Hopefully you've checked out my last blog entry about the technology Library Elf, an online tool that helps keep track of library items. Everyone in my class submitted other great tutorials featuring exciting technologies that may be new to you. Here is a list of other helpful and interesting websites you may want to become more familiar with! They can help make life easier (Zotero) or just help you have fun (Second Life). All of these technologies can benefit libraries in many ways from advertising to referring students to useful sites when answering reference questions!
Twitter
Twitter is a real-time information network that connects you to the latest information about what you find interesting. Simply find the public streams you find most compelling and follow the conversations.
Adobe Photoshop
Edit, organize, store, and share your photo galleries easily.
Scribd
Scribd is a social publishing site, where tens of millions of people share original writings and documents.
Survey Monkey
Create and publish free online surveys in minutes, and view results graphically and in real time.
Zotero
Zotero is a powerful, easy-to-use research tool that helps you gather, organize, and analyze sources and then share the results of your research.
Second Life
Second Life is a free 3D virtual world where users can socialize, connect and create using free voice and text chat.
Facebook
Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them.
Prezi
Prezi is a web-based presentation application and storytelling tool that uses a single canvas instead of traditional slides. Text, images, videos and other presentation objects are placed on the infinite canvas and grouped together in zooming frames.
Tumblr
A feature rich and free blog hosting platform offering professional and fully customizable templates, bookmarklets, photos, mobile apps, and social networking.
Wordpress
WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog.
Library Thing
LibraryThing catalogs your books online, easily, quickly and for free.
Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
A family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format.
Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storgae, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.
Linked In
Manage your professional identity. Build and engage with your professional network. Access knowledge, insights and opportunities.
Library Elf
Personal reminder service for library users.
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