- 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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it’s monkey day. to celebrate, why don’t you take my survey?
we here at orgmonkey.net celebrate monkey day (december 14) religiously (see 2009, 2008, 2007), usually by organizing something or suggesting that others do so. this year, why don’t you consider celebrating by contributing your response to a survey i’ve constructed? … Continue reading
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ACRL proficiencies for instruction libraries [spoiler: you don’t need to know how to do research]
i just finished reading theresa westbrock and sara fabian’s article in the latest college & research libraries and am sad. in their article titled “proficiencies for instruction librarians: is there still a disconnect between professional education and professional responsibilities?” they … Continue reading
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11 gaps identified in communication between research and practice in librarianship
Of the 11 gaps that the authors identified in communication between research and practice in librarianship, I feel the Publication Gap most acutely. Very often the first thing I do when I want to answer a question in my field … Continue reading
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…and this is how a half hour of the life of an e-resources librarian can slip away
http://0-sq4ya5rf2q.search.serialssolutions.com.linus.lmu.edu/?&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.atitle=Review%3A%20Analysis%20of%20the%20evolutionary%20convergence%20for%20high%20performance%20swimming%20in%20lamnid%20sharks%20and%20tunas&rft.auinit=D&rft.aulast=Bernal&rft.date=2001&rft.epage=726&rft.genre=article&rft.issn=1095-6433&rft.issue=2-3&rft.spage=695&rft.title=Comparative%20Biochemistry%20and%20Physiology%20Part%20A%20Molecular%20and%20Integrative%20Physiology&rft.volume=129A&rfr_id=info:sid/www.isinet.com:WoK:BIOABS&rft.au=Dickson%2C%20K&rft.au=Shadwick%2C%20R&rft.au=Graham%2C%20J there’s an extra “a” in this url that is causing it to not resolve, thus leaving our patron with an error instead of full text. the extra “a” is after the volume; there isn’t a volume 129A, only a … Continue reading
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counting the troubleshooting of e-resources
we’ve lately felt as if we’re spending more time troubleshooting our library’s licensed e-resources. saying “i feel like i’m spending a lot of time on this” doesn’t really cut it when it comes time to staff a task appropriately so … Continue reading
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