Author: Paul R. Pival
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5 web-based file-transfer solutions
The Wired Campus has collected a list of web-based file transfer solutions – you know, for when you want to send someone a file that’s too big for an email attachment… Technorati Tags: transfer, attachments, files
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Amazon.com to Acquire Audible.com
Another acquisition to end the month: Amazon.com to Acquire Audible.com
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Innovation in a book about Innovation
OK, I’m sure it’s not really an innovation, but it was the first time I’d ever seen it, and it makes so much sense! I just finished reading The myths of Innovation, by Scott Berkun, and instead of offering the standard semi-useful bibliography, at the end of this book he provides a ranked bibliography. The…
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ViewletBuilder 4 for the Mac – now with sound!
Update: whoops, I originally posted this calling it VB 5, but was contacted by Qarbon who pointed out it’s actually version 4 (they’re still working on 5 for the Mac) Well hot on the heels of my complaint about not having a tool to edit .mov files, Qarbon shared with me a beta of ViewletBuilder…
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Ovid responds to customer desires on tab naming
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how to use EZProxy to change the default wording on the tabs in the new OvidSP interface. Seems we weren’t alone in desiring a better name for the Ovid Syntax tab, and Ovid reports that on Friday, Feb 1 they’re going to automagically switch the name of…
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What’s actually missing from the Mac Screencasting options
…is the ability to edit the recording. Specifically adding callouts; arrows, highlights, text overlay… that sort of stuff. I now have copies of both iShowU and SnapzProX, and they both do a really nice job of recording the screen. Lots of variables like size of capture, frame rate, sound or not, but neither offers the…
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KBPublisher FAQ database at our library
Today we launched our new FAQ database here at the U of Calgary. We’re now using KBPublisher, an open-source product introduced to me by Chad Boeninger at Ohio U. In addition to being searchable, and thus way better than one of those long lists with anchor tags, the neatest feature in the whole thing is…
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OEDb’s Online College Rankings 2008
No mention of the importance of libraries here, but the Online Education Database has just released OEDb’s Online College Rankings 2008. For each college, we gathered data for eight different metrics — acceptance rate, financial aid, graduation rate, peer Web citations, retention rate, scholarly citations, student-faculty ratio, and years accredited. Pleased to see the institution…