Author Archives: Marie Kennedy

About Marie Kennedy

Putting everything into neat piles.

take-no-prisoners organization

in three months we will be moving to a brand new library, currently being built on our campus (link to the latest set of pictures of the construction progress). there are all kinds of decisions that need to be made … Continue reading

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what i’m reading now

Cultural competence: A conceptual framework for library and information science professionals Patricia Montiel Overall Library Quarterly, 79(2): 175-204

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tweets of the week: monkey

i subscribe to an rss feed for a search of twitter for the word monkey (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=monkey). here are the best tweets of the week (by best i mean they amuse me): Let’s turn that Shakespeare thing and turn it upside … Continue reading

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social networking explanation service

ha! my pals over at archie mcphee have a new product out called the “social networking explanation service.” it’s designed for those of you that are getting tired of explaining what facebook, blogs, and twitter are all about.  buy this … Continue reading

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methodspace

i’m just getting started exploring methodspace, “… the home of the Research Methods community from across the world.”  it’s a social networking site run by sage publications.  i have a weakness for sage’s skinny green pamphlet series, quantitative applications in … Continue reading

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iphone + evernote = paperless traveling

back in november i made a driving trip from los angeles to napa and decided to try it as my first paperless trip.  i used evernote on my iphone and dell mini laptop to store driving directions, maps, and emailed … Continue reading

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