No money? No tech savvy? No problem! There are lots of great tools out there with minor learning curves to bring your library into the 21st century.

1. Veronica Reynolds of New City Library And Robert Keith of New Jersey State Library Present: Beautiful (and Cheap) Websites and Tools for Low-Tech Libraries

2. Websites

4. All websites will have two fees

5. Domain Name

6. A yearly fee is expected to maintain your domain name. Fees vary depending on the desirability starting as low as $7 a year.

7. Hosting

10. There are two ways to do a CMS website with minimal outside help.

11. Use a company like Squarespace.

21. Wordpress Steps to a Wordpress Site Choose and Purchase a Domain name. Find a Webhost (this can be the same as the place you purchased your domain name as many companies do both) Login to your dashboard. Locate the Fantastico button Click to install Wordpress You will be asked to choose an Admin name and password make sure they are both memorable and secure. Document them well and give them to several responsible people. Explore your Wordpress Site!

23. Manage Themes

24. Wordpress Dashboard

26. Cranbury Public Library (http://www.cranburypubliclibrary.org/ )

27. Troy Public Library

28. ( http://www.thetroylibrary.org/ ) These sites all have: -information the public wants (phone number, hours, upcoming programs and catalog) -clean and simple look

29. Let’s Talk Tools

30. Repurpose Repurposing technology can save time and money. Envious of elegant flat screen televisions that show slides for events? Digital photo frames are far cheaper and can be place anywhere.

31. Before Photo Frame

32. After Photo Frame

33. Sample Slide Made in Powerpoint

34. Repurpose Online Considering purchasing a texting service? Try it for free with Meebo!

35. Meebo Questions A notification lights up at the bottom of the computer to let us know when there’s a question.

36. Google Docs Google Docs are AMAZING for libraries. It allows people to create and share documents, spreadsheets and presentations all online. Best part? Totally free. docs.google.com

37. Google Docs for Reference Trends Create a new form in Docs and it automatically generates a spreadsheet with the answers.

38. Google Docs for Reference Trends

40. Office 2007 offers great picture tools that crop, recolor and adds frames.

41. Sites like iaza.com offer simple photo editing tools for free.

42. If you’re feeling adventurous GIMP is an open source version of Photoshop with many of the same features.

44. A headset with microphone ($10-$30)

45. Audacity (free)Most CMS Sites have an easy uploader for music files.

46. Movie Magic Ingredients for a Video Birthday Card: -Sony Camcorder (retails $200 on average) -Windows Movie Maker or iMovie (free with Windows and Mac respectively -Participants (time investment) -Online Video Account with YouTube, Vimeo or similar (free)

47. A Taste of the Film

48. Questions? A copy of this slideshow will be available on another great and free resource Slideshare. The link is: