Category: Linking
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Reviews and comparisons of ebook readers – Link Dump
All this week I've noticed a large number of other bloggers posting their thoughts on various things related to ebooks; Kindle for the iPhone, other iPhone readers, dedicated ebook readers, etc. Here's the list that I've got: Further thoughts on the Kindle iPhone experience "As the market opens up, more choices will appear. That's all…
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Access BlackBoard CMS from the iPhone / iPod Touch
Not quite yet, but according to a video posted on TUAW, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, BlackBoard has developed an application to access all Bb content via the iPhone / iPod Touch. Bb says it's currently under review by Apple, so it could appear most any time. It'll be a free download. Not many Bb fans…
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Unified Discovery Services
As we continue to charge towards the Taylor Family Digital Library here at the U of Calgary, the idea of unified discovery services is suddenly popping up frequently in casual (work) conversations and meetings. This is especially relevant at the UofC as our umbrella organizational structure is called Libraries and Cultural Resources (LCR) and consists…
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3 services to monitor website changes w/o RSS
Here are three free services that will monitor changes to websites and notify you by email when they do change. Watch That Page ChangeDetection.com Follow That Page
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Read my feed for free (on the Kindle)
And more Kindle news. Earlier this month I found out my blog was available for purchase via the Kindle store. MakeUseOf.com has a post about how you can subscribe to RSS feeds on the Kindle for free using Kindlefeeder.com. Act fast though, as the following notice appears on the kindlefeeder home page: Someone has brought…
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SerialsSolutions Summon
Got a press release from SerialsSolutions yesterday about a new product they're announcing – Summon Unified Discovery Service. A list of features can be found here. Sounds an awful lot like their current Federated Search product, 360 Search; I wonder if this product is the result of their acquisition of WebFeat early last year? From…
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Hot or Not Librarians
Ha! My Google rank's going to go up with a headline like that! Dave Pattern of the University of Huddersfield recently launched a new library blog-monitoring tool called HotStuff 2.0. HotStuff 2.0 monitors the RSS feeds of over 800 library related blogs, and analyzes the content in an attempt to discover new and/or interesting topics… …
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EBSCO Enters the Federated Search Market
Just received the following in my email: Dear Customers, We are very excited to announce that in just a few months, EBSCOhost Integrated Search will be made available. We are confident that you will find this to be the true one-stop research environment that has thus far eluded the library world. Until now federated search…
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Google and AAP settle
Read all about Google's "groundbreaking agreement with authors and publishers." "Three years ago, the Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers and a handful of authors and publishers filed a class action lawsuit against Google Book Search.Today we're delighted to announce that we've settled that lawsuit and will be working closely with these industry partners…