Author Archives: Marie Kennedy

About Marie Kennedy

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Interview with the authors — that’s me!

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Marie Kennedy

ALA Publishing has a real nice (and short) written interview up with me and Cheryl on their website, about our book Marketing Your Library’s Electronic Resources: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians, at http://www.alaeditions.org/blog/297/interview-marie-r-kennedy-and-cheryl-laguardia-effectively-promoting-electronic-resources. Here’s a little snippet from the interview: … Continue reading →

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FM3 Monkey Mind

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Marie Kennedy

I posted previously about the sounds I like to listen to when I’m writing. Based on your recommendations I added quite a bit to add to the rotation. I am smitten with Moby’s Long Ambients (http://moby.com/la1/) – thanks for the … Continue reading →

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*silent fist pump*

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Marie Kennedy

I think a lot about the accessibility of our library’s licensed e-resources. Sure, if there’s not already a clause in a license agreement about compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, we request that it be added. But what does … Continue reading →

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If platform upgrade email alerts were truthful

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Marie Kennedy

*E-resources librarians around the world nod in agreement* This one’s for you, folks! http://stripgenerator.com/strip/1090289/if-platform-upgrade-emails-were-truthful/ More monkey comics at http://orgmonkey.stripgenerator.com.

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Research networks and churn

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Marie Kennedy

An exciting new article I read today aligns with some thoughts I’ve had about the development of academic research networks. The article (cited below) looks carefully at the addition and loss of people in individual research networks, a process called … Continue reading →

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Beneficence in research

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Marie Kennedy

I’ve joined our university’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) as an alternate member and received a copy of a member handbook to read to prepare myself. (1) I enjoyed reading through the handbook to get a refresher on the history of an … Continue reading →

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