Slidedeck for Alabama Library Association 2012 presentation on April 25, 2012. Web 2.0 tools that libraries will find useful for patron support, advocacy, and professional development.

1. ACCESSING THE
POWER OF THE WEB:
GREAT WEB 2.0
TOOLS FOR
LIBRARIES
Carolyn Jo Starkey, NBCT
Buckhorn High School
Alabama Library Association Convention 2012
Hoover, AL

2. Biography
Carolyn Jo Starkey
School Librarian,
Buckhorn High School
New Market, AL
Carolyn Starkey has been in education for 23 years, the last 13 related to school library media. She served
as the library media specialist at Sloman Primary School for seven years, obtaining her certification by the
National Board of Professional Teaching Standards in library media in 2003 while there. After a 4 ½ year
stint as Assistant Professor of Library Education Media at Alabama State University, Carolyn is currently
serving as a school librarian alongside Wendy Stephens at Buckhorn High School and completing her
dissertation in instructional leadership/instructional technology at the University of Alabama. Her other
professional commitments include positions as Co-Chair of the Children's and School Library Division of the
Alabama Library Association, Editor of ASLA‘s The Alabama School Librarian, and Chair of ISTE's Media
Specialist Special Interest Group newsletter committee. She also serves as a member of American
Association of School Librarians' Publications Committee and NCATE Coordinating Committee and has
recently taken on a Co-Manager position of the AASL blog. Carolyn is a frequent conference and professional
development presenter on a wide range of topics in school librarianship, technology, and online learning.
New areas of interest include the integration of the Common Core State Standards into school libraries and
the implementation of the EDUCATEAlabama for Librarians formative performance assessment system.
Carolyn served as a member of the EDUCATEAlabama for Librarians review committee and has presented on
this topic over a dozen times in 2011 and 2012.

3. SESSION DESCRIPTION
This session explores Web 2.0 tools that
libraries can freely access to explore the
expanding fields of information
curation, infographic creation, and
personal learning network (PLN)
development and how these tools can be
used for patron support, advocacy, and
professional development.

4. ONLINE PUBLICATION: ISSUU
Features
• Collect, share, and
publish
• Reader statistics
• Can use with any program
where you can save your
document as a PDF
• Send as links or embed
on websites, wikis, etc.
• Build shelves
• Free and subscription
plans

5. CONTENT CURATION: LIVEBINDERS
Features
• Digital 3-Ring Binder-
style that makes it easy
to organize/manage
websites and digital
content
• Easy to update; build
shelves
• Can be used as a
presentation tool
• Binder can be placed
directly on the desktop
• Free and coming
subscription plans

6. VIDEO CREATION: ANIMOTO
Features
• Turn your photos, video
clips, and music into
stunning video
Empowering
masterpieces to share
Learners
Digitally with everyone
• Can be used as a
advocacy tool
Digital
Citizenship
• Video can be saved in a
Empowering variety of formats
Library • Free and subscription
Learners plans

7. PRESENTATION SHARE: SLIDESHARE
Features
• Share
presentations, docume
nts and videos
• New Zipcast feature for
web meetings
• Can be used as a
presentation tool
• Viewer can be
embedded
• Free and subscription
plans

8. SURVEY: SURVEYMONKEY
Features
• Create surveys, collect
responses, analyze
results
Customer Satisfaction Surveys
• Web-based
Education Surveys • Collect data via
weblink, email,
Event Planning Surveys
Facebook, or embed on
your site or blog
• Real-time results
Market Research Surveys
• Free and subscription
plans

9. INFOGRAPHICS: MANY EYES
Features
• IBM research tool but
available for public use
• Based on your own data
or existing public data
• Not limited to numbers-
based presentations
• Share and discuss
• Free