Category: Web/Tech
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CaptivatePlayer: Delivering Captivate Content on the Web
Hey, check this out! Greg Szczyrbak, one of the first people I knew who jumped on the Captivate bandwagon, pointed me to CaptivatePlayer: Delivering Captivate Content on the Web. Basically it’s a menu wrapper for Captivate Flash files- a simple way to organize and make them available to the end user. Looks pretty straightforward in…
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Screencasting article in Computers in Libraries
The Sept 2005 issue of Computers in Libraries has a solid article on screencasting, though it’s called "demonstration authoring software" in the article. Written by two non-librarian IT folk, it starts with a nice introduction to the concept of screencasting, provides some solid tips for those who are new to the game, and includes a…
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PROWE – Personal Repositories Online: WIKI Environment
Richard, of Science Library Pad, pointed me towards PROWE, Personal Repositories Online: WIKI Environment. This initiative was just launched by JISC in the UK, and while there’s nothing to see there yet, the project description sounds like something distance librarians would want to participate in. I won’t reproduce the whole description here, but here’s the…
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TechSmith Blog
TechSmith, the folks who produce Camtasia Studio and SnagIt have a new blog: TechSmith Visual Lounge. No real content there yet, but I would expect them to announce product news there, and they accept comments, so this could be a good way to provide them feedback on their products. Well, this is what they have…
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Google Talk
I’m away on vacation now with only a Mac at my disposal so haven’t had a chance to try this, but Google has just announced an Instant Messaging solution called Google Talk – it requires a download. From the site: They say talk is cheap. Google thinks it should be free. Google Talk enables you…
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Tutorials and screencasts galore!
Just about a month ago there was a nice little exchange on the OFFCAMP list about creating mini-tutorials for distance students. I was really impressed with some of the stuff people were doing, and wanted to collect the links in one post, so here they are in no particular order: University of Nebraska Medical Center…
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One in 10 visitors to blog sites uses RSS
I recently took over the maintenance of the Foothills Library Association Jobline. I said I wouldn’t do it unless I could convert it from a static HTML page to an RSSified page, and the Executive said "great", so I did. I felt it was important to do this for a couple of reasons; 1) it…
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Internet Librarian 2005
Mostly because I was able to integrate the little "hear me speak" image over there on the right (goes pretty well with the colors of the site, don’t you think?) I thought I’d mention that Sherri and I are presenting together at Internet Librarian in Monterey this October. We’re on day 2; here’s the abstract…
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What to do with the CLA 2005 Wiki?
So the unofficial 2005 CLA wiki was not nearly as successful as Meredith’s unofficial 2005 ALA wiki. Maybe it’s because we have far fewer attendees. Maybe it’s because my readers aren’t CLA attendees. Who knows. Not fussed about it, but I do wonder what you all think should be done with the skeleton. There’s not…
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Google pauses library project | CNET News.com
Google will temporarily stop scanning copyright-protected books from libraries into its database, the company said late Thursday. Link: c|net: Google pauses library project Aw man, and I was just going to apply for this job as Product Manager, Google Print (Libraries) – Mountain View – guess that’s on hold! OK, I wasn’t really, but…