Author Archives: Marie Kennedy

About Marie Kennedy

Putting everything into neat piles.

e-resources usage stats dashboard

“A dashboard is a visual display of the most important information needed to achieve one or more objectives: consolidated and arranged on a single screen so the information can be monitored at a glance” (Few, p.34). Wow, there are some … Continue reading

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One good thing about asking the question

…is that you’re gonna get an answer! Librarians who serve our patrons at service points are THE people to stay in touch with if you’re thinking about how to improve your library’s electronic resources. I stopped by the Info Desk … Continue reading

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Proxy server anxiety dreams

On August 1 we will go live with a new proxy server, giving more reliable off-campus access to our licensed electronic resources. This means that during the month of July we’ll be changing every one of the URLs in our … Continue reading

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The door’s locked

The door’s locked. — Ofelia In that case, create your own door. — The faun Pan’s Labyrinth

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ikea monkey air freshener

oh dear. lingonberry scented? i can’t even. http://www.neatoshop.com/product/Runaway-Monkey-Air-Freshener related blog post about the ikea monkey: http://orgmonkey.net/?p=1591

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qualitative AND quantitative

I recently attended the Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries conference in Rome, Italy, and had a blast. What a treat to see librarians and library researchers from across the globe present the results of their mixed methods research. It … Continue reading

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