Event Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
To register: go to the Polaris website

This one hour FREE webcast will walk through over a half dozen free solutions that can help with some of the library’s toughest patron services challenges, including:

* Zamzar – file conversion service
* Drop.io/Senduit – file sharing services
* Skype – free VOIP service
* Delicious – social bookmarking application
* Ning – online platform for user-created social websites and social networks
* VoiceThread – collaborative multimedia application
* Google Suite/Zoho – documents, reader, calendar, and more
* ChunkIt! – web browsing tool
Panelists:

Christopher Bell is the library media specialist at Castle View High School (CO), as well as its head of technology and director of e-media and business. He also runs his own Website, writes for SLJTeen, and consults on technology purchases for educational organizations.

Phil Goerner is a teacher librarian at Longmont’s Silver Creek High School in the St. Vrain Valley School District (CO). Phil teaches graduate classes for the School Library Program at CU Denver and also is an adjunct instructor with Lesley University.

Moderator: Bob Riley is the MIS Director for Polaris Library Systems