Hi and welcome to San Jose State University's SLIS Cool Web 2.0 Tools Wiki page. As graduate library students and soon to be librarians we are always looking for ways to stay ahead of the game. In addition, we can help close that digital divide and make a difference in assisting those most in need of reaching their own goals. Stephen Abram MLS, SirsiDynix vice president of Innovations states it best in the SirsiDynix OneSource Monthly e-Newsletter in his article "Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and Librarian 2.0: Prepping for the 2.0 World".

In the library and information professional world, I believe that we generally deal with a savvier audience of users relative to the general consumer. We also tend to the digital divide issues of the more challenged user. This means that what our most critical users don’t know about or use, we can often inform them about and train them in the newest technologies that can have an impact on their success. For those users that can quickly become comfortable using technologies such as Wikis, RSS, instant messaging, news aggregators and blogs, we can help them to leverage these in making a difference in reaching their goals and your institutional or enterprise goals (2006).

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Share with your colleagues your favorite cool web 2.0 tools that you have found useful in your school and professional lives. Feel free to add your tools here. You must be a registered user.


Bookmarks, Research, and Citations


A very powerful social bookmarking service that let you tag, save, manage and share web pages from a centralized source.



Powerful research tool that allows you to highlight any part of a webpage and add sticky notes.



How could not love an app that lets you add sticky notes on all your web pages? This is essentially bookmarking on steroids!



Copy documents, whiteboards and handwritten notes with your camera phone or digital camera to store, fax, email or publish.



Free, easy to use tool that allows to you collect, manage, and cite your research sources.


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Organizers


A simple and free app that lets your brainstorm online.



Great tool that helps groups collaborate on ideas, presentations, and plans.



And easy to use tool that lets you create flowcharts.



Add clips, organize your notes, and even access your notes from your mobile phone with Google Notebook.



Handy little app that helps you organize your daily tasks.


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Presentations


Create your own online magazine, fanzine, brochures, catalogues, portfolios, and more.



Upload your Powerpoint and Word files. Great way to display content for your eporfolio competencies.



Real-time user multi-user whiteboard. This is a great way to collaborate with your classmates for group projects.


This innovative online service lets you use your own video, photos, music, and text to create a standout slideshow.



Unlock your full mental potential by creating stunning presentations and unique map layouts.

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Chat tools


Add free chat to any webpage. Great tool if you have a blog or website for your resume and you want to communite to potential employers.



Link your mobile phone to save up to 100% on international calls. "No hassles. No downloads. No Wifi."



Instant chat messaging and group chat. Keep in touch with all your friends from many IM networks, such as Facebook Chat, Yahoo!, Google Talk, AIM, Gmail, MySpace IM, and more. You can also create Meebo Rooms to chat with a group of people. Great for group work.




Easy to use chat tool.

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Media Sharing and Editing


User generated photo sharing site.



"Quickly and easily accentuate your photos with easy-to-use options for resizing, cropping, sharpening, and more. Make your photos pop with fun, eye-catching effects and enhancements."

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Resume Builders


Very useful tool and service for job that want to create, send, and share a professional resume.



Makes the job search process a little bit easier for you. Upload your resume and receive professional community review & Feedback.


- "Include video, pictures and a portfolio of your best work samples. Securely share different versions with employers, colleagues and friends, and control who sees what."


Create your Twitter resume in 140 characters or less.

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Abram, Stephen. Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and Librarian 2.0: Preparing for the 2.0 World. SirsiDynix. (January, 2006). Abram is a member of the SLIS International Advisory Council.