Author Archives: Marie Kennedy

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Putting everything into neat piles.

the periodical stacks at LMU are haunted

Yesterday in our library we had a literary trick or treat (https://www.facebook.com/events/188173741368699/?ref=22). As the serials librarian I have to strongly object to having clowns in the periodicals section. I may have to have a smudging ceremony to rid the section … Continue reading

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Liz Jennings reviews our book!

Lizz Jennings. “Book Review: Marketing Your Library’s Electronic Resources“. July 2013, Ariadne Issue 71. Here’s a snippet from the book review: As an e-resources librarian, I work much more with the resources than the customer, and I was a little … Continue reading

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Nora Lorraine Martin reviews our book!

Nora Lorraine Martin, (2013) “Marketing Your Library’s Electronic Resources: A How-To-Do-It Manual“, Library Management, Vol. 34 Iss: 8/9, pp.720 – 721. Here’s a snippet from the review: In summary, this publication is an extremely useful, practical and evidence-based approach to … Continue reading

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Booklist reviews Marketing Your Library’s Electronic Resources

http://www.booklistonline.com/Marketing-Your-Library-s-Electronic-Resources-A-How-To-Do-It-Manual-for-Librarians-Marie-R-Kennedy/pid=6177685 here’s a snippet from the review: Marketing Your Library’s Electronic Resources, the most recent entry in Neal-Schuman’s A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians series, delivers everything one would expect from a guide written by two highly respected academic electronic-resources librarians. … Continue reading

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If you want to go far, go together.

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. – African proverb A few years ago I approached the dean of our library (Kristine Brancolini) with an idea to develop an institute for … Continue reading

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sudden clarity: definition of “perpetual”

 

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