Author: Paul R. Pival
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Harvard Business School Publishing not allowing UK libraries to build PURLs in EBSCO – are we next?
Just read a couple of deeply troubling posts at Libreaction and the library staff blog at the University of Lincoln in which librarians are crying foul over what appear to be mafia tactics by Harvard Business School Publishing. According to the Libreaction post: For a few years now HBSP have been requesting payments of as…
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TechSmith launches an Education Community Blog and Site
TechSmith, makers of Snagit, Camtasia Studio and Jing, has launched a new blog aimed at the education market. Dave McCollom, Education Evangelist, writes that “The primary goal for this blog is to provide a home for stories and examples of how educators are using TechSmith products.” He also points to the new Techsmith Education Community,…
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Many libraries are lending Kindles
While we wait to see if BYU will reinstate their Kindle lending program, take a look at the list of libraries that are still lending them put together by iReaderreview. I's not just a list; there's a fair bit of supporting content in the post. Kindle, Libraries
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Download Your YouTube Videos Legally
Amit at Digital Inspiration points out that you can now download your YouTube videos legally. But the emphasis is on YOUR videos. The best tool I know for being able to download all YouTube videos, and in the format of your choice, is KickYouTube.
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BYU suspends Kindle program over legal concerns
Sometimes it’s a problem pushing the envelope – seems that the BYU Library initiative to use Kindles instead of getting books via ILL has been suspended after “some buzz on library-related blogs for breaking ground in the uncertain area of lending books on the Kindle.” “We are playing it safe,” Layton said. “Two people here…
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Handheld Librarian Online
From the conference website: More people than ever are using mobile devices for a wide variety of purposes including communication, internet access, text messaging, and entertainment. It is important that libraries provide services on these devices as use increases. The first ever Handheld Librarian Online on July 30, 2009 is the place to learn about…
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IM widgets on academic library subject guides
From Danielle Dennie at Concordia University: I will be repeating a study I did last year. The aim of the study is to learn about and compare usage of IM widgets on online subject/research guides from different North American academic libraries. I would like to see the types of users that use IM widgets on…
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Ready to try Summon? Go ahead!
Dartmouth, one of the first two (I think) libraries to sign on as beta partners with Serials Solutions’ Summon Unified Discovery Service, has opened the beta up to its entire campus community. And you can search it too! You’ll find a prominent link on their home page, or you can jump directly to the search…
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Brigham Young Library Tests Kindle as ILL Alternative
Gerrit van Dyk, Document Delivery Services Manager at Brigham Young University, blogs about their new initiative to loan Kindles to faculty members instead of trying to obtain new material via ILL. You can also read a brief article about this at Library Journal. Kindle, ILL, BYU
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Simon & Schuster to Sell Digital Books on Scribd.com
I looked at Scribd.com when it first came out and dismissed it as lawyer-bait because it appeared to be so easy to upload pirated content. Just did some searches and found lots of links to questionable content, but after clicking through, every one had been removed, so apparently they’re doing a good job policing that. …