Cheryl Ann Peltier-Davis

Good for skimming and for referencing. The book targets information professionals and provides examples of how each tool can be used by "cybrarians" to be more productive or to promote library services. For me, though--I'm always on the look out for free online tools that I can recommend to library patrons who are looking for accessible alternatives to paid software.

Obviously, the content is temporal; several of the sources have already died (RIP Google Reader) or have been bought out by bigger companies. Maybe it'd be better to check out the book's companion site: http://cybrariansweb.com/… (mehr)

The Cybrarian's Web includes overviews and usage tips, generally 2-3 pages each, for 101 websites and web tools. The scope of coverage includes A/V creation and sharing services, blogs, digital library and publishing software, ILS software, information aggregators, productivity tools, reference sites, search engines, social networking and bookmarking sites, web design tools, and wiki software. If you want to learn about the plethora of tools available, learn about new tools, or even just explore the difference between providers of similar services, this book will help you! (However, like any book about the Internet or computer science, it will quickly become dated.)… (mehr)

Extremely useful in its organization and reference to web tools of all kinds in use by librarians and libraries - specifically as these tools relate to services to patrons. Though an engaged librarian might already be aware of many of the applications and URLs mentioned in the book, this book, because of its simplicity, is a worthwhile reference and reminder for librarians in direct user and patron services because just because we might know of something, does not mean we actually use that thing. People, generally, are using many more web tools than any one librarian will know. For this, this book is handy. Thank you Cheryl Ann Peltier-Davis.… (mehr)

Although I remain generally skeptical of print books that are essentially webliographies (how long before their out of date? what features will change or disappear?) this book was more useful than I initially believed. The sites and apps are not all completely familiar... I feel like the first book in this series would've been entirely too basic or obvious...and I did discover a few sites I'd like to use professionally. The FREE on the cover should be asterisked... several sites have a free trial version or a very limited version, but for professional use one would likely need the paid version. I did feel that the section of each chapter about applicability to libraries was sometimes strained at best, or gave simplistic examplars of the tool being used in the field.… (mehr)