Category Archives: management

organizing the mail

Posted on July 26, 2007 by Marie Kennedy

my boss has been away from the office for a few weeks and has amassed a pile of mail.  i thought it would be nice for her if she returned and found it organized, making it quicker for her to … Continue reading →

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authority and ego in social tagging

Posted on July 9, 2007 by Marie Kennedy

it seems that i keep bumping into a polarizing topic of conversation; the issue of uncontrolled social tagging in environments that were previously controlled. in the past month i’ve been following a conversation thread on an email forum about social … Continue reading →

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is our cd/dvd collection worth all this? a cost-per-use analysis of accompanying materials

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Marie Kennedy

i presented some research results during a poster session at the recent medical library association conference in philadelphia. mla has linked to a pdf of the poster: http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2007/e-present/20070520_03_kennedy.pdf poster title: is our cd/dvd collection worth all this? a cost-per-use analysis … Continue reading →

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if you use pubmed, check out this new article organizational program

Posted on April 1, 2007 by Marie Kennedy

i just downloaded the preview version of “papers” on my mac at home. wow, what a cool program. it opens like itunes, organizes like itunes, but instead of organizing music it organizes articles you retrieve from pubmed. you can read … Continue reading →

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electronic resource workflows

Posted on February 23, 2007 by Marie Kennedy

today i was reading an article about how one library manages their electronic resources, from a technical services perspective. it had a nice workflow chart, which i studied intently. here it is (click to biggify): as i scrolled to the … Continue reading →

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technology core competencies

Posted on December 11, 2006 by Marie Kennedy

at the internet librarian conference this year in monterey i heard sarah houghton-jan’s (a.k.a. the librarianinblack) presentation on cultivating technologically savvy staff. as a person organizer (i.e., boss) with quite savvy staff already, i listened eagerly to see what tidbits … Continue reading →

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