The Distant Librarian

Author: Paul R. Pival

  • Late Night Thoughts on Google Scholar

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    Art Rhyno at the U of Windsor has also been thinking about how to make Schoogle work for the distance students.  You’ll find a screenshot of his preferences idea down in the comments section.  I like it, but think asking students to fill in the proxy info themselves is asking too much.  I’m sticking to…

  • Google Scholar and EZProxy

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    Yesterday I mentioned that we were going to introduce Google Scholar (aka Schoogle) to our EZProxy authentication server to see if our distance students could then gain access to resources we’ve licensed, and I’m happy to report that it works like a charm!  I logged in from home and was able to gain access to…

  • How to make Google Scholar work for the distance students

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    OK, I haven’t had a chance to try it from off campus, but we’re introducing Google Scholar to our EZProxy server in the hopes that if we authenticate our students first, they will be able to access the content we have licensed when using Google Scholar.   Of course this would mean the student would have…

  • Google Scholar Bookmarklet

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    Haven’t seen anyone else pop up with this yet, but I was able to modify the Google Bookmarklet (which they call the  Google Button) and make it search Google Scholar instead. Here’s one for Mozilla / Firefox / Opera: Google ScholarHere’s one for Safari: Google Scholar  (thanks to Steve DiDomenico)And here’s one for IE:  Google…

  • Wow!!! It’s Google Scholar

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    Well this is likely to be all over the library web today, but Google Scholar has just launched and will have a big impact on our distance students.  I predict they will find it easier to use this less comprehensive tool and will for the most part start trickling away from our quality full text…

  • Who needs libraries?

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    The other day I was pointed by LIS News to an interesting documentary at Soundprint called Who Needs Libraries?  It’s a half-hour streaming audio piece that takes a look at the relevance of libraries in today’s Webworld.  There’s nothing in here you haven’t read in a dozen other places, but it’s neat to hear it…

  • Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA)

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    I only found out I am of Croatian heritage about a year or two ago, so since then I’ve been looking for a way to get over there and explore my motherland.  Earlier this year, about a week before it happened, I found out about the Libraries in the Digital Age conference that’s held in…

  • Are we there yet?

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    Back in 1999, Judith Boettcher made a number of predictions for what the world of distance education would look like in 2007 (21st Century Teaching and Learning Patterns: What Will We See?).  In the most recent issue of Campus Technology (formerly Syllabus), she takes a look at those predictions in an article called, "Are We…

  • Best Practices for Helping Students Complete Online Degree Programs

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    Found this article as a result of one of my EBSCO Alerts: Best Practices for Helping Students Complete Online Degree Programs. By: Gaide, Susan. DistanceEducation Report, 10/15/2004, Vol. 8 Issue 20, p8, 1p; (AN 14742493) If you have a subscription to Academic Search Premier, that link should take you right in.  Basically it’s a one-pager…

  • Podcasting in education

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    Here’s another person interested in the idea of Podcasting for education… Podcasting in education I have been thinking a lot of the potential of the medium. I really think there is something here for education! In my opinion Podcasting is a great tool: for distance learning to facilitate self-paced learning for remediation of slower learners…