Here is a post from Suzanne Kallers blog The Roving Librarian, you might want to check her blog out, she has some very practical posts, I like theory, it interests much more than real life.
Here is url if you want to subsribe, http://therovinglibrarian.blogspot.com/ .

"Theory and philosophical perspectives are nice to hear but it all quickly evaporates in my head pretty quickly. As an ex-number cruncher, I value the concrete rather than the ephemeral. Anyway, here are some of the tools and ideas I wish to learn more about or apply:
Creating Custom Search Engines using Google (of course, what else)? At Murray State University, such tools are posted on their web site. Lilia Murray conducted a lively presentation demonstrating how easy it is to set one up.
Kwout is a free web site that allows the user to click screenshots and maintain live links. I learned about that one from Gregg Notess at Montana State University. Two free websites he mentioned to create online screenshots are Jing and MWSnap. He also shared the website, Snipr which shortens URL's in the same way that Tinyurl does plus extra features.
Wayne Bivens-Tatum from Princeton University reviewed the many tools Google offers that may keep you from leaving their web site (if you dare)! I already knew about Shopping (of course!), Docs, Groups, Apps, but we also have Knol ( a challenge to Wikipedia?), Lively and Sketch Up.
Presenters from Penn State University (PSU) and Colorado's very own Auraria Library talked about their own chat reference service. In Colorado, we already have a state-wide consortium called AskColorado that does just that with both public and academic libraries participating in a shared effort. With their own chat reference, the students at Auraria and PSU are assured of communicating with librarians at their own institution unlike the patrons who connect to AskColorado.
Joe Murphy from Yale University discussed the use of text messaging reference service. He using an Apple I phone to do it. He claims he can demonstrate how to use his library's databases and get it done in just a few minutes on his little phone. Wow!
I learned about how the libraries at SUNY Stony Brook is experimenting with various virtual formats including Adobe Connect in novel ways from Susan Lieberthal.
As I mentioned on an earlier post, Orange County Library System in Orlando, Florida, is connecting with patrons using videoconferencing. Their system is called OLIVE, or the Orange County Interactive Virtual Experience. Plus, they're also doing chat and texting.In conclusion, it was an invigorating experience to hear how both public and academic libraries are moving forward into in the twenty-first century of technology. We're not going to allow the information age, leave us behind are we? Heck no!"