Author: Paul R. Pival
-
Screencast.com v. 1.0
I’d forgotten that all this time Techsmith’s screencast-hosting service, Screencast.com, has been a beta product. I just received the following email indicating that they’re going official with version 1.0: Say hello to Screencast.com 1.0! Our hosting service is all grown up. And we’re making it official by moving Screencast.com out of beta and into version…
-
Canadian Library Association Disappointed with New Copyright Legislation
Press Release (Ottawa, June 12, 2008) – Today, the Canadian Library Association (CLA) expressed disappointment with the government’s newly announced copyright legislation, Bill C-61. Bill C-61 is a missed opportunity and demonstrates that the government did not consult adequately with the user community, and did not listen to the concerns of Canadians. Overall, the Bill…
-
Firefox 3 Coming Tuesday, June 17th
As noted at the Mozilla Developer Center, Firefox 3 will be officially released on Tuesday. They’re hoping to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours – will you be helping? Here’s a long list of what’s new in this release.
-
Rex Libris – The Card Holder
Rex LibrisOriginally uploaded by ppival The other day as I was bent down changing my shoes I noticed that my business cards, held in a holder next to Rex, would probably fit under his leg. And Lo they did, and now I have a new, cooler, business card holder.
-
Canadian Copyright Amendment Bill coming tomorrow (Thursday)
Government of Canada to Table Bill to Amend the Copyright Act OTTAWA, June 11, 2008 — The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry, and the Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages, and Minister for La Francophonie, will deliver brief statements and answer media inquiries shortly after the tabling…
-
Canadian Library Association Position Statement on Open Access for Canadian Libraries
My colleague Andrew Waller, co-convener (with Heather Morrison) of the CLA Open Access Task Force sent this out today: (from the CLA Website): Whereas connecting users with the information they need is one of the library’s most essential functions, and access to information is one of librarianship’s most cherished values, therefore CLA recommends that Canadian…
-
Google’s RSS-embedding tool
Here's a quick screencast I created to look at Google's (new?) tool that allows ordinary folks to embed RSS feeds on a website: Pretty nifty!
-
Shrinking Books, Shrinking Fair Use
Peter Brantley has a really thought-provoking piece on his blog entitled Shrinking Books, Shrinking Fair Use, in which he wonders (via Scott Walker at UIUC) how Fair Use (and Fair Dealing) will work when content routinely becomes unbundled. The rule of thumb for a book, for instance, is that you can use 10% or a…
-
Problem viewing MS Word through Firefox in OSX
Firefox and Word in OSXOriginally uploaded by ppival There appears to be some sort of glitch when trying to view MS Word documents (Word 2008 12.1.0) via Firefox (2.0.0.14) on OSX.5.2 and 5.3. If you simply click a link to a Word document and tell Firefox to have Word open it, Word will open and…
-
E-Books in Research Libraries: Issues of Access and Use
“There is a danger that research libraries are adding e-books to their collections using agreements that significantly reduce users’ rights. There is some urgency to improve this situation before it becomes a de facto standard. The Task Group on E-Books makes two recommendations to the CARL Copyright Committee: to create or endorse a statement of…