Author: Paul R. Pival
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EBSCO Enters the Federated Search Market
Just received the following in my email: Dear Customers, We are very excited to announce that in just a few months, EBSCOhost Integrated Search will be made available. We are confident that you will find this to be the true one-stop research environment that has thus far eluded the library world. Until now federated search…
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3.94 million online students in the US
So says the most recent Sloan-C publication, Staying the Course: Online Education in the United States, 2008 (28 page PDF). Lots of good general statistics (how many, which programs, drivers of distance ed, etc.) but not a single mention of libraries.
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Google Prefs for Mobile Devices and XHTML
I'm on the Google Preference page from time to time, and noticed something new today. Google now allows you to output search results in HTML (default), XHTML or for PDAs! Or does it? I just went back to grab a screenshot of what the different outputs would look like, and the setting is gone. Weird.…
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Collect and Connect – new strategy for NRC-CISTI
The National Research Council Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI) is implementing its collect and connect strategy. From their Press Release: For journals, this strategy focuses on collecting electronic-only and connecting clients to publisher sites and other sources of content. This is part of the transition from print delivery to knowledge discovery of…
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Reading a Nintendo DS
HarperCollins and Nintendo have made a deal that will allow 100 classic books to be readable on the Nintendo DS. Initially this will only be available in Britain, for some reason. I think, as I guess the audience for the DS is young-ish, this would work better if they could’ve worked a deal for literature…
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Using Google Analytics to track screencast usage
Paul Betty of Regis University offered the following link on the OFFCAMP listserve earlier today. Using Google Analytics to track screencast usage. In his screencast he covers how to embed a javascript call in Adobe Captivate, Qarbon ViewletBuilder, and Camtasia Studio, which will then allow Google Analytics to track pretty much whatever you might want…
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Literal Library Video – Tears for Fears
Enjoy! A couple more (non-library) at http://www.dustfilms.com/literalvideos (thanks for the tip Jerremie!)
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OECD using Espresso Book Machine to launch new Green book
An interesting press release from the OECD stating that instead of shipping their latest book on sustainable development to Australia, they’re going to reduce the carbon footprint and use an Espresso Book Machine to allow Australians to print on demand. ‘OECD Insights: Sustainable Development’ will still be published using traditional methods in markets where the…