Author Archives: Marie Kennedy

About Marie Kennedy

Putting everything into neat piles.

retaining my rights as an author: amendment to publication agreement

I took some of the language and organization from MIT’s author amendment and UIUC’s draft amendment, stripped out the institution-specific jargon, and created my own Author’s Amendment to Publication Agreement. Feel free to use it for yourself. Leave a comment … Continue reading

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my new t-shirt

thanks to my friend cathy, i am the proud owner of this t-shirt!

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the peer review process as collaboration

a few weeks ago i got the reviews on an article i had submitted for publication.  long story short, the decision was to revise and resubmit.  i knuckled down and read through the reviewers’ and editor’s suggestions, to figure out … Continue reading

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a year in librarianship

today marks a year that i’ve been a librarian. here are a few things that have surprised me during the year: some of my colleagues are more word-nerdy than i writing collaboratively has given me a new perspective on the … Continue reading

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