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OPLIN 4cast #513: Internet Librarian tool tips
October 26th, 2016

[image: Internet Librarian 2016 Tool Tips] Last week I had the opportunity
to attend the 2016 Internet Librarian conference in Monterey. There were
scores of excellent and informative sessions — you can grab the slides for
most of them at this site
<http://internet-librarian.infotoday.com/2016/Presentations.aspx> — and
sometimes the best part of the presentations was the information about cool
tools for improving everything from library websites to library surveys.
None of these tools are particularly new, but many are relatively unknown
in the library world. Below are four that I heard about, either for the
first time or as a reminder, and I’m sure there are many others buried in
the slides of the presentations I could not attend.
- AMP HTML
Get AMP’d: Here’s what publishers need to know about Google’s new plan to
speed up your website
<http://www.niemanlab.org/2015/10/get-ampd-heres-what-publishers-need-to-know-about-googles-new-plan-to-speed-up-your-website/>
(Nieman Lab | Joshua Benton)  “Facebook has its Instant Articles to make
certain news stories load more quickly in an app; Apple wants to move you
into its slick new Apple News app. Google’s effort has more to do with
changing the mobile web than building its own app or environment, which is
why AMP is debuting with a ton of partners in technology (Twitter,
Pinterest, LinkedIn, Chartbeat, Parsely) and publishing (The New York
Times, Vox Media, the Financial Times, Gannett, Hearst, the Posts
Washington and Huffington). There are a *ton* of smart ideas in AMP. And it
*works* — cutting the load times of article pages enormously.”
- Canva
Canva brings professional design to anyone with its new iPhone app
<https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/20/canva-brings-professional-design-to-anyone-with-its-new-iphone-app/>
(TechCrunch | Sara Perez)  “Canva today offers an online editor and a
library of templates, graphics, fonts, photos and more some of which can be
used for free, while others may be available for just a dollar, given their
one-time use cases. The platform lets you design a range of graphics for
things like slideshows, handouts, posters, cards, collages, invitations, as
well as those graphics needed for social media posts, Facebook Pages and
more.”
- IFTTT (If This Then That)
The ultimate IFTTT guide: Use the web’s most powerful tool like a pro
<http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-ultimate-ifttt-guide-use-the-webs-most-powerful-tool-like-a-pro/>
(MakeUseOf)  “Whatever the case may be for you, you will eventually ask to
yourself if there’s a way to do the more repetitive tasks automatically.
This is where IFTTT comes into play. Using the tools laid out in this guide
properly, you’ll be able to save enormous amounts of precious time that you
can use as you see fit later on. Furthermore, if you’re an employee who is
looking to automate some of her work, this will allow you to do that
without so much as breaking a sweat. Yes, IFTTT could give you an edge on
your career as well!”
- Net Promoter Score
NPS for newbies: The beginner’s guide to the "One number you need to grow"
<https://zapier.com/blog/nps-net-promoter-score/> (Zapier | Chad Keck)
“NPS is deceptively simple because, to the respondent, it doesn’t appear to
be a burden to answer. In fact, you can even ask this question in an email
or text message and ask for a direct response without sending them to
another web page. Compared to traditional surveys with pages of questions,
it’s far simpler. Why is this important? Because every time you ask someone
to do something (click somewhere, reply to an email, etc.), you create a
barrier to your goal, and intrinsically fewer people will complete it.”

*Articles from Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - Google readies content publishers for Accelerated Mobile Pages.
   <http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=112417406>
   (*eWeek*, 1/20/2016, p.1 | Jaikumar Vijayan)
   - This automation recipe website really cooks.
   <http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=94965854>
   (*PC Magazine*, Sept.2013, p.87-91 | Jill Duffy)
   - Why you need to know about Net Promoter Scores.
   <http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=92735737>
   (*Corporate Meetings & Incentives*, Nov.2013, p.11 | Betsy Zikakis)

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