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Call for Submissions: Journal of Library and Information Service in Distance Learning

May 8, 2013

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I received the following via email: The Journal of Library and Information Service in Distance Learning, a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, welcomes the submission of manuscripts. The journal is devoted to the issues and concerns of librarians and information specialists involved with distance education and delivering library resources and services to this…

Expert panel to look into the state of libraries & archives in Canada

Apr 25, 2013

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Paul R. Pival

in Ideas, Legal, Miscellaneous, Scholarship, Service

I happened across an interesting article in a recent CAUT (Canadian Association of University Teachers) Bulletin: Expert panel to look into the state of libraries & archives in Canada. "The panel’s final report on libraries and archives is due in the fall of 2014." Don't miss the link at the bottom of the page to http://www.canadaspastmatters.ca/, which…

Clippick: Copy. Paste Anywhere.

Apr 18, 2013

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Paul R. Pival

in Electronic Reference, Service, Social Networks, Web/Tech

Oh wow, this might actually be a real game-changer. Clippick is a cross-platform (Windows, Mac, iOS, Android) tool / app that does one thing only: you copy something on one device, and then the next time you hit Paste on any of your other devices, whatever you copied on the first device ends up there.…

ONE lawsuit dropped by Edwin Mellen Press, but Askey is still being sued personally #FreeDaleAskey

Mar 5, 2013

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Paul R. Pival

in Legal, Scholarship, Service, Social Networks

As reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education and the CBC, Edwin Mellen Press has dropped ONE lawsuit; the one that names both Dale Askey and McMaster University, but according to an email sent to the ARL board of directors by Vivian Lewis, Acting University Librarian at McMaster, EMP has NOT dropped the original suit…

Edwin Mellen Press Updates

Feb 20, 2013

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Paul R. Pival

in Legal, Scholarship, Service

Just a quick post to point to Publisher hits new low: Suing librarian for criticizing their books, John DuPuis' comprehensive and always updated timeline of events / statements of support for Askey / condemnation for EMP. I won't mention the situation again until something breaks…

Edwin Mellen Press files lawsuit against academic librarian

Feb 8, 2013

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Paul R. Pival

in Legal, Service

As reported on the Princeton Academic Librarian blog, and by Inside Higher Ed, Edwin Mellen Press has filed a lawsuit against McMaster University librarian Dale Askey, for a post Dale wrote on his personal blog while he worked at Kansas State University. That post, critical of Edwin Mellen Press, has since been taken down, but…

Librarian Design Share

Feb 1, 2013

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Paul R. Pival

in Ideas, Service, Social Networks

As pointed out by Aaron, a neat new site serving as "an open online repository of interesting library-related design." Librarian Design Share.

Call for Proposals – Collaborating for Learning Conference – Calgary

Jan 30, 2013

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Paul R. Pival

in Scholarship, Service

Collaborating for Learning ConferenceUniversity of Calgary, Calgary, AlbertaMay 15 and 16, 2013 Call for Proposals The University of Calgary invites you to present at its “Collaborating for Learning Conference”, May 15 and 16, 2013. Proposals are welcomed until March 1, 2013. In learning and in life, collaboration is often central to achieving the results we…

Thinking about available seats

Nov 6, 2012

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Paul R. Pival

in Ideas, Miscellaneous, Service, Web/Tech

We've got the whole workstation availability thing licked, but I want to be able to show our users which study seats are available here in the TFDL. That's one of the top two most common complaints here; that students spend too much time wandering around looking for a place to sit/study. Here's my stream of…