- 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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technical services not in the basement?
Technical services departments are usually housed in the ugliest part of any library. Technical services do the behind-the-scenes work of the library and don’t deal with the patrons, so are usually tucked away in the unattractive part of the library … Continue reading
do you have any words of advice?
a library student intern from ucla recently asked me if i had any words of advice for someone young in the profession. i told her that the wisest thing i could advise her to do was to be considerate to … Continue reading
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the new commute
my new job at loyola marymount university (lmu) starts next week and i’ve been practicing my commuting options. the map tells me that the distance between my house and work is 1.9 miles. this is bikeable, runnable and walkable. since … Continue reading
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the good-bye book
When any staff member leaves my library there is always a going-away party and going-away book, two very nice traditions. The book is chosen by the person leaving. It is purchased by administration and then circulated through the library so … Continue reading
goodbye to the usc trojans, soon to be an lmu lion
at the end of this month i will bid farewell to usc’s norris medical library to take a position at loyola marymount university (lmu) as the von der ahe library‘s serials & electronic resources librarian, a new post for their … Continue reading
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