These are the slides from the presentation given on October 21, 2008 at the 2008 National Institute for Tribal Libraries

1. Free Cool Web-Based Tools For You and Your Library (organized in 11 broad categories) Sandy Littletree 2008 National Institute for Tribal Libraries October 21, 2008

2. We all use the web, but do you USE the web?

3. Are you taking advantage of all it has to offer?

5. Have your own cool tools presentation

6. (Plus, it makes you look cool when you know about a few cool tools)

8. Back in the early years of the web…things were a lot simpler

11. What’s the deal with Web2.0 and Library2.0? It’s all about customization and interaction

12. Web2.0

13. Basic cool tools Category #1: Web Browsers

16. Introducing a new kid on the block…

18. The Ultimate Web2.0 Category #2: Social Networking Sites

22. Ning = social network for anything

25. Second Life

28. Tools to Communicate with Patrons Category #3: Chat Reference Services

32. Embed a Meebo Widget

34. Everyone’s Doing It Category #4: Blogs

39. Try Twittering Let people know what’s going on in your library

42. Google Reader

44. Ask them! Category #5: Surveys and Polls

48. Find and Recommend Books Category #6: Book sharing sites

50. Discover, remember, recommend, share websites Category #7: Bookmark Managers

56. Start Stumbling

60. Find, Create, Store Images Category #8: Public Images

65. ImageChef.com

66. Wordle.net

69. The Voice and Face of the Community Category #9: Podcasts and Videocasts

73. Get Google-fied! Category #10: Google Tools

75. Google Calculator = Timesaver Just enter a basic math problem in the toolbar (you don’t even have to press enter)

77. More Cool Tools Category #11: More stuff to share if there’s time

80. Ahéhee‘ Thank You! Sandy Littletree [email_address]