Author: Paul R. Pival
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Still thinking about reporting available seats
Back in November I posted about my desire for some way to reliably monitor and report available study seats within the library. I recently heard about Pinoccio, an Indiegogo project, and suspect it might do the trick! It's a very small Arduino board with an optional WiFi board. If one plugged a motion sensor, or…
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Google Advanced Power Searching course
Following a link from Lifehacker, I went ahead and signed up for the Advanced Power Searching course taught by Google. Guess I should go ahead and work my way through the archive of the Power Searching course that's still available online… The Advanced course begins Jan 23, 2013 and includes the following challenges: Challenge 1…
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TFDL hosting Global Game Jam
Nice to finally see our new library here at the U of Calgary hosting non-traditional events, just as this year's edition of Global Game Jam. If you're in the Calgary area, why not participate?
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ChronoZoom is like Prezi on steroids
Just ran across ChronoZoom this AM, which immediately reminded me of Prezi in the way things zoom around. It does look pretty cool, but so far appears to only contain content produced by the beta participants. While this makes sense as a beta, I really hope they open it up to contributions from a wider…
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Elsevier acquires Knovel
1. What is the scope of the deal?Elsevier has purchased Knovel in its entirety. 2. Were there multiple bidders?Yes, there were several.3. Why did Knovel investors decide to sell to Elsevier?Knovel was not looking to sell and was aggressively investing in its business. We were approached by several potential acquirers because of the market’s growth…
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Finishing the year with some screencasting resources
The Nov 2012 issue of EDUCAUSE Review has a couple of nice articles looking at screencasting, specifically how they can be used to enhance the “flipped classroom”. Both are by Michael F. Ruffini, an Associate Professor of Educational Technology at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Screencasting to Engage Learning is the one that ties the concept…
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Thinking about available seats
We've got the whole workstation availability thing licked, but I want to be able to show our users which study seats are available here in the TFDL. That's one of the top two most common complaints here; that students spend too much time wandering around looking for a place to sit/study. Here's my stream of…
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Spaces and Places: Closing Keynote for Internet Librarian 2012
Apologies for the delay on getting this one up – I had a bit of a time finding a simple solution to host a very large (over 100mb) powerpoint presentation. Slideboom to the rescue!: Here's the whole thing (pptx) if you'd like to download it. In this talk Erik Boekesteijn, Jaap Van de Geer, Jeff Wisniewski and…
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Students and Technology – Educause Infographic
Here's an interesting infographic from Educause- 2012 Students and Technology (PDF). One snippet to whet your appetite: