Author: Paul R. Pival
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That’s Infotainment! – Great screencasting article
Ellyssa Kroski has an article that 's just been published in School Library Journal titled That's Infotainment, and it provides a really good overview of the current state of screencasting, with the following topics covered: What is screencasting?, Web site tours, Library functions, Software and database training, Slideshow screencasts (slidecasts), Staff training, Student assignments, Hardware,…
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FLV Coming Back to Camtasia Studio
One of the few complaints about the most recent version (6) of Camtasia Studio was the removal of the ability to output content as FLV files. Well, Techsmith appears to have heard the cry, and will be putting that export feature back in with their next update, due in March. Nice to have a company…
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New media into old
I just finished listening to episode 64 of CBC’s Spark, and it began with a couple of really interesting interviews with people who are turning new media into old (ie. newspapers or magazines). Ben Terret and his friend Russell collected their favourite blog posts from 2008 and arranged to have them printed on actual newsprint…
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Read my feed for free (on the Kindle)
And more Kindle news. Earlier this month I found out my blog was available for purchase via the Kindle store. MakeUseOf.com has a post about how you can subscribe to RSS feeds on the Kindle for free using Kindlefeeder.com. Act fast though, as the following notice appears on the kindlefeeder home page: Someone has brought…
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Amazon to host press event at library – new Kindle?
Engadget reports that Amazon will be hosting a press event on Monday, February 9th at the Morgan Library in NYC. According to Engadget, the last time Amazon hosted a press event at a library it was to launch the Kindle. Will an updated version be announced? Will it be available in Canada? Time will tell.
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Staying the Course: Online Education in the United States, 2008
From the Educause website: This report is the sixth in a series of annual reports on a study conducted by the Babson Survey Research Group for the Sloan Consortium. Using responses from over 2,500 colleges and universities, the study sought answers to several questions on online education: How many students are learning online? What is…
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Is 2009 the year of the m-library?
I'm going out on a limb to say it's so. Here are my observations so far this year: DC Public Library launch of the first library iPhone application. 2nd m-libraries conference coming up later this year. The just-released 2009 Horizon Report suggests that mobile devices are the biggest thing to pay attention to first, with…
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SerialsSolutions Summon
Got a press release from SerialsSolutions yesterday about a new product they're announcing – Summon Unified Discovery Service. A list of features can be found here. Sounds an awful lot like their current Federated Search product, 360 Search; I wonder if this product is the result of their acquisition of WebFeat early last year? From…
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Hot or Not Librarians
Ha! My Google rank's going to go up with a headline like that! Dave Pattern of the University of Huddersfield recently launched a new library blog-monitoring tool called HotStuff 2.0. HotStuff 2.0 monitors the RSS feeds of over 800 library related blogs, and analyzes the content in an attempt to discover new and/or interesting topics… …