Presentation for the Michigan SLA Webinar; Discusses FREE, web-based tech tools that will help librarians be productive and organized in the busy research environment.

1. Tech Tools:Simplifying Life for the Busy Research Librarian Christine Tobias Reference and Technology Librarian Michigan State University Libraries Michigan SLA Webinar March 23, 2011

2. Doodlewww.doodle.com Scheduling/Polling tool

3. FreeConferencewww.freeconference.com Conference call scheduler and service

4. Awesome Highlighterwww.awesomehighlighter.com Highlight text on web pages

5. Sniprhttp://snipr.com URL Shortener

6. Google Squaredwww.google.com/squared Search tool that quickly finds and organizes information about a topic

7. Fireshothttp://screenshot-program.com/fireshot/ Capture, edit, annotate, organize, export and print screenshots of web pages

8. Screencast-o-maticwww.screencast-o-matic.com/ Online screen recorder

9. Screenrhttp://screenr.com Create screencasts and share on Twitter http://www.screenr.com/a4o

10. CamStudiohttp://camstudio.org Screen recording software Video Tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kiug3H3c4gk

11. WINKwww.debugmode.com/wink/ Tutorial and presentation creation software

14. DropBox Utilities Share and send large files to personal drop box in real time! YouSendIt www.yousendit.com Dropbox www.dropbox.com

15. SlideSharewww.slideshare.net Share presentations, videos, and documents Today’s presentation is available at: www.slideshare.net/tobiasc

16. Prezihttp://prezi.com Online zooming presentation software

17. Social Media Dashboards Update, monitor, and manage multiple social network accounts in one customized interface TweetDeck http://www.tweetdeck.com/ HootSuite http://hootsuite.com/ More Social Media Dashboards: http://www.socialbrite.org/2010/11/09/top-10-social-media-dashboard-tools/

19. Evernotewww.evernote.com The ultimate virtual Trapper Keeper! Collect, organize, and store all kinds of information in one place that can be accessed from many devices. 5 Ways to Make Life Easier with Evernote: http://thewikiman.org/blog/?p=940

21. PDF Reader/Creator/Editor Create, read, edit, annotate PDF files Nitro PDF Reader (Windows) www.nitroreader.com/ PDF Pen (Mac) http://smilesoftware.com/PDFpen/

23. Questions?Contact Me… Christine Tobias Reference and Technology Librarian Michigan State University tobiasc@msu.edu Twitter: @ctobias27 http://www.slideshare.net/tobiasc