- 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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qualitative AND quantitative
I recently attended the Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries conference in Rome, Italy, and had a blast. What a treat to see librarians and library researchers from across the globe present the results of their mixed methods research. It … Continue reading
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Amazon author page
Our new book is being sold through Amazon and other booksellers, in addition via the publisher, Neal-Schuman. I created an author page at Amazon, which you’ll see when you land on the web page for our book (author info is … Continue reading
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first book review
Here’s a snippet from the first review of our new book, Marketing Your Library’s Electronic Resources: A how-to-do-it manual, via Michelle Dalton at www.libfocus.com/2013/05/marketing-your-librarys-electronic.html: For those completely new to the area however, this is certainly a book that will serve … Continue reading
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Announcing a photo contest where you win stuff: “You with our book”
Because it’s summer! Because contests are fun! Because making photographs is a blast! You have several options for how to submit your photo for consideration: Take a picture of yourself with our book, Marketing Your Library’s Electronic Resources: A How-To-Do-It … Continue reading
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slow, quick, quick
Classes are over for this academic semester, grades are in, and now it’s time to … WORK FAST. During the semester we try to keep our e-resources as stable as possible, so that students have the same experience every time … Continue reading
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Q: want to know the nitty gritty history of your new committee/group?
A: review their web presence, realize it is outdated and not currently organized, and spearhead the revision of said web presence. *** A2: slowly realize the amount of work you’ve agreed to coordinate. sigh, get started. A3: affirm that the … Continue reading
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