The Distant Librarian

Author: Paul R. Pival

  • What’s in it for me?

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    A little rant based on a couple of the presentations I’ve seen here in Savannah.  This mirrors several of the wrap-up posts I saw after Computers in Libraries earlier this spring.  I come to conferences first and foremost to get new ideas for services I can implement back home.  I want to be able to…

  • Off Campus Library Services Conference Keynote – Marshall Keys

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    Last night the keynote was delivered by Marshall Keys, and was titled Lost in Translation: what today’s trends show about tomorrow’s libraries.  As I mentioned briefly in a previous post, this turned out to be pretty much the same talk Stephen Abrams gives on Millennials and what they mean to our future, but it was…

  • It’s so green!

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    Have landed safely in Savannah for the 2006 Off Campus Library Services Conference, which is more than I can say for my luggage.  Hopefully it will arrive sometime tonight, as my presentation is at 8:30 AM on Thursday.  TWT.  (my co-presenter arrived late last night and still doesn’t have her luggage!) I’d forgotten what green…

  • Online Research Toolkit presentation

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    I’m just now finally getting around to looking at some of the presentations from last week’s Library & Information Resources track of HigherEdBlogCon.  Great idea in theory, but I’m still finding it difficult to set aside the time to give the presentations the full attention they deserve.  One presentation I did spend some time with…

  • The all-important weather update

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    It’s been a while since I provided the all-important weather update on the blog, but hoo-ie, it’s actually hot today!  Right now it’s 22C (72F) and it feels much warmer here in my stuffy office.  Oh, but of course it wouldn’t be Calgary if that was all there was to the story.  Here’s the forecast…

  • 50 Ways to Take Notes

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    I’ve mentioned Writely before, and while it’s not exclusively a tool to support distance learners, it’s damn useful and something you and your students should at least be aware of.  Well I just learned about 49 similar tools!  Fifty Ways to Take Notes is an annotated list of Web 2.0 tools that allow you to…

  • Thoughts on Macromedia Captivate

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    The Web4lib discussion list recently wrapped up a slew of posts discussing the virtues of Macromedia Captivate, with some additional discussion of Qarbon ViewletBuilder and a surprisingly (to me) small number of comments on Camtasia Studio.  You can pick up the discussion here – scroll down (or Ctrl-F) to the subject of [Web4lib] Macromedia Captivate…

  • The Embedded Librarian – Library Journal article

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    A very brief article from the April 1, 2006 issue of Library Journal, The Embedded Librarian discusses how librarians at the University of Rhode Island made themselves more accessible to distance students (though everything they describe can be used by traditional students as well).  Librarians are enrolled as teaching assistants in several WebCT courses, offer…

  • Technorati Tags for OffCamp Conference

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    I know there will be at least a few other bloggers at OffCamp in Savannah next week – anybody up for settling on a common Technorati tag?  I propose OCLSC06. Technorati Tags: OCLSC06

  • Survey of Off-Campus Library Services

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    A month ago I noted the rebirth of the Canadian Library Association’s Services for Distance Learning Interest Group, and also noted that the new convener has a survey on what DE Librarians feel are the most important services to offer their patrons.  At that time I found the survey wasn’t working correctly, but Laurie now…