- 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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archie mcphee, an organizational nightmare, yet delightful
every once in a while you need to be reminded that your way of doing things isn’t the only way things can be done. take archie mcphee, for example. if that were my store i would reorganize the bins and … Continue reading
Posted in acrl 2009, monkeys/bananas
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social research methods take a front seat at ACRL
It was encouraging to see so many librarians at the ACRL conference using social research methods. As discussed in the sessions I attended, there is real effort to understand the culture in which we work so that we can serve … Continue reading
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poster sessions, a chance to show off your failures?
you know what i’d like to see at a national conference someday? a poster session of failures. each poster in the session would have to demonstrate some aspect of a failure in a library, and what was learned from it. … Continue reading
Dropbox
Dropbox Summary: Online storage tool that synchronize your files across multiple computers. How can a synchronization system be considered an organizational tool? I don’t have to remember where I put my thumb drive, remember to bring home my external hard … Continue reading
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Permitted Uses
the language of JSTOR’s terms and conditions is written with positive language. rather than just telling you all the things you *can’t* do, they swing it so they also tell you all the things you *can* do with the archived … Continue reading
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Today is National Grammar Day
To celebrate National Grammar Day I will be perusing the Web site, http://nationalgrammarday.com/, in order to look at their Top 10 Grammar Tips. It is the morning as I post this, but for those already looking forward to Happy Hour … Continue reading
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