Category Archives: Technology

Should We Go Google? Google Apps Experience

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Kevin

Michael Pickett, CIO at Brown convened the session.. The session was not a presentation, but a discussion. Brown was one of the first institutions to implement Google Apps for faculty, staff, and students. Question: Why consider Google Apps? (versus Microsoft … Continue reading →

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ArtSTOR Shared Shelf

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Kevin

Middlebury’s Story & Goals Middlebury was under no illusion that they would ever have a single source for image information, but their goals were: Reduce number of systems to a more reasonable number Establish methods for exchange within campus & … Continue reading →

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The New Library Web Site

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Kevin

Andy Morton, along with others in the Library, and Eric Palmer and the Web Services group have just this morning launched the new University of Richmond Library web site.  As Andy mentioned in a message on Twitter this morning, it’s … Continue reading →

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Updating the MISO Survey

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Kevin

This past Thursday and Friday the MISO Survey team met to work on revisions to the survey instrument.  This is something the survey team does every two years to keep the survey up to date.  Since we value the ability … Continue reading →

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University of Virginia to Close Computer Labs

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Kevin

Chris Faigle sent along an article from our local NBC station that UVA plans to close most of its public computing labs by the summer of 2011.  It’s a fiscal decision in a rough economy, with a stated rationale that … Continue reading →

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Rights Clash on YouTube, and Videos Disappear

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Kevin

This morning’s New York Times has an article on copyright and YouTube.  Warner Music and YouTube have an agreement that has YouTube pulling down content from their servers even when it seems the posted videos are within Fair Use guidelines. … Continue reading →

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World Builder

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Kevin

World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo. Someday Second Life or its successor might be like this. Thanks to NMC Virtual Worlds for calling attention to this video.

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Second Life Zoning Board

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Kevin

Friday I sat down with Fred, Sharon, and Joe for the first meeting of the Second Life Richmond island Zoning Board.  Despite the Gartner Group putting virtual worlds into the Trough of Disillusionment in 2008, we’re getting more interest on … Continue reading →

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Twitter Problems – Reconsidering Jaiku

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Kevin

Twitter’s had a number of problems lately. Seems it all started when they had the system down for upgrades a couple of weeks ago. Since then they’re on par with Second Life for technical problems. The two blur together for … Continue reading →

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Toolbox or Trap? Course Management Systems and Pedagogy

Posted on May 18, 2008 by Kevin

Lisa Lane has an article in the most recent issue of EDUCAUSE Quarterly, “Toolbox or Trap? Course Management Systems and Pedagogy.”  For a brief article, she does a good job laying out the criticisms I hear most frequently about course … Continue reading →

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