The Distant Librarian

Author: Paul R. Pival

  • Library Videos

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    My Groundhog’s Day resolution was to clear out some of this stuff I’ve been wanting to blog for a week or two.  Stephen Abram mentions that InfoToday is accepting nominations for the InfoTubey Awards: “InfoTubies recognize those libraries or individuals who have created YouTube library-related productions that promote a library, or library services, or enhance…

  • Huge list of Web Presentation Tools (ppt alternatives)

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    Read in passing earlier today that Google may be readying a PPT alternative, but in the meantime if you don’t care for the way PPT translates to the web, here are a gazillion alternatives for publishing presentations to the web.  OK, it’s probably only a couple dozen; I was too lazy to count.  "The key…

  • DDR coming to the Wii

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    For what seems like years to me, cool geeky librarians have talked about Dance Dance Revolution and how much fun it is.  As Aaron pointed out when he introduced me at Internet Librarian last year, I have never had the pleasure of playing DDR, and was a little disappointed when I decided to get a…

  • Online Education in the US, 2006

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    Well not so useful to me as it’s only US statistics, there ARE lots of current statistics about online education in here, so if you need some, check it out.  No mention of libraries in the 27-page PDF…Making the Grade: Online Education in the United States, 2006 Technorati Tags: distance_education, online_education

  • Fun with the Vampires

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    So I gave blood today and noticed a new question on the List of Thirteen: “Have you, in your past or present job, taken care of or handled monkeys or their bodily fluids?”  It’s just a yes/no checkbox, but I SO wanted to write in a short answer.  I decided against it though; while nurses…

  • CFS: Internet Librarian International

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    This was going to be the year that I was going to go to Internet Librarian International.  Alas, another opportunity came up and I’m being forced to save my money instead for a Caribbean cruise – poor me.  If you’re thinking of heading to London in October, you’ll want to be aware of the call…

  • Google Scholar’s as good as the library

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    This is the conclusion of a research study to be published in the next issue of Internet and Higher Education.  I’ve emailed the authors to see if they’re planning on depositing the paper in their Institutional Repository…  It’s only a pre-print right now so I can’t give you a complete citation, but if you subscribe…

  • Inside a CBC Radio Production

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    Well this afternoon I saw that Tod Maffin was looking for feedback on a piece on Google downloadable books he was putting together for a Thursday AM CBC Radio production.  I figured you’d have 24 hours or so to chime in too, but I guess even in this digital age stuff has to be done…

  • Continuous Partial Attention – “That’s your opinion!”

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    Somehow it seems longer ago that I had three posts in quick succession about continuous partial attention, but maybe that’s ’cause two minutes is too long to concentrate.  BoingBoing notes a post about an article in the Washington Post in which a HS Librarian Media Specialist attempts to “sell” his students on the importance of…

  • Help Tod with his radio piece on Google Downloadable Books

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    I haven’t taken the time yet to read up on the reports of Google’s proposed book download project, but CBC Technology Reporter Tod Maffin is asking for your help in fact-checking a piece he’s putting together for a Thursday AM airing.  For a really short piece aimed at the general public I think he’s pretty…