Archive for the ‘Lists’ Category

Matt Petronzio at Mashable puts together a stellar list of 44 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed. Categorized into Editor’s Picks, Social Media, Business & Marketing, Tech & Mobile sections, these are stories you won’t want to miss. Here are just a few:

• 10 Apps to Keep Your Business Organized
• 8 Hot Media Trends You Need to Know
• How to Use Facebook Timeline Without Reworking Your Brand Strategy
• Facebook Meets Instagram: What It Means for Your Brand

I thought it was only appropriate to post Richard Byrne’s article on 11 Web-based Polling and Survey Tools following yesterday’s technology poll (which is already up to 324 votes!!). Check out his suggestions for applications which will let you set up your own surveys and polls. His list includes Polldaddy, which is the one that I use. Here are the first 3:

1. MicroPoll
2. Flisti
3. Quiz Snack

The start of 2012 has been great for library technology stories. Here are 16 of them that you won’t want to miss. Please list any other recent library tech stories in the comments!!

Social Media

1. 5 Ways to Use Pinterest in Your Library
2. 5 More Ways to Use Pinterest in Your Library
3. How Facebook Can Help Market Your Library
4. 10 Tips for Creating a Social Media Policy for Your Library
5. NYPL: Making Collections Possible Through Collaboration

Mobile

6. 8 Essential Apps for Library Conferences

e-Books

7. So you want to start a Kindle lending program
8. E-Books and Libraries: 25 Resources
9. 61 Non-Librarian Jobs for LIS Grads
10. e-Books and School Libraries
11. Threats to Digital Lending
12. e-Book Formats and Devices Infographic
13. Publishers Put the Squeeze on Library eBook Lending
14. How to Talk to Your Patrons About Penguin & Other Publishers Not Loaning eBooks to Libraries
15. Ebooks on Fire: Controversies Surrounding Ebooks in Libraries

Archiving

16. Personal Digital Archiving iLibrarian Series

Matt Petronzio at Mashable rounds up 37 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed. This excellent post recommends top stories in the categories of Editor’s Picks, Social Media, Tech & Mobile, and Business & Marketing. Here are just a few to get you started:

• Pinterest: Everything You Wanted to Know About 2012′s Hottest Startup
• 10 Social Media Tips for Bloggers
• 8 Job Search Tips From the Co-Founder of LinkedIn
• 4 Tips for Better Engagement on Facebook
• Hashtag Marketing: 9 Ways to Avert Disaster

Neil Patel at QuickSprout provides a mega-list of 100 Ways to Become a Twitter Power User. This amazing post is made up of 10 informative lists of 10 tips each. Here are the respective lists you can find in this post:

1. 10 Reasons why twitter power users are so influential
2. 10 Twitter tools that’ll make you more effective and efficient
3. Generate more retweets using these 10 tips
4. 10 healthy habits of Twitter power users
5. 10 iPad apps for Twitter users
6. 10 Ways to be more interesting on Twitter
7. 10 ways to maximize Twitter usage to promote your events
8. 10 ways power users get more Twitter followers
9. 10 Twitter metric tools for power users
10. 10 Twitter power users I admire

E-Book Collections

1. 5 e-Book Collections with Over 100,000 Free e-Books – iLibrarian
2. 15 Best Websites To Find And Download eBooks – Designer Terminal
3. 20 Websites for Free E-Books- Hongkiat
4. 80 Online Resources for Book Lovers – Kevin Bondelli
5. 391 Places for Free Books Online – Gizmo’s Freeware
6. Internet Archive and Libraries Develop Joint Collection of 80,000+ eBooks – Internet Archive
7. Download 1 Million Google Books in EPUB Format – Inside Google Books

E-Book Purchasing

8. The No Shelf Required Guide to E-Book Purchasing – ALA TechSource
9. 5 Questions to Ask When Evaluating Apps and Ebooks – ALSC Blog
10. Open Library Offers Libraries a Third Choice for eBooks – Librarian in Black

E-Book Vendors

11. Ebook Vendors at #ALA11 – David Lee King
12. Amazon Kindle Ebooks Now Available in 11,000 Libraries – Mashable
13. 6 Companies Aiming to Digitize the Textbook Industry – Mashable
14. The Amazon Lending Library is NOT the Library Apocalypse

E-Book & Libraries Controversy

15. The eBook User’s Bill of Rights – Librarian in Black
16. Why the Kindle Will Never Support Library Books – Kindle Review
17. Library eBook Revolution, Begin – Librarian in Black
18. More on eBooks and Libraries – Librarian in Black
19. Ebooks and Libraries: A Stream of Concerns – Meredith Farkas
20. Penguin Pulls New E-Books From Libraries – Paid Content

Misc.

21. So you want to start a Kindle lending program – Code4Lib
22. eBooks, Privacy, and the Library – INFOdocket
23. 5 Reasons Why E-Books Aren’t There Yet – Wired Magazine’s Epicenter
24. 30 Benefits of Ebooks – Epublishers Weekly
25. The Future Of Libraries In The E-Book Age – NPR

2011 was quite a year here at iLibrarian! As usual, it’s been a great experience. I’ve been taking a look back at what was particularly popular in terms of posts this past year and I’ve rounded up the top 30 which were the most well-received. I’d love to hear suggestions for future content you’d like to see here at iLibrarian, and I also welcome guest posts! So please go ahead and leave some suggestions in the comments section.

QR Codes

1. A Quick Guide to Creating Library QR Codes
2. QR Code Roundup: 10 Resources for Librarians and Educators

Archiving & Preservation

3. Personal Digital Archiving: An Overview
4. Personal Digital Archiving: Part One – Strategy
5. Personal Digital Archiving: Part Two – Storage Options
6. Personal Digital Archiving: Part Three – File Formats

Mobile & Apps

7. 7 Tools to Create a Mobile Library Website (without Technical Knowledge!)
8. Top 30 Library iPhone Apps – Part 1
9. Top 30 Library iPhone Apps – Part 2
10. Top 30 Library iPhone Apps – Part 3
11. 16 Awesome Instagram Apps & Services- Part I
12. 16 Awesome Instagram Apps & Services- Part II
13. 20 iPad Apps Librarians Should Download – Part 1
14. 20 iPad Apps Librarians Should Download – Part 2
15. 12 Mobile Check-in Applications

Personal Branding & Job Seekers

16. 5 Ways to Set Up A Free Personal Landing Page in 5 Minutes
17. 13 Resources & Tips for Library Job Seekers
18. 7 More Strategies for Library Job Seekers
19. A Librarian’s Guide to the Elevator Pitch
20. 17 Tips to Improve Your Online Presence

Open Access

21. 50 Open Access Resources for Librarians – Part 1
22. 50 Open Access Resources for Librarians – Part 2

Data Visualization Tools

23. 5 Free Online Tools to Create Your Own Infographics
24. 5 Amazing Free Data Visualization Tools

All the Rest

25. 25+ Resources to Create Library Videos
26. 5 e-Book Collections with Over 100,000 Free e-Books
27. 21 Useful Cloud Computing Resources for Librarians
28. 18 Usability Resources for Librarians
29. 450+ Tweeting Librarians List
30. A Quick Guide to Getting Started with Quora