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  • Collect and Connect – new strategy for NRC-CISTI

    The National Research Council Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI) is implementing its collect and connect strategy. From their Press Release: For journals, this strategy focuses on collecting electronic-only and connecting clients to publisher sites and other sources of content. This is part of the transition from print delivery to knowledge discovery of…

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  • Wiki to Discuss Canadian Educational Response to Bill C-61

    Scott Leslie has thrown up a framework wiki intended to help Canada's post-secondary institutions draft a collective or concerted response to Bill C-61.  Initial topics of suggested discussion include:  What uses can educators in Canadian higher ed make of copyrighted (and DRM protected) materials under *current* copyright laws? What are the implications to these uses…

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  • Reading a Nintendo DS

    HarperCollins and Nintendo have made a deal that will allow 100 classic books to be readable on the Nintendo DS.  Initially this will only be available in Britain, for some reason.  I think, as I guess the audience for the DS is young-ish, this would work better if they could’ve worked a deal for literature…

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  • The Inevitable

    Choose your poison, C or F, it's just gonna be damn cold!

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  • Using Google Analytics to track screencast usage

    Paul Betty of Regis University offered the following link on the OFFCAMP listserve earlier today.  Using Google Analytics to track screencast usage.  In his screencast he covers how to embed a javascript call in Adobe Captivate, Qarbon ViewletBuilder, and Camtasia Studio, which will then allow Google Analytics to track pretty much whatever you might want…

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