Ideas – Page 9 – The Distant Librarian

The definitive guide to iOS screencasting

Mar 3, 2012

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in Ideas, m-libraries, Tutorials, Web/Tech

Well wouldn't you know it – just days after my last post lamenting the lack of options for capturing screencasts, a new tool called Reflector has been released that allows the iPad2 and iPhone4S to stream to any Mac running OSX Lion (pretty much just like airplay on AppleTV). It's $15 for a single-user license.…

The state of screencasting on iOS devices

Feb 25, 2012

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Paul R. Pival

in Electronic Reference, Ideas, m-libraries, Tutorials

With more and more apps coming out that can support your library's resources (Ebrary, BookMyne, EBSCOHost, WorldCat, and possibly something from your library, to name a few), wouldn't it be nice to be able to easily record some screencasts of the app in action on your device? Well, unless you jailbreak your iOS device (iPad,…

First Annual Open Education Week – March 5-10, 2012

Feb 23, 2012

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Paul R. Pival

in Ideas, Scholarship, Service, Social Networks, Web/Tech

The OpenCourseWare Consortium announces the first annual Open Education Week from March 5-10, 2012. Open Education Week is a global event that seeks to raise awareness about the benefits of free and open sharing in education, especially Open Educational Resources (OER). OER are high-quality, free and open educational materials that offer opportunities for people anywhere…

Libraries & the Post-PC era

Feb 12, 2012

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Paul R. Pival

in Ideas, m-libraries, Scholarship, Social Networks, Web/Tech

Jason Griffey's currently Down Under, and last week he gave a plenary address at VALA2012 entitled Libraries & the Post-PC era. The whole address is available online, and it's a good use of an hour of your time. When it started, I remembered a quote I'd heard a while back that if a keynote speaker said…

How Users Search the Library from a Single Search Box

Feb 9, 2012

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Paul R. Pival

in Discovery, Ideas, Scholarship, Service, Web/Tech

A preprint from College & Research Libraries is well worth your read, even if you're not a webmaster: How Users Search the Library from a Single Search Box (from NCSU, Cory Lown, Tito Sierra, and Josh Boyer) Abstract Academic libraries are turning increasingly to unified search solutions to simplify search and discovery of library resources. Unfortunately, very…

Call for nominations – Springhare Innovation in Academic Libraries Award

Feb 9, 2012

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Paul R. Pival

in Ideas, Scholarship, Service

The Academic Division of SLA is very proud to present for the second year an award for academic libraries, sponsored by Springshare, Inc., creator of LibGuides! This annual award recognizes a new program or service that demonstrates an innovative approach to academic librarianship. Please feel free to distribute to all innovative academic libraries you may…

CFP: Extend and Unify: Outreach and Education for Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy Programs

Feb 5, 2012

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Paul R. Pival

in Books, Ideas, Scholarship

Call for Proposals: Book chapters on scholarly communication and information literacy Title: Extend and Unify: Outreach and Education for Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy ProgramsBook editors: Stephanie Davis-Kahl, Scholarly Communication Librarian at Illinois Wesleyan University and Merinda Kaye Hensley, Instructional Services Librarian/Coordinator, Scholarly Commons at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Estimated publication date: ALA…

Canadian Learning Commons Conference – registration now open

Feb 2, 2012

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Paul R. Pival

in Ideas, Scholarship, Social Networks

Looking for an excuse to come check out our awesome new library building? Why not register for the 6th Canadian Learning Commons Conference, to be held here at the University of Calgary, May 7-9, 2012. The theme of the conference is New Media, New Fluencies and Life Skills Development: Preparing Learners for the 21st Century, and…

2011- my year in reading

Jan 3, 2012

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Paul R. Pival

in Books, Ideas, Miscellaneous

I started the first couple of weeks of 2011 on vacation, and was reading books on my iPhone at the time. I thought it'd be interesting to track how many books I read in 2011, something I'd never done before. I switched to reading on an iPad 2 when I got one in April, and…

Introducing the Top Ten Most Influential Bloggers | E-Learning Council

Dec 24, 2011

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Paul R. Pival

in Discovery, Ideas, Random Tech Tips, Social Networks, Web/Tech, Weblogs

via www.elearningcouncil.com I actually don't follow any of these folks, but if you're looking to pick up some new feeds, this might be a good place to start! (none of them appear to be librarians) Oh, and I'm trying to close browser tabs by the end of the year, so a few more posts to…

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