Category Archives: writing

infinite monkey theorem

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Marie Kennedy

“If there are as many monkeys as there are particles in the observable universe (1080), and each types 1,000 keystrokes per second for 100 times the life of the universe (1020 seconds), the probability of the monkeys replicating even a … Continue reading →

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Time to think

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Marie Kennedy

i’m working on chapter 6 of our book and have decided to include a section called “time to think.” the end of a marketing cycle is assessment, and that step feeds right back into the next cycle’s first step, project description. … Continue reading →

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future addition to my bio: book author

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Marie Kennedy

i met my co-author, cheryl laguardia, at the recent library assessment conference, in attendance at the presentation in which i depressed the whole room with my analysis (the short story: libraries don’t do a good job assessing their marketing techniques for … Continue reading →

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LOOK AT THIS FIGURE. look at it.

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Marie Kennedy

just got the article reprints for my latest article (http://orgmonkey.net/?p=1234) and as i was flipping through i fell in love all over again with the figures i made to illustrate the frequencies of specific marketing techniques used in libraries. i … Continue reading →

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What Are We Really Doing to Market Electronic Resources?

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Marie Kennedy

my latest article has been published! it is available via library management (for a nice, typeset PDF) or via my institution’s repository (for a less nice, word-processed PDF). Marie R. Kennedy. 2011. “What Are We Really Doing to Market Electronic … Continue reading →

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the pointy tip of a pencil

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Marie Kennedy

i prefer old fashioned pencils. i like the feel of the wood and the weight of the pencil, which is lost with the mechanical versions. for general office use i prefer the 2b grade, which is a plain old, standard … Continue reading →

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