creativelibrarian.com

The Creative Librarian is a hub for matters important to librarians/information scientists of today. There is a definite lean towards electronic issues, however it isn’t restricted to only those. Hopefully this site will also be useful for informing non-librarians on these issues as so many of them affect us all.

Archive for June, 2007

North American Broadcasters Association knifes NPR and PBS at the United Nations anti-podcasting treaty negotiation

Boing Boing: North American Broadcasters Association knifes NPR and PBS at the United Nations anti-podcasting treaty negotiation

The North American Broadcasters’ Association has broken its own by-laws and trampled the position of NPR and PBS, endorsing a controversial policy at the United Nations.
This week, the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization is holding a critical debate on [...]

Email gets fourth amendment protection again

Boing Boing: Email gets fourth amendment protection again
In a tremendous victory for privacy rights, the US 6th circuit court has restored the power of 4th amendment protection to emails stored on a remote host like an ISP or Webmail, striking down sections of the Stored Communications Act which have been routinely used to grab emails [...]

Captions for Video with Flash CS3

Flash is popular for adding interactive media to websites such as movies and tutorials. Now there’s an easy, built-in way to add captioning for the hearing impaired or sub-titles for other languages. Digital Web Magazine – Captions for Video with Flash CS3 gives and introduction on using this option.

Demofuse.com – Create Interactive Website Tours And Demos

Demofuse.com – Create Interactive Website Tours And Demos
Create a tour of your website that will walk your visitors through it, while it highlights features of the site and tells them what they need to know to get the most out of your site.
No software to download and tours start with a click on a link [...]