Author Archives: Marie Kennedy

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Friday fun: Banana sharpener

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddgAkaeMavQ

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license review: it’s what i do

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

Over the last couple years I’ve been working my way through our file cabinet of license agreement materials, to see what is relevant to keep and what can be discarded. To demonstrate what an onerous process it is I thought … Continue reading →

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Marketing Your Library’s Electronic Resources (MSU LEETS presentation)

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

I’ll be attending the MSU LEETS summit this week. Here is a link to the slides of my presentation: Marketing Your Library’s Electronic Resources (MSU LEETS presentation) from Marie Kennedy http://www.slideshare.net/orgmonkey/kennedy2013-leets

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this is my relieved face: *_*

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

This weekend I tested authentication access to all of our databases from outside the campus IP range, using the new proxy server. It went surprisingly well. I uncovered eleventy subscription/title problems, but the new proxy server seems to work very … Continue reading →

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e-resources usage stats dashboard

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

“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

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

…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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