Author: Paul R. Pival
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Lifehacker readers pick the Five Best Screencasting Tools
I'm not sure if these are presented in rank order, but Lifehacker has a post reporting reader picks for the 5 best screencasting tools, which are: Screenflow, Jing, CamStudio, Camtasia Studio, ScreenToaster. Check the comments for all sorts of additional nuggets too.
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Most students will be taking some courses online by 2014
One more find by Stephen Abram; a Campus Technology report indicating that by 2014, the number of US students taking at least some of their courses online will rise from 10.65 million in 2009 to 18.65 million. If true, there should remain plenty of opportunities for librarians supporting distance or blended learners!
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You think newspapers have it bad?
The other week I pointed to a graphic showing newspaper circulation over the last two decades. Stephen Abram has uncovered a similar graphic showing circulation revenue for a few of the big general news magazines. Theme song: Free Falling, by Tom Petty.
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Tools for Remote Collaboration and Interaction
Karen at Library Web Chic has a great list of tools that she uses for remote collaboration and interaction. I’ve used almost all of these, but will be playing with CamTwist and remembering to use my JungleDisk now 🙂 Sharing
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3 more mobile-friendly vendor sites
All three now on the M-Libraries wiki page, Resource Shelf points out that LexisNexis, EBSCOhost, and Summon are all sporting fancy new mobile-friendly interfaces.
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Adobe Captivate for Mac in 2010
eQuixotic reports and RJ Jacquez confirms in the comments that Adobe Captivate for Mac is scheduled for release sometime in 2010.
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Thoughts on the Kindle in Canada
Today it was announced that the Kindle will finally be sold to Canada. Not IN Canada, but TO Canada. Hate to just be a complainer, but here's what's not right about this launch. I'm sure some of these will be addressed in time, but until pretty much all of them are, it won't be on…
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Webinar: The Future of the Library – How the Library Ecosystem is Evolving to Support 21st Century Information Demands
Library Journal has another interesting-sounding webinar coming up this week (11/18/2009 12:00 PM EST): The Future of the Library – How the Library Ecosystem is Evolving to Support 21st Century Information Demands. From the registration page: Libraries are continuing to evolve and are using new technologies to expand their presence as virtual knowledge centers for…
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ACTA – Quite possibly the biggest threat to your internet to date.
There's been a lot of traffic about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in the last week or so, but not nearly enough. In a nutshell, instead of proposing legislation through transparent and traditional channels (Congress, Parliament, etc), member countries seem to be pushing to enact legislation via an international treaty which has so far been…
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Copyright Watch: Keeping a Global Eye on Copyright Law
New site launched by the Electronic Frontier Foundation today: Copyright Watch. "Working with academics, libraries and copyright monitors from across the world, Copyright Watch brings together the most recent copies of laws from as many countries as we could find. And with that global team, we'll be tracking new proposals, consultations, and freshly passed regulations:…