- Marie Kennedy is the Serials & Electronic Resources Librarian at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. This blog is about organization, librarianship, and sometimes monkeys and/or bananas.
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mentoring
i’ll soon be attending my first medical library conference (medical library association) and was assigned a conference mentor, one who has been to an mla conference before and is willing to guide a newbie. i have been to conferences before … Continue reading
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increase the n
oh boy, i have just the thing to perk you up this friday. here’s a snippet of lyrics from the song by hefe, “increase the ‘n’”: there’s a trend but the error is big increase the N the rat’s no … Continue reading
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“open data” = “data, laying around somewhere”?
i’m still processing the position paper on “open data,” but so far i’m having a difficult time with the practicality of the concept. the argument falls flat for me because it calls for no restrictions on (certain) scientific data at … Continue reading
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my first amendment to publication agreement
i got a chapter accepted for publication (yay!) and am preparing the packet of materials to send to the editors, including the publication agreement. i will be attaching the amendment to the publication agreement that i made. a particularly disagreeable … Continue reading
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david lynch, weather man?
every morning between 9 and 10 david lynch phones in to the indie radio station here in l.a., 103.1, and gives a weather report. it usually goes something like this: “today is april 12. it’s a thursday. where i am … Continue reading
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