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This year’s Tech Day theme is Open Source.  The list of speakers include: Nicole Engard - Director of Open Source Education at ByWater Solutions, Tm Daniels - Assitant State Librarian for Technology and Infrastructure at the Georgia Public Library Service, and Jessamyn West - Library Consultant, Blogger, Speaker.  See below for the list of presentations.

Nicole Engard - Introduction to Open Source for Libraries

Tim Daniels - Build, Buy, or Partner: ILS Options for libraries of all sizes

Jessamyn West - Why There is CMS in Your Future

Librarian in Black has come up with a HUGE list of free web tools and open source software.  The list includes everything from security software, software for you public computers, to free website managing tools.  Take a look at the list and let me know what you think.  Is there anything that you already use?  What are your thoughts?

Find the list here

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Designer City, USA, has put together a list of free open courseware classes for web designers, everything from computers to content development.  

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The Guardian has come up with a list of their top 100 websites. Some are new to me so take a look. (Please note that the Guardian blog is based out of the UK.)

Does your library use Flickr?  Flickr is a great way to show off what your library is doing throughout the community.

I have 2 Pro Flickr accounts to give away.  The first 2 libraries to email me will receive a 1 year subscription account.

Income Diary recently posted a blog on 20 Website That Will Make You a Better Blogger.  If you want to start a blog or pick up some tips, this is a great post to get some ideas.

Makeuseof.com has written a complete guide on Twitter.  There is so much in this guide like how to effectively tweet or applications with twitter and so much more.

found via iLibrarian

Library Stream wrote a good blog to teach you more with Delicious.  Check it out for tips on using Delicious.

Check out these 2 cool sites I found via The Librarian in Black.

The Top 100 Web Sites of 2009

Learn a New Lanuage (for free from the BBC)

Mashable.com has come up with a list of 13 Fantastic and Fun Image Generators.  This would be great for creating promotional materials.