Category: m-libraries
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Stanza is back!
A few weeks ago I reported with sadness that the excellent ebook reading app Stanza didn’t work with iOS5. I’m happy to report that against all logic Stanza has been updated so it once again does work with Apple’s latest OS. Go get it! (Stanza iTunes link). Paul R. Pival
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How Individual Book Buying Experiences are Reshaping Academic Library User Expectations for Ebooks
When I recently posted a summary of Jane Burke's posts on the InfoViews blog, I hadn't realized InfoViews was owned by a ProQuest employee. Mike does point out that the views posted are his, and not those of ProQuest, but it's something to be aware of, and explains why he's collecting so many guest posts…
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Screencasting on the iPad (almost)
Just ran across a link to an in-development iPad app called ShowMe, which acts as a whiteboard, recording whatever happens within the app, including audio, and then exports that to a website. I would SO love to have an app like this that can record whatever is happening on the iPad rather than just itself,…
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EBSCOHost releases an iPhone app
I haven't seen a press release or anything, but someone mentioned it on Twitter last night, so I went looking and found that EBSCO has just released an iPhone app. It'll also work on an iPad, but not at full screen. So how does it work? Log in to one of your EBSCO databasese and…
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ebrary Survey on Offline/Download Model and Mobile Reading
ebrary is developing new ways to support an offline/download model and reading on hand-held devices. We are conducting this survey to better understand your needs, and we would very much appreciate your comments and suggestions. Take the survey Please feel free to share the survey with any interested colleagues. We ask that you respond by…
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Join.me desktop screen sharing app now available for iOS
Aw man, I *so* wanted this to be a way to view a live iPhone, iPod or iPad screen remotely, but alas, it's the other way around. Install this free app and you can watch a computer screen shared with you by another user. Very cool, and works very well in my limited testing –…
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Edupunk goes mobile: Mobile library sites with zero budget
Tiffini has a great post on her blog about the importance of a mobile website for libraries, along with a couple of excellent suggestions for how YOU can do this for your library with little to no cost at all: Edupunk goes mobile: Mobile library sites with zero budget. In a nutshell, she suggests using LibGuides…
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Recent Updates from Techsmith Camtasia
A recent newsletter from Techsmith alerted me to a handful of updates to their screencasting product line – Camtasia Studio 7.1 for Windows is out, and while I haven't tried it, it promises "Now you can create searchable videos (even the audio!), and automatically generate 508-compliant captions. Plus, you can import caption files in foreign…