Author Archives: Marie Kennedy

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presentation-ready

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Marie Kennedy

Someday I’d like to be so confident when presenting at a national conference that I can do it without a security blanket. Until then, I’ve got a print-out of my PowerPoint (with speaking notes), an e-mailed version, a version stored … Continue reading →

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usage statistics and grumpy cat

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Marie Kennedy

This is a bar chart of e-journal usage (full-text downloads, using COUNTER JR1 reports) at my university over four years. What the heck happened in the spring of 2012? Everybody became super-users of our e-journal content. It wasn’t just one … Continue reading →

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banana dance

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Marie Kennedy

this work week has been full of good things, but a little too full. my brain is tired. luckily, the internet is also full of good things to take my mind off of work. here’s the “banana dance”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG8cbZL44VM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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stats gathered for no reason?

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Marie Kennedy

every month, for the last five years, someone on our library staff has been charged with logging into our library management system and downloading a monthly report about the patron types that have used their library account to log in … Continue reading →

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skateboard lockers in the library

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Marie Kennedy

my library is in on a university campus in southern california. some of our students get around campus on skateboards. the library has day-use lockers tall enough to store them, but most people just lean their skateboards up against the … Continue reading →

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thinking (again) about trust and online resources

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Marie Kennedy

It seems like this year all content providers have decided to rethink their user interfaces, and since June we’ve managed the migration of five (Five! Count ’em!). Any migration is a pretty serious undertaking for us because I make sure … Continue reading →

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