Author Archives: Marie Kennedy

About Marie Kennedy

Putting everything into neat piles.

Monkey Day

http://www.monkeyday.com/faq/

Posted in comic, monkeys/bananas | 1 Comment

a quick note on giving and receiving thanks

i recently asked the participants in our collaborative marketing project to e-mail me to let me know which e-resource they are planning to market. in many of the e-mails they included notes of thanks for creating the project. it happened … Continue reading

Posted in e-resource mgmt, library, marketing | Comments Off on a quick note on giving and receiving thanks

trust in e-resources

lately i’ve been thinking a lot about trust related to e-resources, and that whether an e-resource “just works” or “is broken” affects our patrons’ perceptions of the library. we know from e-commerce that if a buyer has a poor experience … Continue reading

Posted in e-resource mgmt, license agreements, management, titter | Comments Off on trust in e-resources

book status: nearing completion

in june i started writing a book with cheryl laguardia, a how-to manual for marketing electronic resources in libraries. it’s not done yet, there’s still writing to do, but today is the first day i printed it out. i’ve worked … Continue reading

Posted in e-resource mgmt, library, marketing, writing | Comments Off on book status: nearing completion

College Students, Libraries, Technology, Crunch Time: The Latest PIL Report

what a rich study this is! i’m still digesting it myself. i’m pasting below a quote that is leading me to wonder about services the library can provide while the students stay put in the library to study. Head, Alison … Continue reading

Posted in library | Comments Off on College Students, Libraries, Technology, Crunch Time: The Latest PIL Report