The Distant Librarian

Author: Paul R. Pival

  • Congratulations Martha!

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    This was just posted to the OFFCAMP Listserv – it’s not yet replicated on the ACRL website :-/ Contact: Megan BielefeldACRL Program Coordinatormbielefeld@ala.orgFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 11, 2005 Kreszock named 2005 ACRL DLS Haworth Press Distance Learning LibrarianConference Sponsorship Award Winner CHICAGO – Martha Kreszock, coordinator of distance learning studies forAppalachian State University, has been named…

  • UTPA Library — LOEX of the West 2004

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    Earlier this week down in the comments section of this post on Captivate vs. ViewletBuilder, we uncovered a few other institutional examples of these types of tutorials (screen capture / convert to flash).  I finally got a chance to look through all the links, and right at the end was this great page put together…

  • E-Learn Call for Participation

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    Submission Deadline: April 28.  Conference Dates: October 24-28, 2005Location: Vancouver, BC (Canada) Summary: This annual conference serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the exchange of information on research, development, and applications of all topics related to e-Learning in the Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education sectors. Link: E-Learn Call for Participation.

  • The Digital Librarian: R.I.P 2005 – Federated Search

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    I tried to leave the following comment at The Digital Librarian, but there seems to be an error in their comment code – several tries and I couldn’t get it to go.  I also couldn’t find any contact information, so I’m hoping posting here will eventually get back to the author. (c’mon, not even an…

  • Library Support for Online Learners: e-Resources, e-Services, and the Human Factors

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    Next week I’m a guest lecturer for a course on Distributed Learning offered by our Graduate Division of Education.  The topic for the week is support services for distance education, and in preparation the prof is having the students read a chapter of an online textbook titled Library Support for Online Learners: e-Resources, e-Services, and…

  • eLiteracy Conference 2005 CFP extended

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    Last month I posted about the call for papers for eLit 2005. The deadline for paper submissions has now been extended to March 18th. As a reminder, this conference is June 15-17 2005, and is to be held in Glasgow, Scotland.

  • High school all over again

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    Hadn’t heard of this site before so I went to see where I was ranked, fully expecting not even to be listed in the Library & Information Science category.  I started at the end (page 12) and worked my way forward.  Imagine my surprise when I found this blog on page two!  There are no…

  • Comments on Macromedia Captivate & Qarbon ViewletBuilder?

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    Sherri at UNLV is looking for other opinions… Comments on Macromedia Captivate & Qarbon ViewletBuilder?   I’m currently evaluating tutorial software for both instruction (emphasis: tutorials, scoring and evalution mechanisms) and distance education (emphasis: not so much the scoring aspect but learning and instructional applications). I’ve worked previously with Qarbon’s ViewletBuilder and really enjoyed the…

  • Long weekend

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    I’m away for the next four days (heading off to Northern Voice tomorrow afternoon – anybody out there from Vancouver?) and will likely be catching up on stuff until mid-next week, so I probably won’t be posting again until then.  Buh-buy.

  • Real live Captivate example

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    Greg Szczyerbak at Millersville University was kind enough to share an example of a Captivate tutorial he built to demonstrate an introduction to their catalogue sorry, catalog 😉  Even more kindly, he said I could share it with you too.  This one is a work in progress – he’s having some students in the school’s…