20 Cool Tools for You and Your Library

NCompass Live

June 4, 2014

Christa Burns,Nebraska Library

Commission

• Online video creation• Web-based, Android and iPhone apps• Free or pay accounts – Free for

Educators• Upload your video clips/photos, choose

a template, select music – licensed library of songs, add captions

• Download video to embed, share on Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter, etc.

• Online social bookmarking • Tags• Saved into your online account, so

available to you anywhere you go• Choose if bookmarks are Public or

Private

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• Online RSS feed aggregator• Collects and organizes new posts

from blogs, news sites and webpages

• Web-based, Android and iOS apps• Share items to Facebook, Twitter,

LinkedIn, Google+, etc.

• Online animated video creation• Customizable characters, backgrounds,

props, and actions• Import your library logo, pictures,

screen captures• Audio – text-to-speech or record your

own narration• Download video to embed, or share on

YouTube and other social networks.

• Book-based social network• User-populated database of books,

annotations and reviews • Generate library catalogs and

reading lists• Book discussion groups

• Online infographic creator• Pre-made templates• Add text, your own pictures, data

from a spreadsheet• Publish to Facebook, Twitter,

Pinterest or embed on your website• Coming soon – Video infographic

creator!

• Save web content to read later• Bookmarklet for browsers• Android, iPhone, iPad, computer or

Kindle

• User-created do-it-yourself projects• Step-by-step instructions, photos,

videos• Commented and rated for quality• Free Pro Membership for teachers• Android and iOS apps

• Online collection of video tutorials• Math, science, economics and

finance, and humanities• Step-by-step exercises• Personal Learning Dashboard• Performance data to track your

progress

• Infographics creation tool• Choose a theme, upload statistical

data, use DIY editor to display• Drag and drop functionality for

colors, fonts, repositioning blocks of data

• Upload your own photos and logos• Export as an image that you can use

anywhere

• Online photo editing tools• Fix, adjust, filter• Express and Advanced Editor

versions• Pixlr-o-matic – vintage/retro look• Download, Facebook app, Chrome

app, Android and iOS

• Online reading service• Turns webpages into clean,

uncluttered view for easy reading• Browser add-on, Android or iOS app• Store articles on the web to read

later on your computer, tablet, phone or Kindle

• Social news site• Users post news stories, then vote on

them, making stories appear higher or lower on the list - community decides what is interesting or relevant

• AMA: Ask Me Anything – Public Library Edition

• Subreddit for Libraries

• Online screen recorder• Create a video of exactly what is

happening on your screen• Audio• Embed into a webpage, upload to

YouTube or other sites• Export - Quicktime (MP4), Windows

Media Player (AVI), or Flash (FLV)

• Word cloud generator• Visualization of word frequency in a

text or webpage• Pick a shape to enclose the words• Save as an image, JPEG or PNG• Print out or share online

• Educationally focused instructional videos

• Designed for teachers, schools and home learners

• Free and open for all to use• Rating system

• Web-based survey creation tool• Online web form• Single question or many• Share via Twitter, Facebook, email

or embed on your website• You must have a Twitter account to

create a poll, but responders don’t need one

• Infographic creator, same basic features as Infogr.am and Piktochart

• Gather info and stats from Facebook and Twitter to create personalized infographics

• Facebook Social Life, Twitter hashtag• Download as an image or PDF, get a

URL, or embed code to put on your website.

• Online animated GIF creator• Use snapshots from your webcam or

digital camera• Combines into animation on the

website• Email, share, download, embed

• Online word processing program• No software to download, install or

maintain• Documents can be shared, opened,

edited online, multiple users• Save into ZoHo – access anywhere• Export - Word(.doc and .docx), Plain

Text(.txt), Web Page(.html), or PDF(.pdf)

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Questions???Christa BurnsSpecial Projects LibrarianNebraska Library Commissionchrista.burns@nebraska.gov800-307-2665

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