Category: Miscellaneous
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ACRL/DLS Haworth Press Distance Learning Librarian Conference Sponsorship Award
If you’re going to ALA in Chicago this year, here’s a session you may want to attend: ACRL Distance Learning SectionALA Annual Conference Meeting Invitation Please join us in Chicago for the presentation of the ACRL/DLS Haworth Press Distance Learning Librarian Conference Sponsorship Award to this year’s recipient Jack Fritts, immediately followed by a lively…
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Digi-Man and Interrobangs
Another winning episode of the CBC Spark podcast. Episode 79 talks with Seamus Ross, Dean of the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto about digital preservation, and I also learned about the interrobang (‽). Here’s a goofy non-library example of the importance of digital preservation:
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NRC Research Press soon no longer free for Canadians
The National Research Council of Canada has decided to privatize their journals and services. "Specifically for our Canadian clients and subscribers, since 2001 our journals have been provided electronically, free to all Canadians. This has been available due to the generous support of the Federal Depository Services Program. This availability will continue to be in…
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ebook pricing stuff
A couple of quick things to note. Teleread points to an ebook price comparison website: http://www.ebookprice.info/. Doesn't look terribly comprehensive, and it's only US sources, but a good idea. Couldn't find Outliers, for example. But the second thing to note is that I did notice Outliers is now selling for only $4.88 on Shortcovers, vs…
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Archive Collapse Disaster for Historians
Holy Crap – back up your data! The collapse of the Historical Archive of Cologne on Tuesday buried more than a millenium's worth of documents under tons of rubble. Archivists and historians hope something can be salvaged, but the future of the city's past is grim. Thanks for the link, Rosvita.
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Value added with social media
One of the things I really like about Rollbots is that the creator (author?), MCM, each week posts a behind-the-scenes recap of the show, explaining some of what was supposed to happen in the episode, or why what did happen happened the way it did. It's neat to learn extra little tidbits about a piece…
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Serenity Now! – Library Lullaby
"iSerenity offers a relaxing web-based experience that delivers soothing sounds and images designed to reduce stress and calm nerves. Use iSerenity while at work or at home. You can even leave it running in the background while you work on your computer." I just found Library Lullaby, which will provide background noise of, well, a…
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Staying the Course: Online Education in the United States, 2008
From the Educause website: This report is the sixth in a series of annual reports on a study conducted by the Babson Survey Research Group for the Sloan Consortium. Using responses from over 2,500 colleges and universities, the study sought answers to several questions on online education: How many students are learning online? What is…
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Extensive knowledge of the Star Wars film series is a major plus
A job ad for Image Database Administrator, Lucafilm , San Francisco, California was posted to LISJobs a month ago, but was recently forwarded to the Web4Lib list. That might be a cool job!