Category: Ideas
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Library Stuff on ITI/Quint Podcasting
Another Steven with which to agree – this time at Library Stuff, where Steven points out that just making files available as a downloadable mp3 but at a different URL each month does not a podcast make. I would add this to my list of subscribed podcasts in a heartbeat, but I’m not going to…
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The Future of Electronic Texbooks
Stephen posts about a Bill Gates quote in which Bill claims students will all be using electronic textbooks within 4-5 years. Stephen thinks not, at least not that quickly, and I agree. Just too many different formats and DRM non-standards out there to make this work even within 5 years, IMHO. I can see some…
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It’s good to give it a name
Earlier this week Geoff Harder gave an online talk about RSS. I had to miss it, but just got a chance to look at the slides he used during the talk. He started by explaining how the consumption of RSS feeds can help with the following two afflictions: NADD and RII. NADD is Nerd Attention…
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More from Educause – Changing a Cultural Icon: The Academic Library as a Virtual Destination
As I was browsing around the Educause site looking for something for the previous post, I tripped across this Jan/Feb 2006 Educase Review article titled: Changing a Cultural Icon: The Academic Library as a Virtual Destination. Here’s the abstract: Deep into the digital age, academic libraries have relinquished much of their fundamental and sustaining role.…
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Handout from Internet Librarian 2005
I’m doing some work updating files etc and ran across the handout Sherri and I made for Internet Librarian 2005. There’s nothing you haven’t seen in here, but it is all in one spot and attractively presented :-). Web Tools for 21st-Century Learners (PDF – 3 pages)
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Canada’s Version of the Google Book Search Fight – Michael Geist
Canadian copyright legal scholar Michael Geist writes about a mini version of the Google Book Search copyfight happening in Newfoundland. "The President of the Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador has expressed concern that the plan will make it harder to sell books." Sigh. Michael points out that it’s more likely people will find out…
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Google Video Store and Distance Education
The Google Video Store has launched with paid content. I haven’t visited Google Video for some time, so a lot of this may have been in there for a while now, but I thought I’d see what was available for the search library or libraries, and got 1,171 results! There seems to be a whole…
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inflite :: University of Evansville Libraries Tutorial
Michael at The Information Literacy Land of Confusion points to inflite :: University of Evansville Libraries Tutorial. This is a tutorial that combines elements from TILT and SearchPath. I haven’t gone through it all, but it looks nice and might provide some inspiration.
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Skype on a handset
As far as I know, it’s not yet possible to call a Skype account from a landline phone, but Voice Over IP (VOIP) is definately a way for you to reach your distance students on the cheap. IPEVO is now offering a handset for $30 that plugs in to your PC or Mac and allows…
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The state of co-browsing
Caleb at the Oregon Libraries Information Network blog has a lengthy post on the state of co-browsing and virtual reference. In large part, it’s a response to Sarah’s post on the Librarian In Black about what she heard at the most recent Virtual Reference Desk conference. Some difference in opinions here, and both posts are…