Author: Paul R. Pival
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CFP: Netspeed 2008 – Edmonton, AB
It’s that time of year again! The Alberta Library (TAL) invites proposals for sessions at Netspeed 2008, to be held October 22-24, 2008, in Edmonton, AB. Netspeed is a conference organized by TAL for librarians and technical staff from all library sectors. This conference serves to highlight new technologies of interest to libraries today. Sessions…
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Latest versions of Word include built-in citation management
Haven’t yet laid eyes on the latest version of MS Word myself, but in reading a review of the upcoming MS Word 2008 for the Mac I noticed it will include built-in citation management tools. Went and checked and see that it’s already available in the Windows version. Interesting. Technorati Tags: OSX, Word, Citations
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The Blog Readability Test – bwahahahaaahaa!
Oh this is good – saw someone reference the Blog Readability Test (what level of education is required to understand your blog?) and of course plugged mine in to learn: Then just for fun I grabbed the first blogger I thought of who actually writes, and this is what Meredith at Information Wants to be…
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Random Tuesday Tech Tip #1 – Auto-generate text in MS Word
The other day I learned a neat Word trick that has nothing to do with libraries, but since part of the reason I keep this blog is to annotate things that are interesting to ME I thought I’d throw it up here in hopes that it’s also of interest to you. I’ve got a few…
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OCLC Western – Keep Up! Blogs, Wikis and RSS
On December 6 and repeated on January 15 I’ll be delivering a 2-hour presentation on Blogs, Wikis and RSS in the OCLC Western series of Keep Up! sessions. Members of OCLC Western (from AK, CA, HI, ID, MT, OR, WA) can register for $30, and if you’d like to attend but aren’t a member it’ll…
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Zero-Install Remote Screen Sharing Apps?
Scott Leslie at edtechpost is seeking a zero-install remote screen sharing application – something that would allow him to see his patron’s screen w/o the patron having to download an application. I think Yugma might do the trick, do any of you have actual experience with Yugma, or with any application that would fit the…
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Using Google SMS to find the way
You may recall that a week or two ago I had some trouble finding my way from the Monterey airport to the San Francisco airport. The woman at the car rental counter didn’t have any maps outside of Monterey, and couldn’t give me directions up to SFO. I don’t have a fancy phone, but the…
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2008 Off-Campus Library Services Conference Scholarship
The Thirteenth Off-Campus Library Services Conference will be held in Salt Lake City on April 23-25. The conference is offering a comprehensive scholarship to a librarian or prospective librarian who meets the following requirements: has never attended an Off-Campus Library Services Conference must either be a library science student interested in distance education or a…
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Publish, Not Perish: The Art & Craft of Publishing in Scholarly Journals
Awarded the August 2007 PRIMO Site of the Month, Publish, Not Perish is an online tutorial written by librarians at the University of Colorado, Boulder. “In this course you will learn to: Describe the role of scholarly publishing in an academic career List the essential steps of planning and writing a scholarly paper. Develop a…
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CFP: Special Innovate Issue on Multi-User Virtual Environments
No specific mention of library application in this CFP, but let’s hear from some of you Second Lifers: Innovate, published as a public service by the Fischler School of Education and Human Services and sponsored, in part, by Microsoft is soliciting manuscripts for a special issue on academics in virtual environments. This issue focuses on…