Author: Paul R. Pival
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The end of TL Infobits 🙁
Aw crap, I just read in the latest issue of TL Infobits that Carolyn Kotlas’s position at UNC Chapel Hill has been eliminated, and as a result Infobits is folding as well. From the editor’s note: This will be the next to the last issue of TL Infobits. My position at the University of North…
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Internet Librarian day one recap
I thought I'd try something new this year by not bringing my laptop to the sessions. I figured maybe I'd pay more attention, and I think it's working for me. I've still got the Wi-fiPhone for checking email from time to time, but for the most part I'm listening and writing down what ideas I…
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CFP: Handheld Librarian 2
Alliance Library System and LearningTimes Offer Handheld Librarian 2! More people than 2000 people attended the first ever Handheld Librarian Conference in July 2009 which featured a wide array of collaboration, learning and networking activities focused on Mobile Library Services! The Handheld Librarian 2 will continue the dialog with a 2-day online conference scheduled for…
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Guest Post – What’s in a (SLA) name?
This is a guest post written by two librarians at the U of Calgary about the proposed name change for the Special Libraries Association. In November the membership will be voting whether to change the name of their organization to ASKPro (Association of Strategic Knowledge Professionals). I have no stake in the matter, but Justine…
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Politician suggests Public Library should drop p-books in favour of e-books to save money
From TeleRead comes the story of a politician with an interesting idea, but who hasn’t explored the economics of ebook publishing. E-books for libraries pushed by economy-minded Los Angeles councilman.
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Cory Doctorow kicks off a unique publishing experiment–and a monthly PW column
Cory Doctorow’s trying to run an experiment to prove once and for all that giving a book away while simultaneously offering it for sale will realize more money for the author than simply selling the book in traditional formats. There’s quite a bit more to it than that, but that’s the gist I picked up…
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New entries to the M-Libraries page on the libsuccess wiki
Just added two new entries to the Publishers offering databases for mobile devices section on the M-Libraries page of the Libsuccess wiki. I was surprised to learn that Questia still seems to be going strong after all these years. And the American Institute of Physics has also released an iPhone app called iResearch, which "is…
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Books of enduring scholarly value
I found a link to this video on the TeleRead blog. It's a 4:00 overview of how Cambridge University Press and Cambridge University Library are partnering to both bring back OOS press titles and to digitize library titles in a print-on-demand operation. Nothing we haven't seen before, but a nice look into how some are…
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LOEX of the West 2010 Call for Proposals
Hey all, come visit us in Calgary! LOEX of the West is being held down the road at Mount Royal University next year, June 10-12, 2010. The Call for Proposals has just been announced. Deadline for submitting proposals is December 14, 2009.
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Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009
An emerging list of the top 100 tools for learning in 2009, as picked by 202 learning professionals (and possibly you!). Pleased to note that I was aware of 87 of them, with most of the new-to-me ones being related to animation and course authoring systems. I found it particularly interesting to note the changes…