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Archive for the 'tools' Category

be nice, highlight

March 11th, 2008

be nice, highlight is an interesting site, reminding me of CiteBite. The URL that they give to the highlighted page didn’t work, but I’m sure it will soon.

Sullr

February 10th, 2008

Sullr is a quickie reverse number look-up tool. Works pretty well. (via)

Kwout

December 26th, 2007

Wowza!!
Check out kwout. If you want to grab an image from a page and then embed it in a blog, send it to Flickr or Tumblr, Kwout performs this task easily. The image below was created with this fantastic tool. (via)

Library Stuff via kwout

Need a Wrench?

November 25th, 2007

Christina Hall - Libraries lend out art, tools and more

Convert Convert Convert

September 19th, 2007

Alan Henry - “Everyone needs a good file converter.”
True indeed. You Convert It looks slick.

YAs Are Getting Served

July 24th, 2007

ALA - “The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the fastest-growing division of the American Library Association, applauds two recent surveys that illustrate progress in staffing and use of library services to young adults.”

PikiFX

July 24th, 2007

Pikifx - “Pikifx is a website that allows users to upload their image and add a range of cool effects” (via)
I’m still hopelessly devoted to Piknik…

Tools for Researchers and Book Lovers

July 19th, 2007

eHub - “Libraries, students and book lovers can take advantage of several Web 2.0 tools to help them manage their book collections, do research, and create bibliographic citations”