Author: Paul R. Pival
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ScreenConnect – another remote-assistance tool
A year ago I blogged about an article I had read that looked at different tools that could be used to either create screencasts, or allow screen sharing, in support of virtual reference transactions. Six months ago a representative from ScreenConnect sent me an email suggesting that tool would be a good addition to the…
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A quick introduction to the concept of open access in universities
Thanks to my colleague Tim for tweeting about this short video, produced a year ago by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries and McGill University Library. I wish it somehow did better job explaining how the money aspect of the equation keeps research out of the hands of some, as most of us here in…
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Lifehacker’s Five Best Screencasting or Screen Recording Tools
No surprises in here really, as Lifehacker rounds up the five best screencasting tools as submitted by its readers. My fav, Camtasia Studio, comes out on top all around, offering both a Windows and Mac version. There seem to be a lot of folks who like the free CamStudio though, if the after-poll is to…
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A mid-way review of In the Plex
I'm just over half-way through Steven Levy's In the Plex: How Google thinks, works, and shapes our lives, and wanted to jot down a few notes (and remove the sticky I have marking a quote). The early chapters aren't going to give you much new information if you've been a Google follower for a while,…
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Recording a screencast of your iPad2 or other tablet device
Kelly Rush of Techsmith has just posted a video showing how you can record a screencast of your iPad2 or other tablet device. To do it you have to capture the video out from the tablet; you can't do the recording on the tablet, which would be ideal, IMHO. Kelly's solution consists of the following…
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The Information Flaneur – a new way to browse the collection?
Here's a short article about a search engine being built by a UofC PhD student. Called VisGets, it's definitely a browsing tool, not something one would use to search for a known item. What do you think, could this work for browsing a library collection?