Category: Scholarship
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Zotero launches
Well, Zotero has launched, and I’m all bummed to learn that it requires Firefox 2.0, which is a release candidate (beta) build, which means many of the extensions I rely upon are not likely to work, which means I’m not installing it yet, which means I can’t install Zotero yet. Lemmie know how you like…
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The Fall of Screencasting
Ha! Got you with the title of this post, didn’t I? No, screencasting’s not heading downhill; quite the contrary. That’s just me being witty, see, ’cause it’s Fall, and there’s lots going on with screencasting. First up, both Adobe and Techsmith have new versions of their screencasting products out this month. Adobe is now shipping…
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DistLib LinkDump
Gosh I hate to do a link dump; each of these deserve their own post, but I’ve just had so little time over the past couple of weeks, and see no real openings in the next few that I’ve got to clear these "to blog" tidbits out. Lots of good stuff here, and I’m sure…
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Libraries and Google – Internet Reference Services Quarterly
I wonder if I’ll ever fully understand the World of Serials. I just got an email alert that Volume 10(3/4) 2005 of Internet Reference Services Quarterly is a special issue titled "Libraries and Google". We have a paper and electronic subscription so I checked and see that we received this 2005 volume one week ago. …
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How does your site stack up?
I only finished this short article today, but it was "published" a year ago – not sure how I missed it then, or found it now – probably someone’s delicious feed. Regardless of the provenance, I’d like to recommend the following article: Nicholas, M., Tomeo, M. (2005). Can You Hear Me Now? Communicating Library Services…
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CFP: Loex 2007
LOEX (Library Orientation Exchange) 2007 will be held in San Diego, CA May 3-5. The call for papers was recently announced, and when I read it I thought it sure sounded like a natural fit for DE Librarians. The theme of the conference is Uncharted Waters: Tapping the Depths of Our Community to Enhance Learning,…
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ACRL/DLS Haworth Press Distance Learning Librarian ALA Conference Sponsorship Award
Are you a member of ACRL? Does any part of your job pertain to the support of distance students? Why not apply for the $1,200 ACRL/DLS Haworth Press Distance Learning Librarian Conference Sponsorship Award? Deadline is December 1, 2006, and all the details are here. Technorati Tags: ACRL, ALA, Distance_Education, Librarians
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Off Campus Library Services Conference 2008
The following was just posted to the OFFCAMP list: The Thirteenth Off-Campus Library Services Conference will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Salt Lake City. This entry in Wikipedia gives a good overview of Salt Lake City Mark April 23-25, 2008 on your calendars and be prepared for another great conference. If you are…
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Rice University Relaunches University Press – Online Only
Tim O’Reilly reports on a Wall Street Journal article about the online-only relaunch of Rich University Press. An excerpt: Although the new press will solicit and edit manuscripts the old-fashioned way, it won’t produce traditional books. The publishing house will instead post works online at a new Web site, where people can read a full…