Useful (Mostly) Sites for Solo Law Librarians
by David • October 19, 2011 • Australia, Books, Business, Canada, Case Law, ebook Readers, ebooks, Featured, Financial, Law Library, Legal Research, Odds & Ends, Presentation, Solo, Technology, U.S., Windows • 0 Comments
The Ontario Courthouse Librarians’ Association (OCLA) met today in Toronto and asked me to give a presentation following the sites/minutes pattern. We’ll see if they do THAT again! They are peers and friends of mine from across the province, 48 libraries strong ranging from solo part-time librarians to multi-staff libraries with libarians who are also executive directors of the underlying law (bar) association membership organization. The useful sites I included were geared towards the solo or small organization, both the research side as well as the business side. The slide deck is included in full below, but here are the links to the useful sites:
- SonicWall’s Phishing IQ quiz
www.sonicwall.com/furl/phishing/ - ABA Legal Technology Resource Center Site-tation Blog
www.americanbar.org/sitetation/ - Makeuseof Guides and Cheat Sheets
makeuseof.com/pages - Pearltrees Social & Visual Bookmarking
pearltrees.com - Google Calendar for shared (and widget) calendaring
calendar.google.com - Hackertarget Security Testing
hackertarget.com - Windows Live Mesh and Microsoft Office Web Apps
skydrive.live.com - Personal cloud remote access with Tonido
tonido.com - ISpring Solutions free Powerpoint to Flash converter
ispringsolutions.com/free_powerpoint_to_flash_converter.html - Screencast-o-matic for capturing quick training videos
screencast-o-matic.com - Northeast Florida blog aggregating library Webinars
neflin2.blogspot.com - Codecademy.com free coding tutorial site
codecademy.com - Distimo’s list of app stores
www.distimo.com/appstores - Meeting scheduling and more with Doodle
doodle.com - Simple screen sharing, collaboration with Join.me
join.me - Tips on working with boards of directors, non-profit executives, staff in BoardCafe newsletter
blueavocado.org - Webjunction has information on managing library operations
webjunction.org - Membership cards. check. What about loyalty cards?
vistaprint.ca - Free templates from Microsoft for small businesses
office.microsoft.com - Simple Web-based (free) billing and electronic invoicing from Sage
billingboss.com - Windows Live Search – XP users download, Win 7 has it built in
www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=23 - Search for e-books and e-book-like online content (PDFs, etc.)
justfreebooks.info - Social media (Twitter, blogs) search using Topsy
topsy.com - Personal cloud search with Greplin
greplin.com - Search law-related Libguides created by law librarians, others
libguides.com/community.php - Use enhanced free sites to search for foreign law, like Barnet’s Jade
jade.barnet.com.au - Evernote can help you manage research for your frequent members
evernote.com - Access (and show your members how to access) free publications at Cengage-Gale’s Accessmylibrary
accessmylibrary.com - NitroPDF has a simple Web page to PDF conversion tool
pdfdownload.org - Measure the power of your e-mail message with Mailchimp
mailchimp.com - Find out what your members want & plan your future with Surveymonkey
surveymonkey.com - Track local information, get reviews/weeding help at Librarything
librarything.com - Free Google Apps accounts to host e-mail, documents, and Web site on your own domain
apps.google.com - Improve the information your potential visitors see in their search results with Google Places
places.google.com - Google Analytics helps measure what people are doing, if anything, on your Web site
google.com/analytics - The Google OS blog is a great way to follow the details of the Google ecosystem
googlesystem.blogspot.com - Simple and cost-effective Web site content management with WordPress
wordpress.com (hosted) / wordpress.org (DIY) - Morguefile has free stock art for professional uses, no royalty or attribution necessary
morguefile.com - Design outsourcing with 99 Designs
99designs.ca - Share training & other videos on your own Youtube channel
www.youtube.com/nonprofits
I had lots of inspiration from previous sites in minutes sessions, including those from the ABA Techshow (2011, 2010, 2009 – I stole Erik Mazzone’s anti-theft lunch bags outright) and from the session I did with Whitney von Hamm for the National Association of Bar Executives in August.
