Author: Paul R. Pival
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Are you in NZ? Want a free book? NZ bans award-winning YA novel after complaints from conservative Christian group
I first heard about this on BoingBoing, and followed up with several other articles: Book case study – Into the River New Zealand bans award-winning teenage novel after outcry from Christian group Censorship is alive in New Zealand. I should know: my book was banned We read the novel New Zealand just banned for sex…
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A built-in screencasting tool within Windows 10
At The Travelin' Librarian, Michael Sauers alerts us to the fact that Windows 10 includes a built-in screencasting tool! The link to the full original article is http://betanews.com/2015/07/19/windows-10-secret-screen-recording-tool/. There's doesn't appear to be any after-the-fact editing available in this tool, and I haven't actually tried it myself. How about you, does it look useful?
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Due-date scarves and ties
BoingBoing posts about a textile artist who makes scarves and ties that look like the good old due-date slip. S/he offers other designs as well, but why would you bother with those?
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Humble “School’s Out” Bundle
Totally reproducing a press release here, but there is no affiliate link included, it's just a friendly FYI if you've got kids interested in programming (or like to learn at a kids' level 😉 Summer can be tough on kids, and cabin fever can be even worse for parents. But with the new ebook bundle…
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Identifying and avoiding predatory publishers: a primer for researchers
My colleague Rob sent a link out about this new 2-page brief from the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL): Identifying and avoiding predatory publishers: a primer for researchers (pdf). So-called predatory publishers are those that lack discernible scholarship, academic rigour or credibility. They use aggressive practices to recruit authors and editors. Predatory publishers’ opaque operations and editorial processes…
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What is a (public) library?
We have lots of conversations in my extended family about the role of the public library these days, and I happened across an interesting post from an unlikely source – the Kickstarter blog. In a post titled, Libraries are Everywhere, the author asks the following questions of four founders or employees of very non-traditional, yet…
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Mellen’s lawsuit against Dale Askey has been dropped!
As reported by Dale on Twitter, and fleshed out a bit by The Chronicle of Higher Education, the SLAPP lawsuit by Edwin Mellen Press against Dale Askey has been dropped! Awesome news! number of lawsuits in my life: 0. yes, friends, it's over. details to follow, someday, but for now, just a big thanks to…
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18 Best Open Source Tools for 2014
I happened across this list of the 18 Best Open Source Tools for 2014, and thought you might find something of use in there. Of particular interest for this audience, take a peek at ShareX, "an open source program that lets you take screenshots or screencasts of any selected area with a single key, save them…
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Screencasting iOS
A few days ago TechSmith released a new Labs tool called AppShow which is intended to allow developers to record demos of their iOS apps to include in the App Store. Just about the same time, Amit at Digital Inspiration posted how to do the same thing using QuickTime player. I finally carved out a…