: open source ils
Koha
Evergreen
Social OPAC (catalog only)
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 #6: translation
Google Translate
 #7: tag clouds
TagCrowd
Wordle
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try a tool you haven’t tried

yet.
 #8: reference tools
Multi-platform: LibraryH3lp ($)
email: Gmail
IM: Meebo
VOIP & video chat: Skype
texting: Google Voice or AIM hacks
Twitter: ask @yourlibrary for help!
 #9: user support tools
Screencasts: Jing
Discussion Boards: Google Groups
Computer Sharing: LogMeIn or Yuuguu ($)
 #10: online book clubs
Google Groups
LibraryThing
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try a tool you haven’t tried

yet.
 #11: web analytics
Google Analytics
PostRank
 #12: social media (set up)

Username Check: Namechk

Username Standard: OpenID
Username Claim: ClaimID
 #13: social media (maintenance)
Post Automation: Social Oomph

Multiple Account Management:

 Seesmic, HootSuite, TweetDeck
 #14: social media (metrics)

Monitoring: MyBUZZmonitor, TwitterSearch

Statistics: Twitter Analyzer, Twitter Counter,

Facebook page Insights & weekly email
updates
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try a tool you haven’t tried

yet.
 #15: forms

Google Forms
 #16: online classes
Screencasting Tools - Jing, Camstudio
Learning Environment – Moodle
Webcasts – Vyew, Ustream
Class Websites – WordPress, Blogger,
PBworks, PageFlakes
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try a tool you haven’t tried

yet.
 #17: maps
Google Maps mashups & API
 #18: audio tools
Recording/Editing – Audacity

Hosting – PodBean ($), LibSyn ($)

 #19: video tools
Editing – Avidemux, JayCut

Hosting – YouTube, blip.tv, Vimeo

Creation - xtranormal (educator account!)

iPhone 4 vs. HTC Evo
#20: lastly, more Google
 feedback?

Anil Kumar Mishra

LIO, NCHRC, NIHFW, New
Delhi, India
Twitter: anilkmishra
anilmlis@gmail.com