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if only i’d seen this email solicitation before i spent all that time on my master’s degree …

Posted on March 4, 2007 by Marie Kennedy

University Deg-ree OBTAIN A PROSPEROUS FUTURE, MONEY-EARNING POWER, AND THE PRESTIGE THAT COMES WITH HAVING THE CAREER POSITION YOUÅ‡VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF. DIPLOMA FROM PRESTIGIOUS NON-ACREDITED UNVERSITIES BASED ON YOUR PRESENT KNOWLEDGE AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE. If you qualify, no required … 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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RefShare my references on electronic resource management systems

Posted on February 21, 2007 by Marie Kennedy

One of the dreadful things when beginning a literature review is dumping your citations into your reference manager. If your topic happens to be electronic resource management systems, however, your life just got a lot easier. I’ve compiled the resources … Continue reading →

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my new t-shirt

Posted on February 16, 2007 by Marie Kennedy

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

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metadata â— \met-uh-DAY-tuh\ â— noun

Posted on February 6, 2007 by Marie Kennedy

from http://www.m-w.com The Word of the Day for February 06, 2007 is: metadata â€¢ \met-uh-DAY-tuh\ â€¢ noun : data that provides information about other data Example Sentence: The word processing program also tracks and saves metadata such as the author … Continue reading →

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a year in librarianship

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Marie Kennedy

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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