WEB4LIB Digest - 5 Nov 2014 to 6 Nov 2014 (#2014-230)

Thu Nov 20 09:44:04 EST 2014

You could try http://corp.wishpond.com/

Cordially,

AnaRita 

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Topics of the day:

  1. Kaltura, MediaCore and other video streaming platforms
  2. Primary Research Group has published International Research Library
     Benchmarks 2015 Edition, ISBN 9781574403176
  3. Photo Contest Software

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Date:    Thu, 6 Nov 2014 09:37:55 +0100
From:    Javier Leiva Aguilera <javier at CATORZE.COM>
Subject: Re: Kaltura, MediaCore and other video streaming platforms

Hello,

I recommend you to take a look at Anymeeting. It is easy to use and very
affordable (the free version does not allow to record the sessions).

http://anymeeting.com/

I have been using it for some time, and it works great, but unfortunately I
cannot tell you any experience from an institutional point of view because
I was giving private classes.

Regards,

*------*
*Javier Leiva-Aguilera*
http://www.javierleiva.com
https://www.youtube.com/user/javierleivaaguilera

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 9:07 PM, Gross, Jill <jgross at iona.edu> wrote:

>  Are there academic institutions that offer Kaltura or MediaCore to
> capture instructor courses and make them available to students via upload
> and offer real-time and archived streaming of classroom lectures? Can you
> speak to the benefits of either or other services? How are your
> institutions applying these technologies (such as within your LMS)?
>
>  Sincerely,
>  --
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>   *Jill Gross, MLIS*
> *Media & Digital Resources Librarian CELTIC*
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> Office: 914.633.2353
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> 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle. NY 10801
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Date:    Thu, 6 Nov 2014 09:56:09 -0500
From:    James Moses <primarydat at AOL.COM>
Subject: Primary Research Group has published International Research Library Benchmarks 2015 Edition, ISBN 9781574403176

Primary Research Group has published International Research Library Benchmarks 2015 Edition, ISBN 9781574403176

The study closely compares the policies of 23 research libraries predominantly from the USA, but also from Canada, Germany and the UK.  The intensive 230+ page report gives detailed comparisons and data about how these libraries are handling an array of issues and developments, including but not limited to: trends in staffing and use of personnel, operating budget, capital budgets, digitization strategies, use of open access, 3D printing, grants management, technology investment, employee productivity growth, database licensing and much more.  Data is broken out separately by library staff size, region of the world and for corporate/legal libraries, university libraries and for other non-profit/government libraries.

Just a few of the report's many findings are that:

.       More than half (54.55 percent) of all survey participants report that librarian salaries and benefits at their respective institutions have "more or less declined in real terms" over the past year.
.       For nearly half (45.45 percent) of all survey participants, the library's capital budget has not changed over the past three years. Only four participants report that it has increased "somewhat," while the remaining eight libraries reported a decrease in the capital budget over this time.
.       40.91 percent of all survey participants say spending on acquisitions of new IT equipment stock has stayed the same over the last three years.
.       54.55 percent of university libraries are open to the prospect of digitizing the out-of-copyright books from their special collections.
.       27.27 percent of libraries in the sample reported an increase in personnel in the Public Relations & Marketing department.
.       The libraries in the sample spent a mean of $1.71 million on all database licensing.
.       39.23 percent of the subscription budgets at university libraries consist of consortia purchases, compared to a mean of 13.33 percent for the government/non-profit libraries in the sample and a mean of just 1.25 percent for the corporate/legal libraries.

For further information view the product page for this report on our website at:

http://www.primaryresearch.com/view_product.php?report_id=515

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Date:    Thu, 6 Nov 2014 20:51:25 +0000
From:    Sheri Glon <sglon at KDL.ORG>
Subject: Photo Contest Software

Please forgive cross-posting

We are planning on running a photo contest next spring to gather photos for a fundraising calendar. Entries will be accepted for several weeks, then the public will vote to select the winners. Does anyone have recommendations for a software product or subscription to manage such a contest? We would prefer to not run the contest exclusively through a Facebook app if possible (i.e. people should not have to login with their Facebook account to enter or vote).

Thanks,
Sheri

Sheri Glon
Webmaster
Kent District Library
814 West River Center Dr. NE
Comstock Park, MI 49321
616-784-2016 x2162
sglon at kdl.org<mailto:sglon at kdl.org>

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