Author Archives: Marie Kennedy

About Marie Kennedy

Putting everything into neat piles.

preparation and chance

last week our university president gave his annual academic convocation, this year focusing his theme on the library.  specifically, he focused on the new library on our campus, “the william h. hannon library: what is it saying to us?”  he … Continue reading

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know your audience: license agreements

one of my job duties is to negotiate license agreements for electronic resources that the library subscribes to. i really like this part of my job. i’ve liked the language of law since my first part-time library position at the … Continue reading

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to-do list

we’ve reached that point in the semester when students have to schedule their sleep! this to-do list was found on a white board in one of our group study rooms.

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how to use this database

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white boards: evolution

in our new library the group study room walls are called “wall talkers.”  the white walls have a coating which can be written on with special markers.  it’s perfect for taking notes for a group meeting, or working through an … Continue reading

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what I’m reading: Speaking of Books

http://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org/content/v10n01/hackman_t01.html Timothy Hackman Speaking of Books… Connecting with Faculty through a Campus Author Series Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship v.10 no.1 (Spring 2009)

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