Category: Ideas
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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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Screencastvertising
A colleague working on the ANTS project pointed me to the slick introduction to the Encyclopedia of Life on their homepage. It’s mostly a screencast, but in addition to being informational, it’s also inspirational. They don’t intend to show step by step how to use their site, but they do show off some of the…
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The Commercial Librarian
I have an interesting conundrum on this, the third anniversary of the birth of this blog. For the first and second times ever, this past week I have received inquiries about placing advertisements on specific posts on my blog. The ads would be for products or websites that relate to posts I already made that…
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Wanna be a beta tester for Adobe Captivate 3?
No promises, but if you can fill out their 25-question survey by Thursday May 3rd (hopefully the end of the day) you’ve got a chance at being a beta tester for Adobe’s Screencasting product. Technorati Tags: Adobe, Captivate, Screencasting
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The Ultimate Distance Librarian Position
Next space tourist dreams of library. Thanks for the tip, Adriana. Technorati Tags: Spaaaaaaaace
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HardPlay – Game-based Learning for Information Seekers
Hot on the heels of the McMaster announcement about the appointment of their Immersive Learning (Gaming) Librarian comes word from two of my U of C colleagues about a related research project. Jerremie Clyde and Chris Thomas are putting together a website called HardPlay to document a study that "seeks to examine the potential of…