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  • No Frills RSS-email

    Well there are no frills at all, but it’ll deliver RSS content to your email: Feed My Inbox. I like SendMeRSS and Feedburner’s solutions better.

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  • Be my counterpart in Qatar!

    Just posted on the Foothills Library Association Jobline is our ad for a Public Services Systems Librarian in Qatar. If I were a younger man…

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  • A pretty popular explanation of screencasting

    I have an RSS feed to monitor delicious for new tags on the term "screencasting", and of course I often find interesting nuggets as a result.  Never, though, have I seen this many people tagging the same page: They're all saving Screencasting: How To Start, Tools and Guidelines, from Smashing Magazine.   It's a nice overview,…

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  • Presentations from Reference Renaissance conference

    The head of our Information Commons attended a conference entitled, A Reference Renaissance: Current and Future Trends, and points out that many of the presentations are available online. From the conference homepage: Rumors of the “death of reference” have been greatly exaggerated! Reference service now encompasses not just traditional forms such as telephone, email, and…

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  • C-61 Made in Canada explained

    A-ha! This clears up so much understanding surrounding the supposedly "made in Canada" Bill C-61 (Canadian DMCA). Much of the early brouhaha–ha surrounded the fact that this bill was very obviously crafted by the hands of the MPAA and the RIAA (both American organizations). But last week I received my latest issue of House-to-House (not…

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