- 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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skateboard lockers in the library
my library is in on a university campus in southern california. some of our students get around campus on skateboards. the library has day-use lockers tall enough to store them, but most people just lean their skateboards up against the … Continue reading
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thinking (again) about trust and online resources
It seems like this year all content providers have decided to rethink their user interfaces, and since June we’ve managed the migration of five (Five! Count ’em!). Any migration is a pretty serious undertaking for us because I make sure … Continue reading
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e-resource librarian job requirement: social omnipresence
the following scenario has happened enough in the past year for me to know that while i’m at work i have open the following social platforms all day: twitter; facebook; friendfeed. while having coffee this morning i scrolled through my … Continue reading
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our C&RL article is published!
Kennedy, Marie R. and Kristine R. Brancolini. 2012. “Academic Librarian Research: A Survey of Attitudes, Involvement, and Perceived Capabilities.” College & Research Libraries 73(5): 431-448. Abstract: This article reports on the development and results of a recent survey of academic … Continue reading
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collaboration in the office
One usually thinks about technical services jobs in a library as back-of-house, away from people. My job as e-resource librarian is certainly a technical job, but some days I get home from work and realized I’ve talked all day long. … Continue reading
balance through frivolity
much of what i do in my job day-to-day is locked in and focused. i tend to hold a lot of things in my brain at once to solve problems or think through how to do things better. as you … Continue reading
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