Author: Paul R. Pival
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Some big changes from Techsmith
Two big announcements from Techsmith last week. First Jing Pro is being retired. Looks like the free version will stick around, but in order to use the more advanced features offered by Pro you’ll have to switch over to the latest version of Snagit, which now records video. The folks who’ve taken the time to…
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The definitive guide to iOS screencasting
Well wouldn't you know it – just days after my last post lamenting the lack of options for capturing screencasts, a new tool called Reflector has been released that allows the iPad2 and iPhone4S to stream to any Mac running OSX Lion (pretty much just like airplay on AppleTV). It's $15 for a single-user license.…
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The state of screencasting on iOS devices
With more and more apps coming out that can support your library's resources (Ebrary, BookMyne, EBSCOHost, WorldCat, and possibly something from your library, to name a few), wouldn't it be nice to be able to easily record some screencasts of the app in action on your device? Well, unless you jailbreak your iOS device (iPad,…
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10% of English book sales in Canada are now in digital format
I can't find the press release on the National Reading Campaign website, but a press release crossed my inbox this AM that sounds pretty interesting. Here's the PDF for your reading pleasure. In a nutshell, the NRC now has data from a week in Jan 2011, and a week in Jan 2012, so they're able…
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Free And Premium Video Hosting Platforms – Best Of
Looking for somewhere to host your videos or screencasts besides YouTube? Hongkiat.com has a nice annotated list of 19 video hosting services for you to take a look at.
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How Users Search the Library from a Single Search Box
A preprint from College & Research Libraries is well worth your read, even if you're not a webmaster: How Users Search the Library from a Single Search Box (from NCSU, Cory Lown, Tito Sierra, and Josh Boyer) Abstract Academic libraries are turning increasingly to unified search solutions to simplify search and discovery of library resources. Unfortunately, very…
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Call for nominations – Springhare Innovation in Academic Libraries Award
The Academic Division of SLA is very proud to present for the second year an award for academic libraries, sponsored by Springshare, Inc., creator of LibGuides! This annual award recognizes a new program or service that demonstrates an innovative approach to academic librarianship. Please feel free to distribute to all innovative academic libraries you may…
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Thanks for nothing, big guys (UofT and UWO cave to Access Copyright)
This made a big splash up here in Canada last week, but then seemed to quickly quiet down, and I'm not sure why. Maybe I'm just looking in the wrong spots. Read many of the details on the Excess Copyright blog, but as Howard Knopf points out, "In an astonishing development that has caught all…