Author Archives: Marie Kennedy

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Putting everything into neat piles.

number 26?

Posted on July 5, 2008 by Marie Kennedy

wondering where organization monkey is on this list of “the greatest monkeys of all-bloody-time.” clearly should be here somewhere, perhaps as number 26, or as an honorable mention?

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volunteer

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Marie Kennedy

made at stripgenerator.com

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Firefox 3 download day is June 17

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Marie Kennedy

Pledge to download the newest version of Firefox, available on June 17 at: http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/, and help Mozilla break a Guinness World Record for most software downloads in 24 hours.

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stepping back for a moment to take a breath

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Marie Kennedy

there’s been a lot of emphasis lately on communicating with library patrons by using social technologies like blogs, wikis, and rss. i am all for exploring new communication styles with our patrons, especially if they employ technology (geek alert). one … Continue reading →

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card sorting: a data collection method

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Marie Kennedy

Two very recent articles* mention card sorting as a technique for getting library web site users to determine categories of information. The process typically uses index cards that already have some information provided, and the user puts the cards into … Continue reading →

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volunteering pays

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Marie Kennedy

to follow up on the blog post about becoming a manuscript reviewer for a journal i asked a couple of colleagues how they got to be reviewers: they volunteered!  granted, the people i asked are smartypants and have had their … Continue reading →

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