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Updated Cool Tools Info

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As you may be aware, CS-SIS is hosting another installment of the Cool Tools Café where our members demonstrate new tools and technologies that we can all use in law libraries. It consists of 5-10 minute demos at tables around the convention hall room and attendees can wander from demo to demo as they wish.

This year, Cool Tools Café is during the A Session time (Sunday, July 24th, 1:30 – 2:45 pm) in PCC-Room 113 (AB).

Would you be willing to demo a technology? Prep time is minimal since all that is needed is a brief explanation and demo of the tool and a 1-page handout to post on the web. It would work best if you BYO gadget/laptop, but let us know if that is not possible and we can try to find an alternative.

We are looking for presenters to demo the following (multiple demos for the mobile apps are OK because the screens are small):

  • Legal Research and Courtroom/classroom Technology for Android
  • Legal Research and Courtroom/classroom Technology for iPhone/iPad
  • Productivity applications (such as Evernote and Dropbox) for Android
  • Productivity applications (such as Evernote and Dropbox) for iPhone/iPad
  • Just for fun applications for Android
  • Just for fun applications for iPhone/iPad
  • Download Managers (such as Instapaper, DownThemAll, Dropbox)
  • Firefox Productivity Plugins (such as CiteGenie, Jureeka, Fireshot)
  • Google Apps
  • Mindmapping Tools (such as Freemind)
  • Simile Exhibit (if you have your heart set on showing Exhibit Kincaid can do something else)
  • Prezi for presentations

This is just a suggested list; so if there is something so cool and new we don't have it on our list let us know and we'd be happy to consider it. Also, we could also use a couple of people to help direct people to the various demos and answer questions. You can volunteer by contacting Cool Tools Café Philadelphia Coordinators Bonnie Shucha (bjshucha at wisc.edu) and Kincaid Brown (kcb at umich.edu).

So far, the following people have offered to demo:

  • Debbie Ginsberg – iPad Teaching Tools including ShowMe
  • Ellen Qualey – Current Awareness Tools including Instapaper, Read It Later, watchthatpage
  • Jean Willis – Capturing and Manipulating Images (such as SnagIt, Fireshot, Picnik)
  • Jennifer Wondracek – QR Codes (intro, creating, library applications)
  • Jocelyn Kennedy – iPhone/iPad productivity apps including Evernote and Dropbox
  • Karina Condra – Communication Tools including Comm100 and Google Voice
  • Katie Fitz – GoAnimate
  • Kincaid Brown – Simile Exhibit
  • Meg Kribble – iPhone/iPad apps Just for Fun
  • Susanna Leers – either Remote Access Tools, video creation apps or mindmapping
  • Ken Hirsh – Legal Research and Productivity Apps for iPad and bluetooth keyboard
  • Tawnya Plumb – Video Creation Apps
  • Nuchine Nobari – Citation Managers supporting Bluebook

Thanks!

Bonnie Shucha and Kincaid Brown, Cool Tools Café Coordinators