The Distant Librarian

Author: Paul R. Pival

  • Search Engine Users – PEW Report

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    You’ve probably seen this already, but this is how your distance students think they do with search engines…  No significant mention of libraries, just some user demographics. Search Engine Users Internet users are very happy with their experiences searching the internet, but many are naïve about how they search and the results they find. [via…

  • Embedded Librarians

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    There’s an interesting thread on the OffCamp listserv right now about how best to become an embedded librarian.

  • Google Video Bookmarklet

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    Tangential to distance education (or at least library support of), but it was easy to build so I thought I’d post it here.  Back in November there were a couple announcements about multimedia search engines.  Well today the 300LB Gorilla came to the door in the form of Google Video Search (beta of course).  Right…

  • Internet Librarian 2005

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    Internet Librarian 2005 runs from October 24-26 in Moterey, CA.  Call for speakers has a deadline of March 15, 2005.  I’ve always wanted to go to this conference, will this year be the year? 

  • Mentors needed

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    Interested in mentoring a librarian in the research process?  Right now, librarians have an opportunity to submit a proposal for the Off-Campus Library Services Conference in 2006, and the conference organizers are very interested in seeing more research-related proposals.  If you would like mentor a librarian, email me at tunon@nova.edu and I will pair you…

  • Publishing opportunity

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    The following showed up in my email box today – oddly enough not on any of my DE lists: Library Instruction Publications is seeking contributions for a forthcoming publication: Empowering Distance Learners with Hands-on Information Literacy Activities. Empowering Distance Learners will be a bit different from prior works published by Library Instruction Publications. It is…

  • How to create persistent links Guides

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    More from our friends at U of Windsor (who continue to do my work for me 🙂 Link: How to create persistent links Guides.

  • Macromedia Captivate vs. Qarbon Viewletbuilder Pro

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    At the end of last year I finally got around to playing with the demo version of Macromedia Captivate, and my initial impression was quite favorable.  In that brief review I promised that I would create identical tutorials in each tool so we could all compare the output.  They’re not pretty or pedagogically sound; I…

  • Off-Campus Library Services Conference-Scholarship

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    Any students or new distance librarians out there interested in a free trip to Savannah next year?  Connie Hildebrand has just announced the following: The Executive Board of the Off-Campus Library Services Conference is pleased to announce that a scholarship has been initiated to help library students and new librarians attend the Off-Campus Library Services…

  • ProQuest Digital Dissertations Migration

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    As a followup to yesterday’s post about linking to dissertations in ProQuest Digital Dissertations, a colleague pointed me to this official page at ProQuest’s site:  PQDT Migration.  My institution subscribes to the full text version of what is now being called ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, so what it boils down to is that instead of…