Author Archives: Marie Kennedy

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license agreement negotiator heroine

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Marie Kennedy

you won’t allow proxy access? guess again! no post-cancellation access rights? ha ha. ILL not permitted? please rethink your stance on that. made over at the heromachine

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archie mcphee, an organizational nightmare, yet delightful

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Marie Kennedy

every once in a while you need to be reminded that your way of doing things isn’t the only way things can be done. take archie mcphee, for example. if that were my store i would reorganize the bins and … Continue reading →

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social research methods take a front seat at ACRL

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Marie Kennedy

It was encouraging to see so many librarians at the ACRL conference using social research methods.  As discussed in the sessions I attended, there is real effort to understand the culture in which we work so that we can serve … Continue reading →

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poster sessions, a chance to show off your failures?

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Marie Kennedy

you know what i’d like to see at a national conference someday? a poster session of failures. each poster in the session would have to demonstrate some aspect of a failure in a library, and what was learned from it. … Continue reading →

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Dropbox

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Marie Kennedy

Dropbox Summary: Online storage tool that synchronize your files across multiple computers.  How can a synchronization system be considered an organizational tool?  I don’t have to remember where I put my thumb drive, remember to bring home my external hard … Continue reading →

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Permitted Uses

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Marie Kennedy

the language of JSTOR’s terms and conditions is written with positive language. rather than just telling you all the things you *can’t* do, they swing it so they also tell you all the things you *can* do with the archived … Continue reading →

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