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The Fourth International m-libraries Conference
Registration for the Fourth International m-libraries Conference is now open. The conference will be held 24-26 September 2012 at The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. The main theme for the conference this year is "From margin to mainstream: mobile technologies transforming lives and libraries". I attended the 2nd m-libraries conference in Vancouver in 2009 and found it quite useful. Won't
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Netspeed 2012 program announced
The program (pdf) for Netspeed 2012, to be held in Edmonton, AB, Oct 18-19, has just been released. Information about this year's conference seems to be a little scattered, with the official page linking to an official blog, and no link (except in the email I got) to the registration site, which is currently the only
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How to make library instructional (or other educational) videos and screencasts
Chad Boeninger continues to make good use of both screencasting and traditional video in introducing research topics to his business students at Ohio University. In this post Chad "discusses the inexpensive equipment and software needed, and shows how to make a video from start to finish. Discusses camera selection, how to use Screencast-o-matic.com, how to
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A Day Made of Glass
Apparently this series of videos has been around for quite some time (the first released on YouTube in Feb 2011), but I hadn't seen them before a colleague forwarded a link yesterday. Some really interesting glimpses into the future of displays as envisioned by Corning Glass. The second and third videos simply expand upon the
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Maternal Falcon
One of the non-work-related pleasures I have is assisting with the webcam we have pointing at the Peregrine falcons that nest in the building next to the library here at the U of Calgary. This year we have triplets, and if you've ever wondered whether a bird of prey makes a caring mother, here's an
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