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  • Some screencasting news

    I’m pleased to see Greg Notess has been posting again at the LibCasting blog.  The other day he pointed to FreeScreencast.com, which offers the software and online hosting, much like Jing.  I haven’t tried FreeScreencast or TipCam (note, TipCam appears to be dead now – Oct, 2013), which does the exact same thing.  There are…

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  • How to embed a MeeboMe widget on your desktop

    Hey, I’m excited about this one!  At a meeting yesterday we were considering additional places we could stick our MeeboMe widget (you may recall we’ve had it embedded in our catalogue since the beginning of October, 2007).  Someone wondered if we could embed it on the desktop, and I recalled that Microsoft has something called…

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  • Public Ivy, baby!

    Well there’s no library information included in the rankings, but I was proud to see my undergrad alma mater, SUNY Geneseo, ranked #1 in Kiplinger’s 100 Best College Values of 2008.  They were looking at both cost and academic success.  Go Knights!  🙂 Technorati Tags: Kiplinger, Geneseo

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  • Online Workshop: Building a Community that Values Academic Integrity

    You might be interested in this online workshop from the Center for Intellectual Property at UMUC ($150) Building a Community that Values Academic IntegrityDates: February 25 – March 7, 2008 (early registration by February 8 )Moderators: Gary Pavela, M.A., J.D., Director of Judicial Programs and Student Ethical Development, University of Maryland — College Park &…

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  • Another way for libraries to advertise in Facebook

    Via Tame The Web, a Flickr account of one library’s use of Facebook ads to simply promote the library page in Facebook.  The caption on the picture is, "64310 imprints, 67 clicks and 15 fans". Technorati Tags: Facebook

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