Author Archives: Marie Kennedy

About Marie Kennedy

Putting everything into neat piles.

one item counted two different ways

we had a meeting today in my department to talk about how we’ve each been counting cataloging statistics.  the meeting was spurred by the e-book cell on our spreadsheet, which had been curiously empty for a whole year though we’ve … Continue reading

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2008 arrives!

dear readers, i hope you are not feeling green or purple today, like the monkeys in this image. enjoy your own altered photo at the warholizer.

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photographs as a serial

Five years ago I heard Joel Meyerowitz speak about his photographic project dealing with the destroyed World Trade Center.  When asked what it was like at the site where all of the pieces of the Center were being sorted and … Continue reading

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what my job title means

when i introduce myself professionally, i tell people that i am the head of metadata and content management at our library, which usually draws an, “i’m impressed” facial expression, and then the inevitable question, “what is that?”  have you been … Continue reading

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merry christmas

Christmas ecards by dumpr.net

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morgueFile

despite the squicky name this is a nice site for free image downloads.  the advanced search box is well composed and intuitive. you must register to download images. i did a basic search from their front page for diabetes and … Continue reading

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