Author: Paul R. Pival
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Why Copyright? Michael Geist at the University of Calgary
Earlier this week, Dr. Michael Geist spoke here at the University of Calgary, on copyright, of course. The title of his talk was Why Copyright? and was a discussion of both why copyright is a hot topic in Canada right now, and why it should be a hot topic. With his permission, I recorded the…
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OvidSP Platform Enhancements
The Krafty Librarian reports that in response to customer feedback, OvidSP will be introducing some platform enhancements on Monday, March 31. Looks like some good tweaks, though no mention of the ability to tweak the OvidSP Tip box. Technorati Tags: OvidSP
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The Sub Prime meltdown explained (twice)
Two different ways to explain the same weird situation – which one works better for you? PBS NewsHour (thanks for the link Dad)The Subprime Primer, explained by Stick Men (contains potentially offensive language) Hope not too many of you are directly caught in this mess :-/
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Podcasting in Plain English
Another CBC Podcast to recommend, or at least a specific episode: Spark podcast. In the most recent episode they interview Lee Lefever, part of the creative force behind the …in Plain English series of screenpapercasts. The title of this post comes from the end of their interview where Lee is put on the spot to…
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Survey of Library Services for Distance Learning Programs
Primary Research Group is about to release the results of their Survey of Library Services for Distance Learning Programs. I participated in this survey and am supposed to receive a free copy – will let you know if it’s worth buying, but here’s what it covers. This 145 page report gives extensive data, broken out…
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What’s up with Amazon’s Search Inside this Book?!?
Search Engine Showdown posts that Amazon appears to be dropping the Search Inside this Book feature! And the end of the post they note the apparent partial reappearance of the links, but when I went in today, while I could find plenty of logos on the book covers, I couldn’t search inside books that I…
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Provide feedback on the development of SnagIt and Camtasia Studio for the Mac
Techsmith is currently running a couple of brief surveys to find out what folks think are the most important features for their under-development-versions of SnagIt and Camtasia Studio for the Mac. Why not take a couple of minutes to let them know what you think: Camtasia Studio for the Mac survey (Camtasia is for screen…
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Ask.com lays off 40 – to refocus on librarians
I couldn’t resist the headline when I saw that as part of the layoffs they were going to refocus on “providing answers to its core audience of women searching on… reference topics”. 😉 Stephen Abram has a good number of links on this shakeup. Technorati Tags: Ask.com, restructuring