Category: Web/Tech
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Legal Battle Brews Over Texts on Electronic Reserve at U. of California Libraries
Took me a couple of days to scare up a copy of this article (don’t worry if you don’t have a copy either, the interesting reading will come later when something actually happens as a result of this head-butting). There was a quote in there though that raised my eyebrows. Allan Adler, VP for legal…
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iCopyright Toolbar Download
Here’s an interesting idea. I haven’t installed it, but the description I copied below almost makes it sound like a type of user-requested spyware! This toolbar will pay attention to the page you’re on, and in some instances will tell you whether or not you’re allowed to use the content depending on the license your…
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Review of iMediaCONVERT (PowerPoint to Flash)
Last summer I wrote about my experience with a now defunct product called Qarbon ViewletPresenter that converted a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation into a Flash file for easy and fast viewing on the web. While I finally got that product to work, it did have a number of glitches. In the comments section of that post…
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Web Meetings for Nothing, Collaborate for Free
This looks pretty slick. ConVoq offers ASAP Express, a free, "Full-featured personal online meeting solution". As noted in the article, Web Meetings for Nothing, Collaborate for Free they’re offering the one-to-one option for free, forever. Included is a real-time presence indicator (an icon that lets folks know if you’re at your desk or not) that…
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eMessenger
Along the lines of yesterday’s post, how is this different from Trillian? (again, I have almost no experience with IM…)eMessenger [via del.icio.us/gharder]
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RSS to email?
Shelly is wondering if anyone out there is familar with a tool other than Bloglet (which we both have found is fine when it works, but it only seems to work most of the time) that will send an RSS feed to an email account. I’m curious too – any help? Beuller? Link: Bloglet. UPDATE:…
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CUFTS Resources Comparison Tool
The CUFTS Resources Comparison Tool is a nifty little utility that allows you to compare the contents of one database to another. Can also limit to full text resources only, which is probably what you’re really interested in comparing anyway. The output is a simple table that first shows duplicates held by both databases, then…
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Computers in Libraries 2005 Presentations are Online
David King notes that Computers in Libraries 2005 Presentations are Online. While I only found one presentation title that specifically spoke to DE, of course just about everything at this conference could have something to do with our little niche. I was going to include links to the DE presentation, but the PPT really didn’t…
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WAG the Dog Web Localizer, by Ross Singer
Back last November when Google Scholar appeared, I wrote up a little piece about how it needed to work for the distance student, and others agreed. Fast forward a few months, and holy cow, take a look at what Ross Singer at the Georgia Institute of Techology has built: WAG the Dog Web Localizer. Wow! …
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Search Engine Chart
I hadn’t seen this chart before – certainly a handy one…Link: LibrarianInBlack: Search Engine Chart.