Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Computers in Libraries 2010 Day 3 - Best Free Software for Broke Libraries

I closed out my sessions at Computers in Libraries 2010 by attending this third session involving Sarah Houghton-Jan (librarianinblack.net), whom I also saw at the Dead & Emerging Technologies Session the night before and earlier in the day at the Mobile Tips & Practices session.

Despite the title of this session, my library isn't exactly "broke" but I'm always interested in money saving ideas, particularly given the economic environment and pressures from the community and the board to keep costs flat.

In this presentation Sarah whipped through dozens of products and services which filled pages of notes, and duplicating that whole list here would serve little purpose. She had lots of great tips and mentioned lots of interesting services and software solutions, several of which I'd never heard of. It was a good session and a good way to close out this year's conference.

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