Author Archives: Marie Kennedy

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National Data Catalog

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Marie Kennedy

A while back I posted about the launch of data.gov. Now there’s a site to get government data from that aggregates the data.gov data, along with others sets: “We aggregate sources from: data.gov, data.dc.gov, utah.gov, datasf.org, texas.gov, texastransparency.gov, and the … Continue reading →

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pursuing the bright spots

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Marie Kennedy

here’s a thought for us to nibble on: To pursue bright spots is to ask the question “What’s working, and how can we do more of it?” Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Yet, in the real world, this obvious question is … Continue reading →

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Cycling Through

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Marie Kennedy

Here’s a video of a monkey reading the abstract of the paper I’ll be presenting at the upcoming Library Assessment conference. The title of the paper is “Cycling Through: Paths Libraries Take to Marketing Electronic Resources.” direct link to video: … Continue reading →

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Alexander Street Press is doing it right

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Marie Kennedy

how does a company use social networking tools to its advantage, to let customers know their concerns have been heard? like this:

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botanicals as touchstones for classification concepts

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Marie Kennedy

Lyn Robinson, Mike McGuire, “The rhizome and the tree: changing metaphors for information organisation”, Journal of Documentation, Vol. 66 Iss: 4, pp.604 – 613 DOI: 10.1108/00220411011052975

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It’s perfect, except

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Marie Kennedy

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