Author: Paul R. Pival
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NewsGator now free
“…NewsGator also announced that all of its client RSS reader products are now available free of charge and include free synchronization along with other services.” Full press release here. Might have to give them a looksee – I seem to recall that one of our databases only allows RSS feeds to work within Newsgator –…
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Survey of Library Services for Distance Learning Students
Posted to the Web4Lib mailing group: Primary Research Group (http://www.primaryreserch.com/) is planning to publish a survey of college libraries that provide library services to distance learning students. This survey is open to accredited colleges from all countries. Participants receive a free PDF copy of the estimated 100-page report. Data is broken out by type and…
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Followup on Facebook Advertising
A month ago I offered my initial thoughts on the University of Calgary’s experiment with placing social ads within Facebook. Here are the results of our second round of advertising, where we switched the content of the ads to see if students seemed to be responding more to the type of ad or the content…
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Hab.la – when procrastination is a good thing
Just before I went on vacation in the middle of December, Dan Sich at the U of Waterloo really hit his stride in experimenting with Hab.la as an alternative to MeeboMe widgets. When I returned from vacation I let his posts sit until I made the time to digest them, and today noticed this update:…
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Evaluating Remote Reference Service: A Practical Guide to Problems and Solutions
From the most recent issue of portal: Libraries and the Academy (Volume 8, Number 1, January 2008): Pomerantz, Jeffrey. Mon, Lorri M. McClure, Charles R. Evaluating Remote Reference Service: A Practical Guide to Problems and Solutions[Access article in HTML] [Access article in PDF] Subject Headings: Electronic reference services (Libraries) — United States — Evaluation. Academic…
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Librarian wins awesome contest!
The Associated PressNEW YORK – A Manhattan librarian emerged as a champion… …He won a $5,000 prize package including a huge TV, a cozy recliner and a trophy… (I’ve recently started drinking a lot more water – I don’t think I would’ve won. Thanks for the pointer, Heather!) Powered by ScribeFire.
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Free Older Version of Camtasia Studio
I’ve been aware of the offers for free older versions of Camtasia Studio and SnagIt, but hadn’t been aware those offers expire on January 7, 2008. Greg Notess has the details. Technorati Tags: Techsmith, Camtasia_Studio, Screencasting
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Have you visited your WilsonWeb databases yet this year?
Nice changes, as noted in the U of C Collections News blog. Introducing the New WilsonWeb CX Edition! On January 2, 2008, WilsonWeb introduced an entirely new interface that is expected to enhance your searching experience, helping you to find relevant information quickly and easily. You will find much that is familiar, and yet, many…