[Web4lib] RE: Converting Adobe Captivate files for use in podcasting
Kozlowski,Brendon
bkozlowski at sals.edu
Fri Jun 20 16:49:05 EDT 2008
Laurie,
You'll need to find a SWF to MP4 (or iPod video) converter. There are some free tools, but finding a good one that (1)works, (2)is easy to use, (3)doesn't continually nag you to upgrade or lose functionality after 30 days, or (4)is not safe for your computer is rather difficult. Although I've probably found a few, certain applications work better for certain situations, so you'll be better off finding one for yourself. There are also retail applications. From a quick web search, the first result came up from an Adobe employee:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/captivate/articles/ipod.html <http://www.adobe.com/devnet/captivate/articles/ipod.html>
She suggests a retail product (which one would presume is guaranteed to work). I cannot confirm one way or another; although I have used video conversion tools, I have not attempted to created iPod compatible files. Good luck.
Brendon Kozlowski
Web Administrator
Saratoga Springs Public Library
49 Henry Street
Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
[518] 584-7860 x217
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Colleagues-
We are beginning to create video tutorials in Adobe Captivate 3. We
would like to make these available via our podcast series. I've looked
at the publishing settings and it seems the only format available is
.swf which, unless I've missed something, will not be playable on iTunes
or video iPods. Has anyone had success incorporating Adobe Captivate
materials into their podcasts?
Laurie Sabol
Instruction Coordinator
Tisch Library at Tufts University
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:08:48 -0700
From: "Bracken, Karen" <KBRACKEN at riversideca.gov>
Subject: [Web4lib] visitor/guest card policy
To: <web4lib at webjunction.org>
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I am in the process of rewriting the guest card policy for our public
library system and would be interested in reviewing guest card policies
from other library systems. I am most interested in the one day use
cards primarily for computers and printing, but plan to address our fee
card policy as well.
What I am looking for are libraries that charge for a guest pass: How
much? What are the criteria? Do you issue a guest pass to regular
library card holders if they want more computer time? Do you issue a
guest pass to regular library card holders if their card is over the
fine limit? Etc. Thanks in advance for your assistance.
You can send these to me directly to me at
kbracken at riversideca.gov
Karen Bracken
Digital Systems Spec.
951-.826-.5214
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:20:59 -0700
From: "Anthony Fitzwater" <AFitzwater at AJCity.Net>
Subject: RE: [Web4lib] visitor/guest card policy
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We consider those who do not qualify for a free library card to be
guests (unless they want to pay the out of county fee of $40 per year).
If a patron is a guest, they can obtain a temporary computer usage card
for $1 a week. The temporary card gives the patron the ability to use
our wireless service or use our public computers. They cannot check any
materials out on the card.
If the patron already has a library card and has too many fines to use
the computer then they can still get a temporary card for $1 a week.
Hope this helps,
Anthony
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Subject: [Web4lib] visitor/guest card policy
I am in the process of rewriting the guest card policy for our public
library system and would be interested in reviewing guest card policies
from other library systems. I am most interested in the one day use
cards primarily for computers and printing, but plan to address our fee
card policy as well.
What I am looking for are libraries that charge for a guest pass: How
much? What are the criteria? Do you issue a guest pass to regular
library card holders if they want more computer time? Do you issue a
guest pass to regular library card holders if their card is over the
fine limit? Etc. Thanks in advance for your assistance.
You can send these to me directly to me at
kbracken at riversideca.gov
Karen Bracken
Digital Systems Spec.
951-.826-.5214
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:26:28 -0400
From: "Hirst, Edward Alan" <EAH0116 at ecu.edu>
Subject: RE: [Web4lib] visitor/guest card policy
To: "Bracken, Karen" <KBRACKEN at riversideca.gov>,
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I would be interested in the results if you wouldn't mind sharing.
ed
Edward Hirst
Information Technology Librarian
Rowan Public Library
http://www.rowanpubliclibrary.org <http://www.rowanpubliclibrary.org/>
Salisbury, NC
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Sent: Thu 6/19/2008 3:08 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] visitor/guest card policy
I am in the process of rewriting the guest card policy for our public
library system and would be interested in reviewing guest card policies
from other library systems. I am most interested in the one day use
cards primarily for computers and printing, but plan to address our fee
card policy as well.
What I am looking for are libraries that charge for a guest pass: How
much? What are the criteria? Do you issue a guest pass to regular
library card holders if they want more computer time? Do you issue a
guest pass to regular library card holders if their card is over the
fine limit? Etc. Thanks in advance for your assistance.
You can send these to me directly to me at
kbracken at riversideca.gov
Karen Bracken
Digital Systems Spec.
951-.826-.5214
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:19:10 -0400
From: "Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress" <rden at loc.gov>
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] "Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet
is doingto our brains"
To: <web4lib at webjunction.org>
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> And how about this similarly titled article: Will GPS make us dumb?
Well, just call me "dumb and happy". It's a much better state than "lost".
--Ray
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:54:54 -0400
From: "Laherty, Jennifer" <jlaherty at indiana.edu>
Subject: [Web4lib] RefWorks support questions
To: "DIG_REF at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" <DIG_REF at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>,
"web4lib at webjunction.org" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
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Posted to Dig_Ref and Web4Lib (apologies for the duplication)
We are contemplating a RefWorks subscription and are curious if anyone with RefWorks would respond to the following questions:
What is the workload for administering RefWorks - especially: How much time to you devote to user account maintenance? And if you provide other technical support, we'd appreciate any elaboration.
How have you dealt with students or faculty who have graduated or left your institution? Have people complained about losing access to their citations? Or are you able to continue providing access in some manner? Please explain.
Do you explain to people using RefWorks ahead of time (at what point and how) that they will not have access if they leave unless their next institution provides RefWorks? Do you have some way of knowing who with accounts is leaving and then do you share methods of how they can download and take their citations with them (also at what point and how)? We're concerned about our alumni population as well as faculty who retire or go elsewhere.
Who at your institution provides the teaching support for RefWorks (and possibly other bibliographic citation management tools) and how extensive is the support (handouts, web pages, whole class sessions, etc.)? We currently provide very in-depth support from the library for EndNote and we're wondering what others do to support RefWorks.
Many thanks,
Jennifer
Jennifer Laherty
Reference/Digital Services Librarian
Indiana University Bloomington Libraries
Wells Library E159
Bloomington, IN 47405
812-855-5609
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:30:42 -0400
From: "Ross Singer" <rossfsinger at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] "Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet
is doing to our brains"
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
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The philosophy of "your values don't match my values so they must mean
you are stupid and I am right" is a particularly arrogant one, in my
mind.
-Ross.
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 7:05 PM, B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Here's a new article that might be of interest:
>
> Carr, Nicholas. Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet is doing to our brains. The Atlantic, 301(6), July/August 2008.
> http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google
>
> An excerpt:
>
> "For more than a decade now, I've been spending a lot of time online, searching and surfing and sometimes adding to the great databases of the Internet. The Web has been a godsend to me as a writer. Research that once required days in the stacks or periodical rooms of libraries can now be done in minutes...what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation...Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski."
>
> Bernie Sloan
> Sora Associates
>
>
>
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:53:42 -0400
From: "K.G. Schneider" <kgs at bluehighways.com>
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] "Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet
is doing to our brains"
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
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On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:30:42 -0400, "Ross Singer"
<rossfsinger at gmail.com> said:
> The philosophy of "your values don't match my values so they must mean
> you are stupid and I am right" is a particularly arrogant one, in my
> mind.
>
> -Ross.
Ross, I agree with that statement but disagree that it applies to Carr.
He has the humility to talk about what he believes Google is doing *to
him* as well as to others (and for that matter, phrase it as a
question). When Carr writes, "I'm not thinking the way I used to think,"
I identify -- in part because he isn't standing on a mountaintop
sneering at the scatterbrained masses. I blogged about this today...
after pushing myself to read for a couple of hours, even though the
laptop beckoned from the next room.
I don't agree with everything Carr says, but I agree with the way he
says it.
K.G. Schneider
kgs at freerangelibrarian.com
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