- 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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russian nesting bags
it seems that there are two ways to store your plastic grocery bags: all jammed inside a bin or the russian nesting bag way (one bag inside another, inside another, ad infinitum). i prefer the every-bag-for-itself way because when i … Continue reading
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retaining your rights to self archive, made easy
do you know how wickedly easy it is to retain your rights as an author, in order to self archive articles you have submitted for publication? i set special time aside today in order to buckle down and figure it … Continue reading
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this is how i get into trouble
i was surfing around on the ‘net and came across a website on how to make an “amazing circle” with an image in photoshop. so, of course, i had to stop my surfing and make one. and then i had … Continue reading
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use, utilize
here’s how i like to think about the words “use” and “utilize.” may this be helpful to you if you’re having a difficult time in choosing which to write or say. use means that an item is employed for the … Continue reading
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he who parks too close
it took the parking lot attendants about 20 minutes of jiggling the steering wheel back and forth to inch my red car away from the gold car enough so that i could drive home from campus. we’re not sure how … Continue reading
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Monterey Aquarium video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvgcC-FJ62Y just opened an account at youtube. totally free, totally easy. when you upload a video you’re required to add metadata tags so it gets filed with similar videos (i heart social tagging!). i added the tags “jellyfish” and “aquarium” … Continue reading