Author Archives: Marie Kennedy

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Review of our book, Marketing Your Library’s Electronic Resources

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Marie Kennedy

Here’s a snip of a review published in the Sept/Oct 2018 issue of Technicalities: “This book also could be beneficial to libraries interested in doing overall marketing of their services and/or collections. The processes and plans discussed in this book … Continue reading →

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Our Jonathan Gold tribute

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Marie Kennedy

Dave and I were sad to learn of the passing of Jonathan Gold, an icon in LA, known for his considerate, empathetic reviews of restaurants in the city. Inspired by his attempt to eat at every restaurant on the road … Continue reading →

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Ugh, this codebook is a mess

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Marie Kennedy

Why do I leave codebook documentation until after the survey is launched? If I had created the codebook while I was still scripting the survey I would have noticed that I coded all the research support responses of “not offered” … Continue reading →

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Monkeys take baths to lower stress

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Marie Kennedy

Something this monkey has known for a while is that when she feels stressed out there is nothing like a hot bath for relief. The National Geographic has published a brief summary of a research article about snow monkeys and … Continue reading →

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Technical CATs

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Marie Kennedy

We have an initiative at the library to help our students spend less money on texts used in classes, called the Course Adopted Texts (CATs) E-Book Initiative. Our Librarian for Collection Development and Evaluation works with the campus bookstore to … Continue reading →

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Quality in qualitative research

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Marie Kennedy

Roller, Margaret R., and Paul J. Lavrakas. 2015. Applied Qualitative Research Design: A total quality framework approach. New York: Guilford Press. If you’re interested in making sure that your qualitative research is trustworthy, and that your methods section doesn’t include … Continue reading →

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