Category: Ideas
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Thoughts on Macromedia Captivate
The Web4lib discussion list recently wrapped up a slew of posts discussing the virtues of Macromedia Captivate, with some additional discussion of Qarbon ViewletBuilder and a surprisingly (to me) small number of comments on Camtasia Studio. You can pick up the discussion here – scroll down (or Ctrl-F) to the subject of [Web4lib] Macromedia Captivate…
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The Embedded Librarian – Library Journal article
A very brief article from the April 1, 2006 issue of Library Journal, The Embedded Librarian discusses how librarians at the University of Rhode Island made themselves more accessible to distance students (though everything they describe can be used by traditional students as well). Librarians are enrolled as teaching assistants in several WebCT courses, offer…
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Technorati Tags for OffCamp Conference
I know there will be at least a few other bloggers at OffCamp in Savannah next week – anybody up for settling on a common Technorati tag? I propose OCLSC06. Technorati Tags: OCLSC06
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Survey of Off-Campus Library Services
A month ago I noted the rebirth of the Canadian Library Association’s Services for Distance Learning Interest Group, and also noted that the new convener has a survey on what DE Librarians feel are the most important services to offer their patrons. At that time I found the survey wasn’t working correctly, but Laurie now…
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Microsoft Academic Search launches
Well it was supposed to launch yesterday, and I guess it did sometime late last night, but Microsoft’s Academic Search (beta!) is now live. I’m on vacation for the next week so really won’t have a chance to run through it until then, but you can get up to speed with Steven, Dean and Gary.
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Microsoft’s Academic Search
Maybe it’s just me, but the impending launch of Microsoft’s version of Google Scholar, Academic Search, seems to be slipping up without much notice in the blogosphere. They’ve mentioned it at Search Engine Watch, but apparently a week or so ago three of our colleagues were invited to Redmond to give the product a spin…
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The Myth about Student Competency – “Our Students Are Technologically Competent.”
Educause Review has a short editorial called The Myth about Student Competency – “Our Students Are Technologically Competent.” The article seems to bounce back and forth a little between what I would call technology literacy and information literacy, but the overall points are the same; that while students coming in to higher education today are…
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Australian Tome Raiders
See this article about a project to connect all Australian libraries and their collections of 40 million items on the internet will allow readers to find books, copy them or EVEN buy them from online stores. Technorati Tags: Libraries, Australia
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An Article on integrating library information into Course Management Systems
The most recent issue of Innovate, the Journal of Online Education, has an article by John Shank and Steven Bell called A_FLIP to Courseware: A Strategic Alliance for Improving Student Learning Outcomes (you’ll need to register with the site to be able to read it – it’s free). Basically this brief article discusses ways librarians…
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Intuitive Revelations: The Ubiquitous Reference Model
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How’s that for an ear-catching title? Brian Mathews at Georgia Tech is working on a really interesting project. OK, so we know some libraries have created pages in places where patrons hang out, like MySpace. I use a Pubsub feed to look for anyone who’s blogged about the University of Calgary, and on rare occasions…