Author: Paul R. Pival
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Why RoboDemo 5 Sucks
Way back in June I posted a brief product comparison of ViewletBuilder vs. Wink, and Ilene Frank suggested RoboDemo would be another product to examine. I’ve not gotten around to trying RoboDemo, but Michael Feldstein did, and didn’t seem very impressed… Why RoboDemo 5 Sucks This post isn’t a litany of the things that I don’t like about…
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Awesome Viewlet Display
It’s been a long time coming, but other departments on this campus have finally realized that Viewlets are pretty useful for remote instruction. This past summer, our Learning Commons took these things several steps further than I’ve seen before, and have produced a slew of tutorials on how to use BlackBoard. I haven’t had a…
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2006 OCLS Conference
This was, of course, recently announced on the OFFCAMP list, but I thought a post here might make it easier to find when you (or I) go looking for the announcement in a couple months 🙂 The 2006 Off Campus Library Services Conference (12th) will be held in Savannah, Georgia. The dates of the conference…
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ACRL/DLS Haworth Press Distance Learning Librarian Conference Sponsorship Award
On this page you’ll find a link to an MS Word nomination form for the ACRL/DLS Haworth Press Distance Learning Librarian Conference Sponsorship Award. This is a $1200 award with a December 1, 2004 deadline. Award criteria can be found in the nomination information.
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Away for a while
I’ll probably not be posting much for the next two weeks; my wife just gave birth to a beautiful bouncing baby girl 🙂 See you after I catch up on my sleep!
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Library Lookup Bookmarklets – Frequently Answered Questions
Rebecca Hedreen, Distance Education Librarian at Southern Connecticut State University, has started a blog of Frequently Answered Questions for her students, and has a post about the new Library Lookup Bookmarklets that have been tweaked to search Worldcat through Google. The bookmarklet has been mentioned in several places this week, and Rebecca provides a few…
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Man on the rug
Just read something that made me laugh out loud and wanted to share. You know all the famous mis-heard lyrics out there? You know, Man on the rug instead of Band on the Run, ‘Scuse me while I kiss this guy… I was reading a transcript someone had typed of a meeting I was in…
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Come to Canada!
Just saw the ED-MEDIA Call For Participation hit my inbox, and having never been to Montreal I think I’ll throw in a proposal with a colleague about a collaboration we did with a writing prof for our distance nursing students. Here are the presentation categories for the conference – lots of opportunities for different things.…
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Convergence of Libraries, Learning and Technology Conference
Well, this would certainly appear to be more of a regional draw, but there should be some application for distance librarians at this conference. Perhaps you want to present? CFP: Convergence of Libraries, Learning and Technology Conference Conference: Convergence of Libraries, Learning and Technology Conference (Ohio Digital Commons for Education Conference) Conference Dates: March 6-8,…
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To Chat or Not to Chat – part 2
About a month ago I posted about Steve Coffman and Linda Arret’s InfoToday article, To Chat or Not to Chat. Part 2 of this article is now online as well and I finally got a chance to give it a read. This part boils down to a warning not to just jump on the virtual…