Author: Paul R. Pival
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More Captivate vs Camtasia
A followup to yesterday’s post on exactly the same subject, there’s an article in the March 2005 issue of Presentations magazine called Screen-Capture to Go that compares these same two products. Well, it’s mostly about Camtasia, but includes some overview of Captivate as well. I learned that Camtasia has a powerpoint plugin that would seem…
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Jybe 2.0 is Coming (RIP VR)
Michael over at Tame the Web has recently become enamored of Jybe, and seems to have experienced the same good customer service I did back in February. Seems that Jybe has been listening to folks, including librarians, and is addressing several of the shortcomings that we found in our initial tests with this product. Will…
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Amazon indexing and selling articles?
This may be old news that I missed, but I just happened by Amazon today to attempt a "search inside the book" and the first result I got was actually to an article I could buy for $5.95! Here’s some of the information that came along with the page: Editorial Reviews Excerpt. © Reprinted by…
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Camtasia vs. Captivate
Meredith at Information Wants to be Free has a nice comparision of Camtasia and Captivate. She points out that these impressions are based on only a few days of work with each product, but I was impressed with her list of pros and cons for each product. For me, the list of cons with Camtasia…
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Guide to Distance Learning
This is a nice use of Flash, though I have to agree with Stephen’s criticisms, and of course point out that the library gets pretty short shrift in the overall picture. It’s mentioned a few times towards the end of the Study Guide section, but pretty much only in passing. It’s nice that the library…
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Orphan Works: Issues and Legislative Strategies
The Association of Research Libraries and the Medical Library Association are offering a free teleconference on Monday, May 2 that deals with orphaned works (details below and more in the link) What do you do if you can’t find the copyright holder of a work (say a photograph, article, or film clip) that you want…
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Legal Battle Brews Over Texts on Electronic Reserve at U. of California Libraries
Took me a couple of days to scare up a copy of this article (don’t worry if you don’t have a copy either, the interesting reading will come later when something actually happens as a result of this head-butting). There was a quote in there though that raised my eyebrows. Allan Adler, VP for legal…
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ebrary Offers Free Access to ALA Members
My institution recently picked up a subscription to ebrary, and I like it a lot. This may be your chance to give it a whirl… In honor of National Library Week, April 10-16, 2005, ebrary, an information services and technology provider, has announced that it is offering American Library Association (ALA) members free access to…
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DLS Meeting Times and Locations for ALA Annual in Chicago
Stephen Dew writes: I just received notification of the scheduled meeting times and locations for the Distance Learning Section at ALA Annual in Chicago, and here they are. Guidelines for Distance Learning Library Services, Revision Hearing Saturday, June 25, 9:30am-11am, Palmer House, Salon XI DLS Program, “Distance Learning: We Know Where We’ve Been, but…
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Sirsi Corporation and Copyright Clearance Center Partner
Another copyright post. Direct linking to Copyright Clearance Center’s online permission services from Sirsi Resolver, an OpenURL resolution system, enables librarians and staff to secure copyright permission for ILL, reserves, document delivery, and other uses. Sirsi Resolver provides access to a variety of electronic resources; the integration enables librarians and staff accessing that electronic content…