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CFP: Internet Librarian 2007
I don’t think funding will allow me to go this year, but the Call for Presenters for Internet Librarian 2007 (Oct. 29-31) is out. The theme this year is 2.0: Info Pros, Library Communities, & Web Tools, and proposals are due by March 26th! I’ve spoken at IL the past two years and really enjoyed…
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Ovid MEDLINE Screencast
David Rothman points to a really well-done Camtasia Studio screencast of the Ovid MEDLINE interface. The screencast was done by a librarian at Yale, and while it’s 30 minutes long, the use of the web menu at the left of the screen makes it simple to jump back and forth to the sections you need…
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A different name for Distance Librarian
Michael Stephens at Tame the Web points out an interesting job description at the Maricopa County Library: Virtual Branch Manager. After following the link in his post and reading a little more, I think this sounds a lot like what we DE folks do (though I don’t have all the techie skills).
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Pre-Publication Review Draft: Special Sloan-C/Eduventures Report: Blending in
Keith from the Sloan Consortium wrote to let me know they’ve posted a pre-pub draft of a report called Blending In: The Extent and Promise of Blended Education in the United States and they’re looking for feedback before making it a final report. It’s a 35-page PDF that attempts to answer the following questions,…