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  • Distant Libraries of the World

    Not exactly sure who the audience is, but I learned about a DVD called Distant Libraries of the World from a posting on LIS News (the fact that they learned about it from a Paul and it has a .ca domain name meant I had to make sure it wasn’t me!).  The DVD describes library…

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  • Thunderbird/SnagIt missing image

      Thunderbird missing image    Originally uploaded by ppival. I’m sending this question to TechSmith technical support as well, but in case it’s more of a Thunderbird issue than a SnagIt issue I thought I’d try the lazy web too.  I’m using Thunderbird 1.5 and SnagIt 8.2.  I can easily grab a screenshot in SnagIt…

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  • Did Roy Tennant cause this?!

    Don’t cross Roy Tennant! Sommers Steps Down as SirsiDynix CEO (PDF) Technorati Tags: SirsiDynix, Libraries, Tennant

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  • Jon Udell and Dan Chudnov talk OpenURL

    It’s downloading even as I type, but if you were at all intrigued by my DOI post, you’ll want to listen to Jon Udell’s latest interview in which he talks with Dan Chudnov, of Library Geeks fame.  And a lot of other fame too, but mostly stuff I don’t understand. Yet.  Ok, download’s done, you’ll…

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  • LibX – DOI for Dummies

    Ok, right up front, the dummy is me.  It might be you too, but I’m only talking about me here. Earlier this year, David, our Integrated Systems Manager, put together a U of Calgary beta version of LibX, a Firefox Extension for Libraries.  LibX does all sorts of neat things, but I was finding it…

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