- 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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resource name != title
oh, electronic resource management system silliness. we just bought the module from innovative to assist in the management of the library’s e-resources. we’re in the thick of dealing with the oddities of a new system. our current topic of consternation: … Continue reading
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“doing your job in an uncompromised way”
james murphy of lcd soundsystem articulated something about how he has chosen to do his job in a way that really hit home with me. during a fresh air (read / listen) discussion with terry gross he talked about what … Continue reading
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librarians as professional organizers
if you’re on twitter you may know that there is a feature called “lists.” putting people you follow into a list makes sense if you follow different kinds of people and want to be able to separate their tweets. maybe … Continue reading
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thesaurus
so much pun.com is one of my favorite sites right now! i blame bugs bunny for the kind of humor i enjoy.
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Using a prioritized list of features in the selection of an ERMS
Before we even began to look at the available commercial electronic resource management systems, our Team 1: Evaluation identified a list of features that we wanted our ERMS to have. We composed our list and then added to it using … Continue reading
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two-team approach to selecting and implementing an ERMS
In November 2009 I put together a team to evaluate our existing electronic resource management system (ERMS) to determine if it was satisfactory or if we needed to pursue another commercial option. The first part of the process was completed … Continue reading
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