Author: Paul R. Pival
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She’s Baaaack – schwagbag
Well it’s been an awfully long time, but Sherri Vokey, with three posts in the past week, really really does seem to be back posting at schwagbag. Yay! Sherri’s a librarian at the University of Winnipeg, and was a prolific and most excellent blogger a couple of years ago, but gave it up about a…
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How many distance students do YOU support?
Diana Oblinger of Educause is currently visiting China, and in a recent post about just how many people there are involved in Higher Education in China she notes: “Distance education in China also takes on amazing dimensions. Two million students are enrolled in their distance education programs. The day I visited Beijing Normal University, historically…
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What does “Library services for distance learning” mean to you?
Laurie has a thought-provoking post wondering if the concept of “library services for distance learning” has died. She cites primarily the lack of participation in regional and national distance education interest groups (CLA and COPPUL here in Canada, and the OFFCAMP listserve). She and I briefly kicked around this question last week, and one group…
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Wikis in Plain English
Following on the success of their excellent RSS in Plain English, The Common Craft Show presents Wikis in Plain English (just under 4 minutes): Click To Play I was happy to hear they’ve paid more attention to the quality of the audio on this one – that was the only real problem with the first…
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Google Book Search and Exclusivity
I haven’t gotten around to listening to the NPR segment referenced in this post, but Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing points out that Google has stated in writing that none of the contracts they have with libraries to scan their collections are exclusive, meaning the libraries are free to work with other partners and/or work on…