23Things+KM-SL-EF-SF


 * 1) [|QRStuff] - Create QR codes for your library.
 * 2) [|Jing] - Free screencasting tool and hosting platform.
 * 3) [|Elluminate] - Webinar hosting.
 * 4) [|Google Docs] - Real time online collaborative office suite.
 * 5) [|Dropbox] - Cloud based storage of all your files.
 * 6) [|Google Reader] - RSS syndication - easily keep track of all the blogs that are relevant to your field.
 * 7) [|Tumblr] - Free flow blogging platform, super easy to use.
 * 8) [|Zotero] - free cloud syncing browser based bibliographic management software.
 * 9) [|Mendeley] - free desktop cloud synced bibliographic management software.
 * 10) [|Meebo] - free IM chat software for creating virtual reference services.
 * 11) [|Creative Commons] - an intellectual property platform for ensuring that your work is easily shared with other
 * 12) [|DSpace] - A digital institutional repository platform, free and open source. Large online support community.
 * 13) [|Drupal] - open source advanced CMS, very popular for building academic libraries.
 * 14) [|WorldCat] - search all participating library catalogs. Sorts by distance.
 * 15) [|SurveyMonkey] - free online survey tool to help assess library services.
 * 16) [|Wikispaces] - free hosted wiki platform.
 * 17) [|Wikipedia] - good for ready reference and teaching introductory research and information literacy skills.
 * 18) [|Social Explorer] - geospatial information service that maps out US Census data using color coding.
 * 19) [|Twitter] - microblogging platform for publishing library news, tips, tricks, and also following what other libraries are doing.
 * 20) [|GPO Access] - free online portal for accessing government publications.
 * 21) [|Facebook] - free social networking platform to connect your library with its patrons.
 * 22) [|Skype] - free online telecommunications platform to enable real time collaboration with distant peers.
 * 23) [|Pinboard] - paid and spam-free alternative delicio.us that enables social bookmarking.