Category Archives: writing

how do you become a reviewer for a journal?

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Marie Kennedy

somebody asked me recently how one gets to be a reviewer for a library-related journal. here’s how you can do it: to be a reviewer you have to have a publishing track record. what topics in librarianship do you care … Continue reading →

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truthiness in images

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Marie Kennedy

the chronicle of higher education has an intriguing post in yesterday’s edition, about fraudulent images used in scientific publications. the images discussed in the article were altered in a way that made it look like the results of the research … Continue reading →

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I heart Google Docs

Posted on April 11, 2008 by Marie Kennedy

Gosh, I use Google Docs a lot these days.  I’m sharing several spreadsheets with medical students and library school interns that are working on a metadata project with me, I recently worked on an outline of a presentation with a … Continue reading →

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The new chapter’s here!

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Marie Kennedy

I received my author’s copy of the book with my chapter in it but have waited to celebrate its publication with you until I had made it available via my institution’s repository. Let the celebrations begin! http://hdl.handle.net/10011/439 Kennedy, Marie R. … Continue reading →

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pre-internet blogging

Posted on March 8, 2008 by Marie Kennedy

i sort of half-laughed at today’s non-sequitur comic.  it’s odd to think of someone standing on the front stoop of his house, reading his writings aloud through a megaphone.(*)  blogging, or writing down what’s important to you in a public … Continue reading →

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my new article is available online

Posted on December 1, 2007 by Marie Kennedy

… and it is a featured article in this month’s Informed Librarian Online. joy! one of the ways i stay current with the literature is by reading ILO, so i’m pleased to be noticed by them. citation info: KENNEDY, MR. … Continue reading →

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