Category: Service
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Crappy Experience at the Calgary Apple Store
My brother-in-law is a long-time Windows user. He and his wife have several iPods, so he appreciates some Apple design, but he’s now much less likely to ever consider purchasing any other Apple product thanks to a couple of really crappy experiences he had this week at our local Market Mall Apple Store. Here’s his…
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The Not-So-Distant Librarian: Online Library Instruction to Engage Students and Faculty
The Not-So-Distant Librarian: Online Library Instruction to Engage Students and Faculty Friday, July 10, 20091:00 – 4:30 p.m.Chicago, Illinois***************************************** Hone your online instruction skills in a preconference conducted by experts. The University of Maryland University College (UMUC) is a leader in distance education, and its librarians play an active and innovative role in the school’s…
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Integrating library resources into course sites at Harvard
Educause points to a 27-slide ppt outlining how librarians at Harvard are integrating their resources into iSites, their institutional CMS.
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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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Wowbrary Notifies You of New Library Books, Movies or Music
Lifehacker points to a service called Wowbrary, which, regularly informs you by email and/or RSS about your chosen public library’s newest books, movies and music. We make it easy for you to browse through the latest additions and place a hold on a new title. This is a free user service supported by grants, donations,…
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Dalhousie LibCasts – what you want to learn, when and where you want it
Wow, check out the Dalhouse University LibCasts page! Too many to count, most available in multiple formats, with an RSS feed and a dedicated search engine. Very nicely done! Camtasia Studio seems to be the screencasting tool of choice.
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Is 2009 the year of the m-library?
I'm going out on a limb to say it's so. Here are my observations so far this year: DC Public Library launch of the first library iPhone application. 2nd m-libraries conference coming up later this year. The just-released 2009 Horizon Report suggests that mobile devices are the biggest thing to pay attention to first, with…
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DC Public Library launches iPhone app for their catalog
Aaron Schmidt blogs that the DC Public Library iPhone app is now available for download. So I downloaded it and gave it a quick run through. No bells and whistles, but it gets the job done. Seems to only allow keyword searching at the moment – can't search by author, etc. You can place holds…
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Library Elf goes to subscription model
From the Library Elf website: For the past five years Library Elf has been helping library patrons keep tabs on their library material. It is an independent service and not related nor funded by libraries. Costs have gone up greatly (new server, higher bandwidth, etc.) and to help pay for the new costs, we are…