Worse than a librarian who doesn't play video games ...
The head of the U.S. Copyright Office describes herself as a Luddite and does not have a computer at home. Which could help explain why she thinks the DCMA is just fine and dandy. Read more...
The Laughing Librarian, Yesterday, 12:41pm
Don't miss the S@Y Library Magazine and Book Sale
Where: In the Seneca@York Library.When: February 19th to 23th from 9 am to 9 pm in the Library.What: Used Books, Magazines and more.How Much: Magazines just 2 for $1. Books starting from only $1. Read more...
News, Yesterday, 12:41pm
Notice of Maintenance on Sunday March 4th, 2007
Users may experience issues with access to some Seneca Libraries Online electronic resources on Sunday March 4, 2007 due to maintenance being performed from 7 am to 11 am. We apologize for any inconvenience. Read more...
News, Yesterday, 12:41pm
Only 2 Days Left!
Prices have been REDUCEDFill a bag for $1.00Seneca@York Used Book & Magazine SaleNow until Friday, February 239 am to 9 pm Read more...
News, Yesterday, 12:41pm
Seneca cancels evening classes, closes at 3:30 p.m.
Due to the weather, Seneca Libraries will be closed for Thursday, March 1 at 3:30 p.m. Read more...
News, Yesterday, 12:41pm
MMMM presents Curse of the Golden Flower Thurs. May 24th, 2007 at 12:35 p.m.
Monthly Movie Madness at Markham presents Curse of the Golden Flower in honour of Asian Heritage Month. Come and see a free screening of this visually stunning film. Read more...
News, Yesterday, 12:41pm
Study Rooms at S@Y Library. Book Now!
Need a place to study?Book online if you want a group study room at S@Y Library. Log onto the library's website to reserve a room https://www.senecac.on.ca/roombooking/index.html.MAXIMUM OF: 2 hours per group per day - NO EXCEPTIONS Read more...
News, Yesterday, 12:41pm
In the Year 2000 ...
Check out these French trading cards from 1910, showing the artist's interpretation of life en l'An 2000. We're probably not the only librarian who takes a special liking to this one. Read more...
The Laughing Librarian, Yesterday, 12:41pm
They played baseball in Deadwood?
Please, please, please ... A library must buy this unmailable 1898 document about foul language used by baseball players. Read more...
The Laughing Librarian, Yesterday, 12:41pm
Memo to SirsiDynix ...
Before issuing a press release, it's probably a good idea to do some fact-checking. Read more...
The Laughing Librarian, Yesterday, 12:41pm
Things that suck more than OPACs, social booklist edition.
Shelfari: "basically social networking rapists". Read more...
The Laughing Librarian, Yesterday, 12:41pm
An important public service message.
At work, we've been hearing complaints about libraries treating ILL items as if they owned them. So we'd like to make this important announcement, to all libraries, everywhere: Read more...
The Laughing Librarian, Yesterday, 12:41pm
Ways to Evaluate Educational Apps
I am conducting a series of workshops in Florida and was asked to share a rubric to help teachers evaluate educational apps as part of the workshop. In 2010 Harry Walker developed a rubric, and I used his rubric (with some modifications by Kathy Schrock) as the basis for mine. (Read Harry Walker's paper Evaluating the Effectiveness of Apps for Mobile Devices.)
I kept in mind that some apps are used to practice a discrete skill or present information just one time. Others are creative apps that a learner may use again and again, so it's a challenge to craft a rubric that can be used for a wide span of purposes. I tried to make my rubric... Read more...
Learning in Hand Blog, May 20, 12:39pm
"Library 2.0 Presentation" 2.0.
Gotta be fair. The program blurb for his talk mentioned "2.o" five times, but much applause to Michael Stephens for his excellent and - as far as we can tell - 100% bullshit-free keynote at the Illinois Library Association conference yesterday morning. Several times during the afternoon, we heard librarians say something along the lines of: "Like he said in the opening session ..." Read more...
The Laughing Librarian, May 18, 12:41pm
Holiday gift guide.
We're all done with our Christmas shopping, but maybe you're not finished with yours. If you're having trouble picking the perfect gift, take a look at these ideas ... Read more...
The Laughing Librarian, May 18, 12:41pm
Salzburg Report Released – Libraries and Museums in an Era of Participatory Culture
Tame The Web, May 18, 10:07am
TTW Chosen as One of Top 50 Ed Tech Blogs!
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2012/05/deans-list-50-must-read-higher-education-technology-blogs Thanks EdTech and thanks to the fine folks that write with me here at TTW. Read more...
Tame The Web, May 18, 9:50am
King Middle School Expedition Learning TV
click on this image to watch King TV At the request of the students, our class embarked on a geography themed expedition this year to study the beauty and mystery of this huge country. All the students in our class are new to the US. After researching they have became experts on one of [...] Read more...
Tame The Web, May 17, 5:17pm
I've Been Waiting for This! AirPlay Mirroring to a Mac (no Apple TV required)
I am so excited for a new Mac app called Reflection! It shows my iPad's screen live on my computer screen wirelessly!
In the past I've used different ways to show iPad's screen on a projector to an audience. I've used a document camera, a Point2View webcam, Apple's VGA adapter with an old-fashioned Read more...
Learning in Hand Blog, May 17, 12:39pm
iOS Math Apps by Teachers
You've probably heard of apps developed by kids, like Bustin Jieber by twelve-year-old Thomas Suarez and MathTime by fifth grader Owen Voorhees and his slightly younger brother Finn. It's really great to see youth creating apps. It's also fantastic to see educators developing apps. I'd... Read more...
Learning in Hand Blog, May 17, 12:39pm
SJSU SLIS Faculty Institute Presentation Slides
After two days of faculty retreat, we are finishing the week with the SJSU SLIS Faculty Institute. Our faculty and adjuncts have gathered here in San Jose from all over for workshops and discussion about teaching. I’m doing a talk this afternoon on using social media in teaching. The slides are here: [...] Read more...
Tame The Web, May 17, 10:24am
Bill 60 - An Act to Amend the Copyright Act
On June 20, 2005 Bill 60 - An Act to Amend the Copyright Act was read for the first time in the Legislature. Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
Some articles of interest
Here are a couple of articles I read recently that were very informative: Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
Welcome
Welcome to Canadian Electronic Reserves! Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
My e-reserves research and testing to date...
For the past two years I have been keeping an eye on e-reserves development in Canada and have done a little testing using Blackboard's Content System. Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
Special issue of JILLDDER
What an acronym! Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
List of schools offering e-reserves
I am adding a list of Canadian schools offering e-reserves to the sidebar. If you would like me to remove your school or add your school do contact me. I don't want anyone listed that does not want to be and I don't want to miss anyone either. Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
Bill C-60 - How about Fair Dealing?
Bill C-60 proposes, as Jenn posted earlier today "an amendment to the current law that will allow digital copies of articles for educational purposes under the same constraints already identified by Access Copyright." Contraints indeed. Michael Geist likened it to "turning librarians in digital locksmiths." (Toronto Star, June 27, 2005). It doesn't seem that Bill C-60 is the solution we're looking for at all - we don't want to be paying for rights that already exist in the legistlation ... Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
Request for Conference or Forum announcements
Please send me any links to conferences or forums in the next year that relate to e-reserves or Canadian copyright issues. Links to individual sessions are welcome too. Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
Bill C-60 and Balance
The posts on Bill C-60 have raised some interesting issues. I thought it would be useful to point to Russell McCormond's site KillBillC60.ca . Aside from adding a little levity to the discussion (hopefully Tarantino agrees) he does provide some links to interesting articles about the legislation. Librarians would be so happy to be able to send digital ILL's and distance material that I think we would do anything to get there. I also think we need to pause and consider the effects of Bill C-60 for the longer-term and how it impacts individuals who do not belong to institutions with a lot of resources. Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
Book of interest
Rosedale, J. (ed.) (2002). Managing electronic reserves. Chicago: ALA. Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
OSCR - Open Source Course Reserves
Has anyone implemented, tested, or played around with OSCR yet? I would be interested in hearing about your experiences. Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
RSS and E-Reserves
The U of Michigan is offering E-reserves by using RSS and a Content Management System. Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
Promising Open Source Reserves Software
If you are looking at developing a new or more comprehensive Reserve/eReserve environment you should check out Reserves Direct(2) from Emory U. This is a very complete reserves solution with some innovative features, including: fax to PDF, ILS integration, self-serve functions. The University of Winnipeg will be testing the system to see if we can replace the eReseves/Reserves features of our Innopac system. We have had eReserves for a number of years now and it is extremely popular - a system like this could help make it even more so. The source code for this new version will be available on September 1. Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
Who are the real criminals?
We are told we are stealing when we disobey current copyright laws, but who are the real criminals? Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
The cost of E-Reserves
For those who haven't yet ventured into the murky waters of seeking copyright permissions for EReserves I offer a recent experience... Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
Suggested Reading
An article by Michael Geist in Wednesday's Toronto Star is worth reading - note what he says about Fair Dealing .. Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
Harvard Business Review E-res statement
Is this a sign of things to come? Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
Curious...
I find it interesting that faculty assume they can digitize chapters from books or articles from periodicals without having to pay further copyright costs and without having to gain permission from the publisher. Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
Spam comments
Some of you may notice that I have deleted comments on postings in this blog. These comments are advertisements that seem to generate on every post, probably triggered by the Atom feed. Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
Canadian e-reserves scan report
The E-reserves Research Committee at Seneca College have compiled the results from an informal survey of e-reserves projects in Canada completed in the Fall of 2005. Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
Copyright essays relating to e-reserves/educational materials
A couple of interesting essays that relate to copyright law and e-reserves/educational use of digital information from "In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law" edited by Michael Geist (published by Irwin Law 2005 but available for free download): Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
Upcoming Conference worth noting
For those who are able to attend, an upcoming conference at the University of Ottawa looks quite good. I plan on attending, and hope to see some of you there.. Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
Copyright Basics
An upcoming teleconference sponsored by The Partnership (network of provincial and territorial library associations across Canada) and conducted by Mary Ann Epp will be of interest to "Librarians, library assistants and media specialists who deal with copyright issues in their work or have an interest in learning more about copyright and how it affects libraries." Read more...
Canadian Electronic Reserves, May 17, 12:36am
Free Movies showing at the Seneca@York Library March 26-30
Need a study break? Join us from Monday March 26th to Friday March 30th at the Seneca@York Library in library seminar room room S-1130 for two free movies every day. The viewing schedule is: Read more...
News, May 17, 12:36am
why I believe in the concept of balance..
http://www.thestar.com/Life/article/172579 Read more...
I Like Astrid Lindgren., May 17, 12:36am
Let's Use the Hashtag #iosedapp for Tweets with Educational iPad/iPhone/iPod Apps
In March 2010 I proposed that educators use the Twitter hashtag #edapp to make it easy for others to find tweets that mention an educational app when searching Twitter. I even made a t-shirt to get to word out about the hashtag. I wore that shirt and explained hashtags in Episode #22 of the Learning in Hand podcast.
You need to know that no one controls a hashtag. Anyone can use any hashtag, even if what they write is not relevant to the keyword. Unfortunately,... Read more...
Learning in Hand Blog, May 15, 12:42pm
Implementing DOIs for Research Data
Article by Natasha Simons, Griffith University, Australia Read more...
D-Lib Magazine, May 15, 12:42pm
Metadata Clean Sweep: A Digital Library Audit Project
Article by R. Niccole Westbrook and Dan Johnson, University of Houston Libraries; Karen Carter, Rutgers School of Communication and Information; Angela Lockwood, Texas Women's University School of Library and Information Studies Read more...
D-Lib Magazine, May 15, 12:42pm