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CFP: Journal of Access Services
I’m on the board of editors for the Journal of Access Services, and one of my roles is of course to drum up business. There’s a special issue coming up you might want to consider: Best Practices in Access Services. Laurie the Librarian has all the details. Deadline is Feb 1, 2007. Technorati Tags: JAS
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Synchronous Learning Expert Online Program
Even though it’s steeply discounted, this one’s too expensive for me, but if you’ve got no other way to get up to speed on teaching in an online environment, this is probably a really good way to go. Synchronous Learning Expert Online ProgramDescription: WebJunction and Insync Training Present a professional development program in e-learning for…
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They blog from the Land Down Under…
The nominees for the 2006 Edublog awards have now been announced; voting closes on Saturday, December 16th, so look quick! (it’s not entirely clear to me, but I think you pop an email to 2006awards@gmail.com with your vote(s)). Of the 5 nominees for Best Library/Librarian Blog, 3 are from Australia, one (bookseller) from Switzerland, and…
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Tim says Book Search Should Work Like Web Search
Tim O’Reilly, long a proponent of Google Book Search, has a post in which he laments the fact that books housed in the different book scanning projects (Google Books, OCA, Amazon Search Inside) are not searchable by search engines other than those provided by their hosts. Surely it will only be a matter of time…
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The greatest digital library Canada has ever seen!
This is a scan of a thank-you ad that appeared in this past weekend’s local paper. On Friday, December 8, it was announced that Don and Ruth Taylor had donated $25 million to what was until then known as the Campus Calgary Digital Library, and is now known as the Taylor Family Digital Library. …
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