Author Archives: Marie Kennedy

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Monkey Day 2009

December 14 is Monkey Day. Celebrate!

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Neutra Face

our new library’s official font is neutra.  lulz. if you’re not familar with lady gaga, explore her youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/user/ladygagaofficial?blend=1&ob=4 hat tip to bioephemera blog.

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twitter lists or: i need to diversify my interests

twitter now lets you create lists of the tweeple you follow, which allows you to group together your friends.  here’s a better explanation of twitter lists: http://mashable.com/2009/11/02/twitter-lists-guide/ i just checked out the number of lists i’m on and chuckled at … Continue reading

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is the IRB optional for library-related research?

I just browsed a peer-reviewed article about marketing a specific library resource and was surprised by what I read in the Assessment section. In that section the author noted that he developed a survey to gather feedback from students on … Continue reading

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The natural landscape metaphor in information visualization

this article is not what i was intending to find during today’s browse of journal tables of contents, but i’ll take it!  i’ve often wondered about how people respond spatially to all those network graphs that are popular these days.  … Continue reading

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culs-de-sac and librarianship

when i was 19 i had my palm read and was informed that i have a very short life line. i would die, the palm reader told me, “tragically young.” it’s no wonder, then, why i am the way i … Continue reading

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