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organizing pdfs in itunes

i have trouble sometimes figuring out which is the final version of a manuscript that i’ve submitted.  usually by the time i get to the final version i am so tired of looking at the manuscript that i drag it … Continue reading

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did you know you can buy journal articles on Amazon?

i was doing a quick keyword search for “electronic resource management” on amazon today, to see how many books are available on that topic. i was surprised to see mixed in with the books a link to an article i … Continue reading

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which is the marked category: print or electronic?

stimulating post today on SERIALST, an email forum devoted to serial publications. the author posed the question if we should distinguish in catalog records which publications are in print format because patrons now expect that a serial is chiefly published … Continue reading

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volunteering pays

to follow up on the blog post about becoming a manuscript reviewer for a journal i asked a couple of colleagues how they got to be reviewers: they volunteered!  granted, the people i asked are smartypants and have had their … Continue reading

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