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  • Companies with a sense of humour

    I love it when software companies have a sense of humour 🙂

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  • You think you’ve got it rough?

    Going the Extra Mile: Supporting Distance Education at University of Alaska Fairbanks, Suzan Hahn, Lisa Lehman, Rheba Dupras Abstract:The Elmer E. Rasmuson Library at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has a long history of supporting distance education through state-of-the-art, remote access services. Harsh climate conditions (heavy snowfall and icing, high winds, and extreme temperatures), rugged…

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  • EZ Proxy and database RSS feeds

    I haven’t been keeping up with the RSS feeds supplied by the likes of EBSCO.  The other day a colleague bugged me about the fact that the RSS feeds weren’t being accepted by Bloglines (or any other web-based aggregator), and upon investigation realized that instead of receiving an RSS feed, Bloglines was receiving our authentication…

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  • Some initial thoughts on library advertising in Facebook

    Earlier this year our library received a nice chunk of change from our Students Union to help promote a couple of services that they had sponsored in previous years; ebrary and Refworks.  They were concerned that the general student body wasn’t as aware of these resources as they could be, so wanted us to have…

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  • CFP: 24th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning

    24th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & LearningAugust 5-8, 2008Madison, WisconsinCALL FOR PROPOSALS Teach………Learn………ConnectWe encourage you to submit a proposal contributing to the ongoing quality of distance education development, delivery, support, assessment, and management. * Share your expertise in the application of technology to the teaching and learning process* Lead sessions on the planning and…

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