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This blog, written by Marie R. Kennedy, is about organization, librarianship, and sometimes monkeys and/or bananas.
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Team 3 (ERM Development Team) completes its work
In November 2009 I put together a team at my library to choose an electronic resource management system. In May 2010 we purchased one, Innovative’s ERM. Over the next two years we developed the system and wrote new workflows. We … Continue reading
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job-related tasks in gantt format, update
Four months ago I shared an abbreviated Gantt chart I made for myself at work, to keep my too-many tasks from getting out of control this year. Sure, I could have decided to try to do less, which would negate … Continue reading
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When the power goes out – Librarian Problems
http://librarianproblems.com/post/30066923254/when-the-power-goes-out i was just introduced to this blog yesterday and laughed myself silly looking at the animated gifs of librarian problems. this one in particular struck me because this is exactly my reaction when our campus internet connection goes down. … Continue reading
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Linked in, again
A few months ago I got an email from Linked in saying that several of their profile accounts had been hacked, and reminded me to go change my password. I thought about my use of their system and decided it … Continue reading
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presentation-ready
Someday I’d like to be so confident when presenting at a national conference that I can do it without a security blanket. Until then, I’ve got a print-out of my PowerPoint (with speaking notes), an e-mailed version, a version stored … Continue reading
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usage statistics and grumpy cat
This is a bar chart of e-journal usage (full-text downloads, using COUNTER JR1 reports) at my university over four years. What the heck happened in the spring of 2012? Everybody became super-users of our e-journal content. It wasn’t just one … Continue reading
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