Author Archives: Marie Kennedy

About Marie Kennedy

Putting everything into neat piles.

how to self archive your publications

Summary from Peter Suber’s Open Access News blog. I found his steps 1-4 to be specific and do-able: Self-archiving advice for authors Stevan Harnad, Cornell’s Copyright Advice: Guide for the Perplexed Self-Archiver, Open Access Archivangelism, September 20, 2006. Excerpt: Summary: … Continue reading

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“pill”ows

“Prozac, Thorazine, Zoloft is a group of large pillows crafted out of hand latch-hooked rugs, which have been sewn together and stuffed. These soft, oversized anti-psychotics and anti-depressants provide a different kind of comfort than their prescription counterparts. The time … Continue reading

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How to make an origami crane

seems like a good thing to know how to do. here’s a link to some instructions, with instructional slide show. http://pbskids.org/readingrainbow/heroes_and_hope/crane.html

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why lippincott williams & wilkins’s customer service is awesome

we’ve got a few books in our collection that have cds or dvds tucked in the back. we’ll leave them there to be checked out with the book, if the license agreement permits it. so one of our books got … Continue reading

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mutter museum

Dave and I finally checked out the Mutter Museum, in Philadelphia.  It’s a museum inside the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, which is housed in a terrifically old and beautiful building.  The museum is full of medical specimens and implements.  … Continue reading

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the launch of PubDrug

Last week I mentioned that Stewart Brower had proposed an open access pharmacy tool that would replace the usual suspects at point-of-care. Well, he did it! PubDrug is up and running at http://www.smbrower.com/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page. Be sure to check it out and … Continue reading

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