Category: Web/Tech
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Educause – 7 Things You Should Know About Collaborative Editing Tools
Found via the Kept-up Academic Librarian, the latest in the Educause series of "7 Things You Should Know About": 7 Things You Should Know About Collaborative Editing Tools (2 page PDF). Collaborative Editing Tools include things like wikis and Writely, but this factsheet doesn’t mention any tools by name; it starts with a scenerio and…
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Handout from Internet Librarian 2005
I’m doing some work updating files etc and ran across the handout Sherri and I made for Internet Librarian 2005. There’s nothing you haven’t seen in here, but it is all in one spot and attractively presented :-). Web Tools for 21st-Century Learners (PDF – 3 pages)
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Canada’s Version of the Google Book Search Fight – Michael Geist
Canadian copyright legal scholar Michael Geist writes about a mini version of the Google Book Search copyfight happening in Newfoundland. "The President of the Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador has expressed concern that the plan will make it harder to sell books." Sigh. Michael points out that it’s more likely people will find out…
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Google Video Store and Distance Education
The Google Video Store has launched with paid content. I haven’t visited Google Video for some time, so a lot of this may have been in there for a while now, but I thought I’d see what was available for the search library or libraries, and got 1,171 results! There seems to be a whole…
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inflite :: University of Evansville Libraries Tutorial
Michael at The Information Literacy Land of Confusion points to inflite :: University of Evansville Libraries Tutorial. This is a tutorial that combines elements from TILT and SearchPath. I haven’t gone through it all, but it looks nice and might provide some inspiration.
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Skype on a handset
As far as I know, it’s not yet possible to call a Skype account from a landline phone, but Voice Over IP (VOIP) is definately a way for you to reach your distance students on the cheap. IPEVO is now offering a handset for $30 that plugs in to your PC or Mac and allows…
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Useful Tools – blog software comparison and file sharing
Lifehacker points to these two useful posts today. The first is a blog software comparison chart from the Online Journalism Review. If you’re thinking about starting a blog as your New Year’s resolution, this chart may be helpful in deciding which software to use. One thing it doesn’t include is the cost though, so you’ll…
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Canadian libraries play a key role in e-learning
A new report has just been released by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL). Here’s the press release: LIBRARIES TO PLAY A KEY ROLE IN E-LEARNING OTTAWA December 19, 2005 – The use of electronic learning in Canadian institutions has increased by as much as 30% over the past five years – and library…
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Updates on Talkr and Feed2Podcast
Well so far only one other person has subscribed to my two audiofeed versions (which is fine, ’cause this really isn’t a podcast), but I just thought I’d give you my impressions. I continue to be impressed with how well both Talkr and Feed2Podcast translate text to voice – very rarely to they really screw…
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The state of co-browsing
Caleb at the Oregon Libraries Information Network blog has a lengthy post on the state of co-browsing and virtual reference. In large part, it’s a response to Sarah’s post on the Librarian In Black about what she heard at the most recent Virtual Reference Desk conference. Some difference in opinions here, and both posts are…