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University of Calgary and BMJ Sign On for the Summon Unified Discovery Service
Ahh, I got scooped by Marshall Breeding! I'd been watching what I assumed was the official Serials Solutions Press Release page before letting you know that the University of Calgary has signed on as a beta with the Summon Unified Discovery Service product from Serials Solutions, but apparently it's been released elsewhere, and you can…
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CFP: The 14th Off-Campus Library Services Conference
The 14th Off-Campus Library Services Conference is now accepting proposals for the upcoming conference in 2010. The Off-Campus Library Services Conference is extending a formal invitation to librarians, administrators, and educators to present their research and share their knowledge with their peers. Individuals who provide library resources and services to students and faculty participating in…
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WISPR now available for sharing
It feels like so much longer ago that I introduced it here, but almost exactly two years later the award-winning(?) Workshop on the Information Search Process for Research (WISPR) is now available for you to download under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Canada License. There's a pretty good set of documentation, but you're going…
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Crappy Experience at the Calgary Apple Store
My brother-in-law is a long-time Windows user. He and his wife have several iPods, so he appreciates some Apple design, but he’s now much less likely to ever consider purchasing any other Apple product thanks to a couple of really crappy experiences he had this week at our local Market Mall Apple Store. Here’s his…
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mobilelibraries discussion group
Lori Bell and Tom Peters have started a discussion group on Google Groups called mobilelibraries. “This group is for discussion, ideas, and implementation related to mobile applications for libraries.”
Posted Under: m-libraries