Author Archives: Marie Kennedy

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Putting everything into neat piles.

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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shelf label for periodicals

when we moved to the new library we got new periodical shelving that displays the current issue, with previous issues out of sight, under the tilt-able shelf. a patron suggested we make labels to put behind the current issue of … Continue reading

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It is vital

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A qualitative study of the impact of electronic journals on scholarly information behavior

Ollé, C., & Borrego, Á., A qualitative study of the impact of electronic journals on scholarly information behavior, Library & Information Science Research (2010), doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2010.02.002 About three quarters of the survey respondents stated that they consult more journals and read … Continue reading

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we’ve purchased an erms

i’ve followed the development of electronic resource management systems (erms) since they first began to be developed. early on it was easy to see how they *should* be designed. in 2004 i wrote an article in which i identified how … Continue reading

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