- 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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happy monkey day!
check out this comics page, with pieces done in celebration of monkey day. the official monkey day page
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baby’s first dossier review
i’ve been a librarian for almost two years now, and today is the first review of my continuing appointment (a.k.a. tenure) packet. this review is really just a informal procedural step during which a committee of my colleagues at the … Continue reading
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an “interesting” challenge
i’ve noticed that the word interesting is beginning to increasingly creep into the conversations i have with my friends. “that article on metadata is interesting,” or “her new hairstyle is interesting.” when i hear someone else say it i usually … Continue reading
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checking access to electronic resources
one of the difficulties in managing electronic resources is that we never see them. because we never see them we don’t know when there are access problems like a broken link, a missing issue, or a change in holdings. to … Continue reading
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my new article is available online
… and it is a featured article in this month’s Informed Librarian Online. joy! one of the ways i stay current with the literature is by reading ILO, so i’m pleased to be noticed by them. citation info: KENNEDY, MR. … Continue reading
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