Author: Paul R. Pival
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Annals of Cool Library Innovations
While Peter is a pretty technologically advanced guy, he’s not a librarian, so it’s really nice when someone like him appreciates minor innovations: Annals of Cool Library Innovations.
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EBSCO Publishing provides free access to Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Link: EBSCO Publishing. LISTA database Free to all Interested in Libraries and Librarianship EBSCO Publishing is proud to provide the Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) database as a free resource to anyone interested in libraries and information management. This world-class bibliographic database provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online…
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O’Reilly: What Is Screencasting
Jon Udell’s got an article up that pretty much summarizes all his blog posts on screencasting: O’Reilly: What Is Screencasting.
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Opinions on Google Book Search
Early last week I read a pretty interesting piece by George Dyson called Turing’s Cathedral; it’s a summary of a talk he gave during a visit to Google HQ last month. Most of the article went over my head, but the quote he used to close the piece really struck a chord: "When our machines…
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Wavago for IM
Wavago has been mentioned on a few other blogs, but I finally got a chance to try it this AM. The interface was a little confusing to me at first, but hey, it was the first time I looked at it so I suspect I’ll get used to it. I wanted to try it as…
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Diggdot.us – digg / slashdot / del.icio.us popular
For those of you trying to stay ahead of the curve: Diggdot.us. Why diggdot.us? Digg, slashdot, and del.icio.us/popular – this is a constant browsing cycle for us. So why not combine them into a unified format without all the extra chrome? We can eliminate dupes and add some extra niceities.
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Roy Tennant and Cathy Gordon (Google Scholar) are coming to my house
Well ok, not my house, but my campus. The Alberta Library (TAL), our Provincial consortium, is sponsoring a two-day symposium on federated searching. Here’s a 4-page PDF flyer outlining the symposium. You’re definately invited, but I’m afraid you’re not going to feel very welcome as 1) it’s the beginning of February in Calgary, and 2)…
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Why I Blog
This question has been addressed by many people already, and I really don’t have anything new to add to the topic, but since an article I wrote over a year ago has finally hit hard copy I thought I’d share it with you anyway. I was pleased, when looking at it again a year later,…
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Google Print is Renamed Google Book Search
Via SearchEngine Watch: Google Print is Renamed Google Book Search.
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Inserting Flash into PPT
This morning I was helping a colleague learn Macromedia Breeze (convert PPT to Flash), and he wondered about the ability to include a brief (30 seconds) screencast within the presentation. Breeze can handle animation, so I thought it could probably handle a movie too. And it can. But it’s not very easy 🙁 He used…