Author: Paul R. Pival
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Handout from Internet Librarian 2005
I’m doing some work updating files etc and ran across the handout Sherri and I made for Internet Librarian 2005. There’s nothing you haven’t seen in here, but it is all in one spot and attractively presented :-). Web Tools for 21st-Century Learners (PDF – 3 pages)
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Canada’s Version of the Google Book Search Fight – Michael Geist
Canadian copyright legal scholar Michael Geist writes about a mini version of the Google Book Search copyfight happening in Newfoundland. "The President of the Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador has expressed concern that the plan will make it harder to sell books." Sigh. Michael points out that it’s more likely people will find out…
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CIT Infobits and Distance Education
“CIT Infobits is an electronic service of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ITS Center for Instructional Technology. Each month the CIT’s Information Resources Consultant monitors and selects from a number of information and instructional technology sources that come to her attention and provides brief notes for electronic dissemination to educators.” – http://www.unc.edu/cit/infobits/…
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Google Video Store and Distance Education
The Google Video Store has launched with paid content. I haven’t visited Google Video for some time, so a lot of this may have been in there for a while now, but I thought I’d see what was available for the search library or libraries, and got 1,171 results! There seems to be a whole…
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inflite :: University of Evansville Libraries Tutorial
Michael at The Information Literacy Land of Confusion points to inflite :: University of Evansville Libraries Tutorial. This is a tutorial that combines elements from TILT and SearchPath. I haven’t gone through it all, but it looks nice and might provide some inspiration.
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How many users use RSS?
Back in August I noted a study that showed only one in 10 visitors used the RSS feed provided by blog sites. Alex Barnett now points to another study by Yahoo (PDF) released in October 2005 that shows similar numbers. Apparently there was some confusion about this report on Slashdot because people were picking up…
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Skype on a handset
As far as I know, it’s not yet possible to call a Skype account from a landline phone, but Voice Over IP (VOIP) is definately a way for you to reach your distance students on the cheap. IPEVO is now offering a handset for $30 that plugs in to your PC or Mac and allows…
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Useful Tools – blog software comparison and file sharing
Lifehacker points to these two useful posts today. The first is a blog software comparison chart from the Online Journalism Review. If you’re thinking about starting a blog as your New Year’s resolution, this chart may be helpful in deciding which software to use. One thing it doesn’t include is the cost though, so you’ll…
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Integrating Library Service and Instruction into Electronically-Delivered Classes
From the most recent issue of the Journal of eLiteracy (haven’t read it yet):May, F A (2005) Integrating Library Service and Instruction into Electronically-Delivered Classes. JeLit 2(2) 120-129. AbstractAs online courses become more and more ubiquitous, the need for supporting services becomes more acute. To meet the needs of students in online courses for library…
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Canadian libraries play a key role in e-learning
A new report has just been released by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL). Here’s the press release: LIBRARIES TO PLAY A KEY ROLE IN E-LEARNING OTTAWA December 19, 2005 – The use of electronic learning in Canadian institutions has increased by as much as 30% over the past five years – and library…