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What’s in a name?
For some reason in the car this AM the question popped into my head, “Why don’t any of us go by the moniker of iBrarian?” I’ve seen cybrarian in many places, and that connotes a certain impression, but with all the iPod, iPhone etc. hype of the past few years, is this not a bandwagon…
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Local blogging space for Calgary – CalgaryBlogs.net
D’Arcy Norman in our Teaching and Learning Centre appears to have had some spare time over the past couple days and has unleashed an altruistic project upon the citizens of Calgary – CalgaryBlogs.net. The front page of the site reads: CalgaryBlogs.net is a free weblog hosting service. There are no ads, and no subscription fees.…
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CFP: Netspeed 2008 – Edmonton, AB
It’s that time of year again! The Alberta Library (TAL) invites proposals for sessions at Netspeed 2008, to be held October 22-24, 2008, in Edmonton, AB. Netspeed is a conference organized by TAL for librarians and technical staff from all library sectors. This conference serves to highlight new technologies of interest to libraries today. Sessions…
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Latest versions of Word include built-in citation management
Haven’t yet laid eyes on the latest version of MS Word myself, but in reading a review of the upcoming MS Word 2008 for the Mac I noticed it will include built-in citation management tools. Went and checked and see that it’s already available in the Windows version. Interesting. Technorati Tags: OSX, Word, Citations
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The Blog Readability Test – bwahahahaaahaa!
Oh this is good – saw someone reference the Blog Readability Test (what level of education is required to understand your blog?) and of course plugged mine in to learn: Then just for fun I grabbed the first blogger I thought of who actually writes, and this is what Meredith at Information Wants to be…