Monthly Archives: February 2007

electronic resource workflows

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

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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retaining my rights as an author: amendment to publication agreement

I took some of the language and organization from MIT’s author amendment and UIUC’s draft amendment, stripped out the institution-specific jargon, and created my own Author’s Amendment to Publication Agreement. Feel free to use it for yourself. Leave a comment … Continue reading

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my new t-shirt

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

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the peer review process as collaboration

a few weeks ago i got the reviews on an article i had submitted for publication.  long story short, the decision was to revise and resubmit.  i knuckled down and read through the reviewers’ and editor’s suggestions, to figure out … Continue reading

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