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  • iPhone apps for textbooks and another library catalogue

    Yesterday brought two interesting iPhone apps to my attention.  The first is iUSask, the University of Saskatchewan iPhone application, which includes a category for searching the OPAC.  This is touted as "the first iPhone application of its kind in Canada for University Students."  I played with is a bit yesterday and unfortunately wasn't very impressed. …

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  • Camtasia coming to the Mac on Aug 25th!

    They've finally got a date!  Techsmith has announced that they're shipping Camtasia for the Mac on August 25th.  "Camtasia for Mac will have a special introductory special price of $99, through the end of 2009. After that, the MSRP will be $149."  That's an interesting price point – way cheaper than Camtasia Studio for Windows,…

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  • SPARC calls on campuses to coordinate open-access policy efforts

    For immediate release August 5, 2009 For more information, contact Jennifer McLennan (202) 296-2296 ext 121 jennifer [at] arl [dot] org SPARC CALLS ON CAMPUSES TO COORDINATE OPEN-ACCESS POLICY EFFORTS Introduces centralized resource and group of experts to advise policy development Washington, DC – Last month, the University of Kansas became the first public university…

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  • Preliminary Netspeed 2009 program available

    The preliminary program for Netspeed 2009 is now available.  This year it's in Calgary, from October 21-23, 2009 at the Carriage House Inn.  Looks like I'm presenting back-to-back on Thursday, first on using Twitter (and a little Facebook) for library promotion, and then with Kenton Good from the U of Alberta on how we made…

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  • Screencasting Tool comparison chart

    Dr. Stephen Ransom has a great chart loaded on Scribd comparing a large number of screencasting tools.  There are some screen capture tools listed as well that I wouldn’t have put on a screencasting chart, but it’s a nice simple overview indicating whether the tool is online or “local”, which OS, cost, formats, shareability, and…

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