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  • Blogger Perceptions on Digital Preservation

    Researchers at UNC Chapel Hill are conducting a survey on blogger’s perceptions on digital preservation – specifically of blogs and their content and layout.  Took about 12 minutes for me to fill out the survey, and I found some of the questions quite interesting.  I think there’s a potential business opportunity here depending on how…

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  • Comments restored

    Just a quick note that there was a glitch preventing comments from being left on my Commercial Librarian post from last Friday – it’s been resolved.  Thanks for letting me know David!

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  • Screencastvertising

    A colleague working on the ANTS project pointed me to the slick introduction to the Encyclopedia of Life on their homepage.  It’s mostly a screencast, but in addition to being informational, it’s also inspirational.  They don’t intend to show step by step how to use their site, but they do show off some of the…

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  • The Commercial Librarian

    I have an interesting conundrum on this, the third anniversary of the birth of this blog.  For the first and second times ever, this past week I have received inquiries about placing advertisements on specific posts on my blog.  The ads would be for products or websites that relate to posts I already made that…

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  • Blended Learning Guide for Libraries – Web Junction

    From Rod Corbett’s EdTech Review, a link to a huge (45 page PDF) Web Junction report on Blended Learning, a guide for libraries. Here’s the TOC to whet your appetite: Table of Contents1 Introduction    Structure of this Guide    Defining Blended Learning    Advantages    Challenges    Making the Case for Blended Learning    Tips to Get Started    Designing    Implementation4…

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