Useful Web 2.0 Tools for the Librarian

Presented by Christopher Harris;  also linked via an example at http://infomancy.backpackit.com/pub/808194

 Social Bookmarking

• Del.icio.us Bookmark links, tag like crazy, and get ready to share
• Furl Don’t just tag, categorize and rank as well
• Yahoo Bookmarks A nice offering, especially for Yahoo users
• Google Notebook Bookmark clipped passages
• Ma.gnolia.com Uses groups and more of a personal touch
• DiigoBookmarks with nice sharing

• iGoogle Everything you love about Google, and a lot more
• My Yahoo A bit busy for me, but just an opinion
• Netvibes Like Google, but without the whole Google thing
• Pageflakes Build your page and share it out
• Protopage Just WAY out there! Not to mention kind of cool!
• Yourminis Cool web widgets on a page

• Google Reader My main reader software, does a nice job
• Bloglines The biggest RSS reader, uses folders
• Rojo RSS reader and social network for news sharing
• SuprGlu Create your own RSS page with selected feeds
• Fav.or.it Read and comment on a single site
• Firefox Great browser; built in RSS

• 30Boxes The calendar that knows what you are thinking…
• Google Calendar Multiple calendars with GMail integration
• Backpack This. And rather a lot more. Keeps me on track!
• Remember the Milk Simple and powerful task list
• Zoho Planner Another take on keeping track of what is going on
• Basecamp A bit more intense for project tracking

• Zoho Suite They keep getting better…
• Google Suite Google’s Docs, Spreadsheets and Shows
• ThinkFree A full -featured office suite
• Versionate Share documents with groups (and edit)
• Scribd The Flickr for documents
• Buzzword An experimental site from Adobe

• Ning Create your own social network
• Twitter A micro-content publishing tool
• LinkedIn The professional (social) network
• PALINET A leadership network
• WebJunction Learn and share with librarians
• ALA Communities ALA’s networking site

• PBWiki Fast and easy as a PBJ
• Wikispaces More free wikis
• WetPaint Another take on wikis
• EduBlogs Free blogs for teachers
• ePals Now a free blog tool
• Google Pages Create free, easy sites

• Kerpoof KidPix…but online and free
• Glogster Fun media creation for YAs
• Keybr How fast can you type?
• Scratch An easy language from MIT
• Library Arcade Some library games from CMU
• SLS Gaming Games from GVBOCES SLS

• Infomancy – Christopher Harris
• Digital Reshift Christopher Harris on SLJ
• AASL Blog – Various Authors
• Neverending Search – Joyce Valenza
• Blue Skunk Blog – Doug Johnson
• Practically Paradise – Diane Chen

• ALA Techsource A blog about library technologies
• SirsiDynix Institute Free online seminars
• Techmeme All the tech news on one site
• Engadget Learn about the latest toys!
• Techcrunch See new Web 2.0 sites
• Pew Internet Free Internet research reports