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  • Ex Libris e-book focus group

    Via my library’s Collections and Acquisitions blog, Ex Libris announces an e-book focus group.  Follow the link for more information, but “the ultimate goal of this effort is to provide the academic and research library market a set of solutions to the challenges presented by e-books.” Technorati Tags: ebooks, Ex_Libris

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  • Google Book Search: is it Good Enough?

    Good post at the American Historical Association blog called Google Books: What’s Not to Like?  In it, a historian points out three big things not to like: Poor Scan Quality, Faulty Metadata, and Truncated Public Domain.  Well-supported with examples, it gets even more interesting in the comments where people point out that crappy though it…

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  • Wanna be a beta tester for Adobe Captivate 3?

    No promises, but if you can fill out their 25-question survey by Thursday May 3rd (hopefully the end of the day) you’ve got a chance at being a beta tester for Adobe’s Screencasting product. Technorati Tags: Adobe, Captivate, Screencasting

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  • The Ultimate Distance Librarian Position

    Next space tourist dreams of library.  Thanks for the tip, Adriana. Technorati Tags: Spaaaaaaaace

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  • Oh, Georgia Tech

    A couple of years ago Meredith Farkas posted about how impressed she was with all that she saw going on online in Canadian academic institutions: Oh Canada!  Everywhere I turn I keep seeing reminders that I think I want to work at Georgia Tech!  Ross Singer and Brian Mathews, The Ubiquitous Librarian (both LJ Movers…

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