Author: Paul R. Pival
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WISPR now available for sharing
It feels like so much longer ago that I introduced it here, but almost exactly two years later the award-winning(?) Workshop on the Information Search Process for Research (WISPR) is now available for you to download under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Canada License. There's a pretty good set of documentation, but you're going…
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Crappy Experience at the Calgary Apple Store
My brother-in-law is a long-time Windows user. He and his wife have several iPods, so he appreciates some Apple design, but he’s now much less likely to ever consider purchasing any other Apple product thanks to a couple of really crappy experiences he had this week at our local Market Mall Apple Store. Here’s his…
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mobilelibraries discussion group
Lori Bell and Tom Peters have started a discussion group on Google Groups called mobilelibraries. “This group is for discussion, ideas, and implementation related to mobile applications for libraries.”
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Screencasting: seeking panelists for MARS Hot Topics DG
Looking for an opportunity to present at ALA? The RUSA MARS Hot Topics in Electronic Reference Discussion Group seeks panelists for its upcoming program at ALA Annual 2009: “Casting a Wide Net: Using Screencasts to Reach and Teach Library Users” Is your library using screencasts or video tutorials for user instruction? Maybe you use Jing…
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The Not-So-Distant Librarian: Online Library Instruction to Engage Students and Faculty
The Not-So-Distant Librarian: Online Library Instruction to Engage Students and Faculty Friday, July 10, 20091:00 – 4:30 p.m.Chicago, Illinois***************************************** Hone your online instruction skills in a preconference conducted by experts. The University of Maryland University College (UMUC) is a leader in distance education, and its librarians play an active and innovative role in the school’s…
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OCLC takes the OPAC to the cloud
Damn, this is shaping up to be an interesting year in libraryland. OCLC has announced that they're going to offer a fully online ILS (Integrated Library System). As in, no desktop client for acquisitions or circulation, and Worldcat.org as the public interface. The official press release is here, Andrew Pace has a short piece, and…
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EBSCO fires a shot across the bow
Received the following email this AM: Dear EBSCO Customer, We are pleased to announce EBSCO Discovery Service, which will harvest metadata from internal and external sources, creating a centralized pre-indexed service of extraordinary size and speed. It will provide libraries with a single, simple entry point for research and launch users into the entire array…
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SirsiDynix working on mobile phone apps
Pretty light on the details, but this press release says, "Talin Bingham, chief technology officer at SirsiDynix, introduced Google Android and iPhone apps that focus on public and staff needs, highlighting end user discovery, library business intelligence, and provision of basic circulation functions." No expected dates.
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Free and good: Screencastle and Greenshot (and Jing too)
I recently came across two solid free screencast and screencapture resources and finally got a chance to run them through a quick demo. Thought I’d go all recursive and do a screencast of a screencast of the screenshot tool 🙂 The tools involved: Screencastle – web-based screencast tool. Doesn’t get much much simpler – there’s…
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Introducing RefMobile
From the Press Release (PDF): Introducing RefMobile RefMobile is a version of RefWorks for mobile and smart phones, as well as PDAs, that allows you to access and view your references, manage folders and even add information to the Notes field of your references. In addition to being able to access and manage your references,…