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  • The Second International m-Libraries Conference

    Received via email: The Second International m-Libraries Conference  Vancouver, 23-24 June 2009 Call for papers Following the successful First International Conference on M-Libraries in 2007 we are delighted to call for papers for the Second International Conference in Vancouver in 2009. For more information about the conference visit http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries The conference, will be hosted by…

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  • Google and AAP settle

    Read all about Google's "groundbreaking agreement with authors and publishers."  "Three years ago, the Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers and a handful of authors and publishers filed a class action lawsuit against Google Book Search.Today we're delighted to announce that we've settled that lawsuit and will be working closely with these industry partners…

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  • SendMeRSS / Rmail bites the dust

    I missed this when it was first "announced", but apparently the first RSS to email utility that I fell in love with is no more.  About a year and a half ago, NBC purchased Rmail and rebranded it as SendMeRSS.  Apparently NBC just stopped supporting it; the SendMeRSS website is down, and Randy Charles Morin,…

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  • The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2008.

    Educause has published the latest results of their survey of Undergraduate students and IT.  The main report is 124 pages long, but the Key Findings is only 11.  Libraries and the use of library websites are mentioned several times, but I don’t think there’s anything earth shattering along those lines.  A couple of the things…

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  • Multi-touch table for kids

    Engadget points to a new product from Calgary company SMART Technologies, the Smart Table for kids.  It’s a pint-sized MS Surface-like product.  I’m hoping to see this puppy show up in my kids’ school, if not at the UofC!  Maybe I need to schedule a field trip! SMART

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