Author: Paul R. Pival
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Dotto on Libraries
Here in Canada we have a TV tech show for the layman called DottoTech, and a couple of months ago Steve Dotto ran a brief segment about using your local Public Library to access licensed databases. That clip (about 3 minutes) is now available online. I hope you won’t learn anything as a librarian from…
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Camtasia Studio vs. Adobe Captivate
The WebBriefcase Blog has just put up a comparison of Camtasia Studio 4 and Adobe Captivate 2. The author is a long-time Captivate user, and while it seems pretty close, decides in the end to stick with Captivate rather than switch to Camtasia Studio. He found the output formats superior in Camtasia Studio, but the…
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If you build it, will they learn?
I recently finished the following article: If you buld it, will they learn? Assessing online information literacy tutorials, by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, Lara Cummings, Corey M. Johnson and B. Jane Scales, College and Research Libraries, September 2006, Vol. 67, No. 2. Should be freely available online around March. Here’s the abstract: With the support of…
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The future of libraries is yours. What are you going to do with it?
At the risk of being part of Brian’s echo chamber, I’m pointing to his recent piece in on LISjobs.com called Librarian As Entrepreneur: A Blueprint For Transforming Our Future. It’s a nice rallying call for what Brian’s calling the Next Now Generation. While this sort of stuff has been said before (I think), it’s good…
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Expanding Demand for Online Higher Education – Eduventures Report
According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, a soon-to-be released report says “the online-education market has the potential to grow significantly, with about half of potential college students interested in earning a degree online, according to a survey conducted by Eduventures Inc.” Should be good news for librarians comfortable supported students in a virtual environment……
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What does a distance MLIS really cost?
A couple of months ago when Walt Crawford put out his Great Middle list of library blogs, I picked a few to watch in a separate folder before fully committing. One of the ones that graduated to my “real” subscription list is OPL Plus, the blog for librarians in one-person libraries, written by Judith Siess. …
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Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources
Got an email from Jimmy Atkinson of the recently-launched Online Education Database, a site that’s attempting to collect information about institutions offering degrees online. I don’t see anywhere in the few profiles I checked where the library’s mentioned, but Jimmy was asking me to take a look at a research guide he’d just posted called…
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What would you like to know about screencasting?
As I wrap up my final prep for next week’s SirsiDynix Institute, an Introduction to Screencasting, I thought I’d check to see what you thought I should be including. Either because you’re going to attend and want to learn, or if there’s something you think I should be sure to cover, will you let me…
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Distance Learning Librarian Conference Sponsorship Award
Connie Hildebrand writes to the OFFCAMP List: Distance Learning Librarian Conference Sponsorship Award Librarianship for distance students is often neglected but this award is an opportunity to show the world what we do. Since many librarians are too modest to nominate themselves, each of us should take the responsibility to nominate an outstanding librarian. Here…
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Good to know about Feed2JS and Spam
Hot on the heels of the talk Meredith Farkas and I gave at Internet Librarian on using Feed2JS (and some other tools) comes this post from RSS4Lib warning about the misappropriation of a locally installed version of Feed2JS. Basically, if you do choose to install the software on your own server, Ken points out that…