- Marie Kennedy is the Serials & Electronic Resources Librarian at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. This blog is about organization, librarianship, and sometimes monkeys and/or bananas.
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what great managers know
Resonating with me today is an excerpt from the book, First, break all the rules: People don’t change that much. Don’t waste time trying to put in what was left out. Try to draw out what was left in. That … Continue reading
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Library directors meeting
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Cycling Through: Paths Libraries Take to Marketing Electronic Resources
The slides from my presentation at the Library Assessment Conference, Baltimore MD, 27 October 2010. Direct link: http://www.slideshare.net/orgmonkey/cycling-through-paths-libraries-take-to-marketing-electronic-resources
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the use of our non-current print journal collection is waning: proof provided
Retrieval requests of non-current journal articles from storage Over the last six fiscal years requests for non-current journal articles retrieved from storage has dropped significantly. The decline is most dramatic in the number of requests LMU patrons made: from 470 … Continue reading
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Off-campus test from on campus or: How to be in two places at once
When I troubleshoot patron reports of problems accessing electronic resources they will often be off campus, attempting to connect through our proxy server. When I troubleshoot I am often on campus, within the university IP range. One of my first … Continue reading
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pursuing the bright spots
here’s a thought for us to nibble on: To pursue bright spots is to ask the question “What’s working, and how can we do more of it?” Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Yet, in the real world, this obvious question is … Continue reading
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