Category: Scholarship
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Why Copyright? Michael Geist at the University of Calgary
Earlier this week, Dr. Michael Geist spoke here at the University of Calgary, on copyright, of course. The title of his talk was Why Copyright? and was a discussion of both why copyright is a hot topic in Canada right now, and why it should be a hot topic. With his permission, I recorded the…
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Preliminary Program for WILU 37 announced
This year, the 37th Workshop on Instruction in Library Use (WILU) is held in Kelowna, BC at UBC Okanagan, from May 14-16. The preliminary program has just been announced. Technorati Tags: WILU08, InfoLit
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Schedule now available for 13th Off-Campus Library Services Conference
The schedule has been posted, as has workshop info and registration. Looks like some really good stuff! Technorati Tags: OCLSC, OCLSC08
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Harvard faculty votes to post research online
“Harvard University’s arts and science faculty voted unanimously yesterday to post their scholarly articles and research online, where they would be available for free to the public, despite concerns that the move would affect the quality of research.” – full story from the Boston Globe. Some interesting quotes in the article, like this one from…
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CANHEIT 2008 Call for Participation
The Canadian Higher Education and Information Technology Conference (CANHEIT) is a unique event, focusing on those IT issues that are of Canadian significance and of primary interest to universities and community colleges. This annual conference brings together senior administrators, managers, and staff who are responsible for the management and evolution of their campus information systems,…
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Criteria for tenure and promotion: a review of practices among members of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries
Just posted to our institutional repository is a brief report (13 pages plus an appendix) entitled Criteria for tenure and promotion: a review of practices among members of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries. The abstract reads as follows: This study reviews current practice relating to tenure and promotion to the highest rank by examining…
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Innovation in a book about Innovation
OK, I’m sure it’s not really an innovation, but it was the first time I’d ever seen it, and it makes so much sense! I just finished reading The myths of Innovation, by Scott Berkun, and instead of offering the standard semi-useful bibliography, at the end of this book he provides a ranked bibliography. The…
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Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries and wiki
Just learned that the new ACRL book Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries has an accompanying wiki. And of course Meredith has a website where she constantly refreshes links for her book, Social Software in Libraries. Neat ways to keep traditional print current!
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Bibliography on Mobile Devices in Distance Education
Michele Reid posted the attached bibliography from the Midwinter Discussion Group session to the OFFCAMP list, and it’s reposted here with permission.
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Incorporating Screencasts In Online Teaching
From The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 8, No 3 (2007), ISSN: 1492-3831 – Incorporating Screencasts In Online Teaching by Elaine Peterson. I’m linking to the abstract page instead of the full text because from there you can choose HTML, PDF, or to listen to the article as an mp3,…