The Distant Librarian

Author: Paul R. Pival

  • RSS to Email wrapup

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    Last month I posted about and got some really good feedback and suggestions on an RSS to email solution.  I just wanted to wrap that up here for those of you who don’t get the comments.  The two best solutions seem to be RSSFwd and Rmail, both of which, with a minor amount of HTML…

  • CLA Calgary Wiki

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    I’ve never gotten into wikis.  I just never found myself in a project where a wiki seemed the perfect solution.  I’ve been toying with them for a couple weeks though, and then lo and behold, Meredith throws up the ALA Chicago Wiki.  Now that makes sense to me!  Know what?  There’s a Canadian Library Association…

  • Google Print Bookmarklet

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    A few months ago I promised I would build a bookmarklet for Google Print, but I quickly realized the way they had things configured meant I wasn’t able to do so.  Well, they’ve changed things and you can now search Google Print directly (instead of getting results at the top of a regular Google search),…

  • TAL Annoucement of the Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library

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    This will be interesting to watch!  There’s a link to a PDF with more info at the bottom of the page…  Link: TAL Annoucement of the Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library. The Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library will provide post-secondary students and faculty with a vast collection of research articles, textbooks, journals, images…

  • Deeplinking cheat sheet

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    Rebecca has put together a really comprehensive guide for her faculty and students on how to create persistent URLs to full text articles.  I draw your attention to the warning that, Most "problem" links come from time- or session-dependent URL’s created by the database company on the fly to track usage. – that’s been my…

  • Virtual Reference Desk 2005

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    The Call for Papers for Virtual Reference Desk 2005 has been announced.  June 6 is the deadline for submissions, the conference is in mid November. Link: VRD 2005: Home. Information At A Glance: VRD 2005 Conference November 14-15, 2005 Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport San Francisco, CA

  • Even more on Jybe (probably not the last word)

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    Have spent a fair amount of time with Jybe 2.0 the last two days and am forming a pretty favorable impression.  Yesterday I was a little worried after I spent some time on it with Sherri at UNLV and we ran into some bugs where we would appear to be co-browsing nicely, but would pretty…

  • Thoughts on Jybe 2.0

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    Earlier this week Jybe version 2.0 was released, and tonight I finally got a chance to play with it.  I think.  See, I haven’t had time to line up any co-testers, so I did it all myself through VNC – hosted the session on my work machine, then joined that session from my home machine…

  • DLS Guidelines Survey

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    Rob Morrison writes to the OFFCAMP list: Please help us understand how the Guidelines are being used at your institution by completing a brief DLS Guidelines Survey: http://caspian.switchinc.org/~distlearn/guidelines/dlssurvey.html Your input will provide valuable data as we proceed with the next major Guidelines revision. Please complete the survey by May 15. Questions? Contact Rob Morrison, Chair,…

  • Blended Librarian Event: Developing Multimedia Teaching and Learning Content

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    Last August I discovered the Blended Librarian site, which now resides exclusively at the Learning Times Library Online Community.  There’s some really good stuff available through this site, but you have to register to see any of it (it’s free).  Personally I find the site confusing.  I get emailed updates when there’s new content added,…