Referential tools List
Find valuable information tools
Communication
COVID information
Digital items (ebooks, emagazines, videos, etc.)
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- Flipster – digital magazines through EBSCO
- Hoopla – streaming platform for audio books, comics, e-books, movies, music & tv
- Kanopy – streaming platform for films & documentaries
- Overdrive/Libby – access Ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and more available for free / Indiana Digital Library – public libraries in Indiana with legal service area population under 150,000 are eligible to join the Indiana Digital Library
- TumbleBooks – curated database of children’s e-books and more
Miscellaneous
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- Doodlepoll – simple way to schedule meetings
- Kahoot – game-based learning platform
- Niche Academy – tool for creating online training
- PrinterOn – print on demand from laptop, tablet or smartphone
- Tasks for down time pdf
- Wakelet – a free resource to capture, organize and share multi-media resources with students, teachers, and learning communities
Presenting
Public Relations
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- Canva – online design tool – great for library signs or images for webpage
- Constant Contact – email marketing software
- LibraryAware – newsletter software EBSCO product cost is determined on library population
- Wowbrary – informs library patrons by email and/or RSS about your library’s newest items
Readers Advisory
Reading Logs
Resume Builders
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- Resume Generator – made by a librarian at the Allen County Public Library
Security
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- RUN. HIDE. FIGHT – from the City of Houston, tips for surviving an active shooter event
Tech Tools
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- DigitalLearn – launched in 2013 by the Public Library Association, this is a collection of self-directed tutorials for users to increase their digital literacy
- Favorite Tech Tools for Busy Librarians – Pam Seabolt’s (MCLS) Wakelet board
Video Conferencing
Video Creation
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- Camtasia – software for creating video tutorials – screen recorder & video editor
- Flipgrid – record & share short videos
- Icecream Screen Recorder – free screen recording software
- ScreenPal – screen recorder & video editor (formerly called Screencast-O-Matic)
Website Development (this is an informational list, not an endorsement for specific companies)
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- NEW – Fact Sheet: New Rule on the Accessibility of Web Content and Mobile Apps Provide by State and Local Governments – gives a summary of the update to the regulations for Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act pertaining to web content and mobile applications (apps) are accessible to people with disabilities
- NEW – Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 – W3C Recommendation 21 September 2023
- ALA Accessibility Guidelines
- Canva – online design tool – great for library signs or images for webpage
- Codecademy – teaches programming skills to students of all levels
- ConnectIN – Indiana State Library provides free high-quality and functional websites for public libraries, websites are hosted at the Indiana State Library and built through WordPress
- Digital Hill – developed the NICCL website
- FontAwesome – find vector images and icons for websites
- Iconic Digital – web design firm
- Syndetics Unbound – modern user interface for online catalogs
- Weebly – free website builder (subscription available for advanced features)
- Wix – free website builder (subscription available for advanced features)
- WordPress courses – courses by WordPress
- WordPress.com
- – blogging platform hosted by WordPress
- WordPress.org – software can be installed on to your computer and you find your own hosting provider
- Wowbrary – informs library patrons by email and/or RSS about your library’s newest items