Blog Profile / The Distant Librarian
| URL : | http://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Education / Library & Research | |
| Posts on Regator: | 496 | |
| Posts / Week: | 1.8 | |
| Archived Since: | March 20, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Free ebook: The Teacher-Librarianship by Distance Learning program at the University of Alberta
The Teacher-Librarianship by Distance Learning program at the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada) is pleased to announce the publication of a new free ebook: Becoming and Being: Reflections on Teacher-Librarianship, edited by Jennifer Branch-Mueller, Kandise Salerno, and Joanne de Groot....
Podcast Recommendation: The New Disruptors
I recently started listening to a new (to me) podcast called The New Disruptors, which you may find interesting. Its tagline is "Discussing the profound changes in the economy for making things." I just finished listening to episode 26, an...
Excited about Netspeed 2013
Netspeed is Alberta's library technology conference, and it's been a few years since I've attended 'cause it always seemed to be about a year behind the times to me. I know, I'm responsible for the content too, and I have...
Alberta Open Data Portal
I haven't had a chance to look through it at all, but was really pleased to learn about the new Alberta Open Data Portal, which,...makes data the provincial government collects on behalf of citizens publicly available in machine readable...
Wonderful visualizations from Traverse Area District Library
Serveral weeks ago as a result of a post by Michael Stephens I was introduced to this awesome page of usage visualizations at the Traverse Area District Library (Traverse City, MI). I had a great email exchange with the developer,.....
How Users Search the Library from a Single Search Box
Just wanted to draw your attention to a great article I finally got around to reading: How Users Search the Library from a Single Search Box, May 2013 College & Research Libraries, vol. 74 no. 3 227-241. It's the story...
ERIC Restores Online Access to Full Text from 2005-2013
Well here's some good news! ERIC Restores Online Access to Full Text from 2005-2013 Posted with Blogsy
Who does screencasting help the most?
An interesting report on the Casting Out Nines Blog (part of the Chronicle of Higher Education Blog Network): Who does screencasting help the most? The author summarizes the results of a Winter 2011 paper in Advances in Engineering Education (PDF),...
Google drops SMS Search, nudges basic phone users toward smartphones
As reported by Engadget. Oh well, I discovered it in 2007 and never really needed it since...
Call for Submissions: Journal of Library and Information Service in Distance Learning
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...
Get Camtasia 2 for Mac for 50% off!
Just a quick heads-up that StackSocial is currently running a $50 Mac software bundle that includes the latest version of Camtasia, which normally sells for $99. In addition to that fine screencasting tool, you also get 8 other pieces of...
Expert panel to look into the state of libraries & archives in Canada
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...
Clippick: Copy. Paste Anywhere.
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...
ONE lawsuit dropped by Edwin Mellen Press, but Askey is still being sued personally #FreeDaleAskey
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...
APLEN Training Centre
Here's a site you might want to browse through: The APLEN Training Centre. APLEN is the Alberta Public Library Electronic Network, and the Training Centre is "a hub for libraries to share their training materials, learn from the collective experience...
Edwin Mellen Press Updates
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...
2012 - my year in reading
In 2011 for the first time I started tracking the books I was reading, and in January of 2012 I posted about what and how I'd read during 2011. Here's my post for what and how I read in 2012....
Minor updates on the Edwin Mellen lawsuit
A quick follow up on last week's post about Edwin Mellen Press suing Librarian Dale Askey. The Chronicle of Higher Education has now gotten the word out, along with a link to a petition at Change.org asking EMP to drop...
Edwin Mellen Press files lawsuit against academic librarian
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...
Librarian Design Share
As pointed out by Aaron, a neat new site serving as "an open online repository of interesting library-related design." Librarian Design Share.