Author: Paul R. Pival
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Peter Binkley’s Blogging! – Quaedam cuiusdam
Peter’s the Digital Initiatives Technology Librarian up the road at the U of Alberta, and a guy who pops out with some really good ideas. I have a suspicion he has lots more of these posted at random spots around the web, and look forward to the concatenation of them at this location. I think…
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Jinfo :: Jobs in information (UK)
I had a request from the editor of this site to include a link to it. I wasn’t going to because it’s not really got much to do with distance librarianship, but I took a look around and there are a couple of postings for librarians on the site, and I know I’ve got some…
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Upcoming proposals deadline for OCLS Conference
Connie Hildebrand reminds us that the deadline for proposals for the 12th Off Campus Library Services conference (held April 26-28 2006 in Savannah GA) is Tuesday, March 22nd. I think I’ve finally figured out what I’ll be proposing, and I hope to see you there!
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Macromedia Breeze presentation available
Macromedia Breeze is a tool that, among other things, converts PowerPoint presentations to a Macromedia Flash file for easy viewing via the web. This isn’t a cheap tool (as evidenced by the "contact us for pricing" links on the product page), so it’s not likely something you’ll just go out to buy, but if your…
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The integrated library system that isn’t
Link: Lorcan Dempsey’s weblog: The integrated library system that isn’t. Increasingly, the library needs to bring its services to the user within their work- or learn-flow, and be seen to be adding value to the collection of resources. Oh that’s kind of neat – I just realized that if I highlight some text on the…
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A Quick Look at Macromedia Captivate
A really nice little writeup from Learning Circuits about Macromedia Captivate and how it can be used to build demonstrations and simulations. What’s the difference? You’ll have to read it to find out :-). And I learned a new acronym: SME – Subject Matter Expert. (Thanks for the pointer Sherri.)
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Using RSS Enclosures for document delivery?
Heyyyyyy, here’s a post that takes a little bit of info about the Podcasts I’ve mentioned from time to time, and points out that enclosures (the bit of RSS that makes podcasts truly a new thing) can be used to deliver more than just mp3 files: Weblogg-ed – Using RSS Enclosures in Schools. So why…
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The Attributes and Experiences of Librarians Who Earned a Graduate Degree via Distance Education: Findings and Implications
Just received the March schedule for the free Horizon Wimba Desktop Lecture series, and have signed up for this one:The Attributes and Experiences of Librarians Who Earned a Graduate Degree via Distance Education: Findings and Implications. A growing number of library schools accredited by the American Library Association have begun offering graduate degrees via distance…
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Rick’s Café Canadien: Inaugural CIDER presentation
Back in December I posted about the launch of something called CIDER, the Canadian Institute for Distance Education Research. Next Friday, March 11 (wow does time fly!), CIDER is offering an online presentation through Elluminate which will look at "the state of distance education research in Canada and at CIDER, present a rationale for increasing…
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Harris County Public Library – Internet Explorer Toolbar
A couple of months ago I was introduced to the Jackson Library IE toolbar, and since then have purchased a toolkit called Toolbar Studio to help me develop a similar one for my distance students (not an endorsement for the product, it’s just what I did). It’s fairly easy, but I haven’t really made the…