Category: Web/Tech
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CFP – Internet Librarian 2006
Hadn’t seen an announcement on this one, but Meredith just pointed out to me that the Call for Speakers for Internet Librarian 2006 is out. Deadline is March 22, and the theme is “Integrated Experiences: Compelling Content Combinations”. I attended Internet Librarian for the first time last year and really enjoyed it, not only for…
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Digital Rights Management Primer for Librarians
As noted on BoingBoing, Mike Godwin has written a DRM primer for librarians. It’s a 44-page PDF hosted on the ALA website. Haven’t read it yet, but if/when I need it, now I know where it is. Digital Rights Management – a Guide for Librarians. Technorati Tags: DRM, copyright
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Screencasting reviews
When I first followed this link I found in one of my referring log files I was worried that this was simply a marketing site, as they seemed to be pushing a 50% discount on one of the reviewed products. I was very pleasantly surprised though, to find a really nice in-depth comparison of 4…
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Camtasia Studio version 3.1 released
I really haven’t had a chance to explore the enhancements, but today TechSmith released version 3.1 of Camtasia Studio for screencasting. You can read all about it, and watch a 30-minute screencast (made with 3.1) that demos the enhancements on the Visual Lounge blog. Looks pretty nice for the advanced user. Technorati Tags: screencasting
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Finding libraries near you
Libraries411 grabs your location and draws a Google or Yahoo map of the immediate area with pushpins for all the Public Libraries in the vicinity. This would be a really useful tool for distance students if it also included Academic Libraries. And what if we (librarians) could interact with it so we could also display…
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Google’s version of weeding the collection
Not sure how this one slipped by me, but this article from a reputable source dates from August, 2005, and describes the Google Purge project. Interesting concept – wonder if any libraries have tried this?
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Library Stuff on ITI/Quint Podcasting
Another Steven with which to agree – this time at Library Stuff, where Steven points out that just making files available as a downloadable mp3 but at a different URL each month does not a podcast make. I would add this to my list of subscribed podcasts in a heartbeat, but I’m not going to…
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The Future of Electronic Texbooks
Stephen posts about a Bill Gates quote in which Bill claims students will all be using electronic textbooks within 4-5 years. Stephen thinks not, at least not that quickly, and I agree. Just too many different formats and DRM non-standards out there to make this work even within 5 years, IMHO. I can see some…
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It’s good to give it a name
Earlier this week Geoff Harder gave an online talk about RSS. I had to miss it, but just got a chance to look at the slides he used during the talk. He started by explaining how the consumption of RSS feeds can help with the following two afflictions: NADD and RII. NADD is Nerd Attention…
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More from Educause – Changing a Cultural Icon: The Academic Library as a Virtual Destination
As I was browsing around the Educause site looking for something for the previous post, I tripped across this Jan/Feb 2006 Educase Review article titled: Changing a Cultural Icon: The Academic Library as a Virtual Destination. Here’s the abstract: Deep into the digital age, academic libraries have relinquished much of their fundamental and sustaining role.…