Q: want to know the nitty gritty history of your new committee/group?

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

A: review their web presence, realize it is outdated and not currently organized, and spearhead the revision of said web presence.

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A2: slowly realize the amount of work you’ve agreed to coordinate. sigh, get started.

A3: affirm that the members of your committee/group are fantastic and quite helpful during the crowd-sourced revision process.

A4: celebrate that you are really, truly now part of the committee/group.

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P.S. The NISO SUSHI work room will soon look different than it does now. 🙂

hand shake

(sweet image found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/78855484@N03/7223384344/)

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boy, do i ever love expandable folders

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

look at these awesome folder-pocket-file thingies. there’s so much potential space in them! and they keep my articles-to-read that i lug from one place to another tidy, in order, uncrumpled.

expandable pocket

i do only have two new ones at the moment. perhaps i need more. does the office supply store staples have gift certificates? if so, my birthday is in july.

expandable

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monkey racing on Venice Beach

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

HiddenLA posted this photo on their facebook page. Naturally, I had to share it with you!

monkey racing on Venice Beach

 

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$5 off our new book

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

 

coupon for $5 off our book

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What usage statistics can’t tell us

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

comic strip about usage statistics

Because sometimes usage statistics of e-content brings about more questions than they answer.

http://stripgenerator.com/strip/737211/what-usage-statistics-cant-tell-us

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journal article layout is worth a million

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

MONKEY-dollar-bill

I don’t know if it’s because I’ve just been through the book publishing process and am extra sensitive to page design, but I think the layout of my new article at Collaborative Librarianship is really nice. Take a look? Shout out to @jokrausdu for taking such good care of my latest endeavor. I slipped him one of these monkey bucks for his effort.

http://collaborativelibrarianship.org/index.php/jocl/article/view/204
Collaborative Marketing for Electronic Resources: A Project Report and Discussion of Implications
Collaborative Librarianship, Vol 5, No 1 (2013)
Abstract: This article reports on the design and findings of a project concerning the feasibility of a collaborative model to benchmark the marketing of electronic resources in institutions of higher education. This inter-national project gathered 100 libraries to move in lockstep through the process of a typical marketing cycle that included running a brief marketing campaign and reporting findings to each other. The findings show good reasons and strong support for this kind of model.

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