Author Archives: Marie Kennedy

About Marie Kennedy

Putting everything into neat piles.

California Cheese Trail

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Marie Kennedy

You know that question people sometimes like to ask, “If you were going to die tomorrow, what would your last meal be?” Pretty ominous question, come to think of it. But my answer is always, “A warm baguette, grapes, wine, … Continue reading →

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A new “Scholarship that cites my work” section of my annual review

Posted on June 25, 2020 by Marie Kennedy

I usually start drafting my annual performance review report in the spring, in anticipation of finishing it before the start of the next fiscal year (June 1 start). Now that I have attained Librarian status, which is the highest promotion … Continue reading →

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Remembering Walter Walker

Posted on June 14, 2020 by Marie Kennedy

I am reminded of a brief interaction I had with Walt Walker at a library event last fall, during which I told him about the work I was doing to acquire monographs by or about women scientists, to add to … Continue reading →

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Usage statistics season

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Marie Kennedy

Our university’s fiscal year just ended on May 31 so it is time to complete all of our end-of-season tasks. A big task that I’m responsible for is gathering usage statistics for our electronic resources, to contribute to some annual … Continue reading →

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#WomenInScience

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Marie Kennedy

At LMU, I am the library liaison to the departments of Physics and Chemistry & Biochemistry. Last year I worked through a review of Physics and Chemistry monograph titles for possible withdrawal from the library collection, as part of our … Continue reading →

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E-resource life

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Marie Kennedy

We were goofing around on the site that generates meme captions from an artificial neural network, https://imgflip.com/ai-meme, and this one came up. It’s too perfect. Being an e-resources librarian right now is a busy time, supporting the patrons that would … Continue reading →