Author Archives: Marie Kennedy

About Marie Kennedy

Putting everything into neat piles.

today is Virtual Library Legislative Day

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Marie Kennedy

I’m the chair of the Government Relations & Bylaws committee for the Medical Library Group of Southern California & Arizona and am on a few e-mail lists as a result, keeping me informed of what’s going on in our government … Continue reading →

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to read: Text mining and ontologies in biomedicine: making sense of raw text

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Marie Kennedy

http://kathrin.dagstuhl.de/files/Materials/08/08131/08131.SpasicIrena.Other.pdf Abstract: The volume of biomedical literature is increasing at such a rate that it is becoming difficult to locate, retrieve and manage the reported information without text mining, which aims to automatically distill information, extract facts, discover implicit links … Continue reading →

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think about the images you’ll use in your presentations

Posted on May 10, 2008 by Marie Kennedy

many of my colleagues are getting ready for the upcoming conference of medical librarians, preparing their posters for display and powerpoint files for paper presentations. many of them will use charts to visually display their ideas, with the hope that … Continue reading →

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found in mentalfloss store

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Marie Kennedy

med school in a box

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i’m an omnivore without a dilemma

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Marie Kennedy

the pew internet & american life project quiz says i’m an omnivore. i believe the report. take the quiz yourself to see how you fit into the techno-world. brief description of an omnivore: Omnivores embrace all this connectivity, feeling confident … Continue reading →

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ala’s e-government services wiki

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Marie Kennedy

this is mainly a note to myself to explore later, but i don’t want to be greedy.  you may also like to have a look at the american library association’s e-government services wiki.

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