- 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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A new “Scholarship that cites my work” section of my annual review
I usually start drafting my annual performance review report in the spring, in anticipation of finishing it before the start of the next fiscal year (June 1 start). Now that I have attained Librarian status, which is the highest promotion … Continue reading
A brief summary of our recent work: An Exploratory Study of Accomplished Librarian-Researchers
In our latest study we explore potential factors that may contribute to a librarian becoming a highly productive researcher. Our study is the first to explore the factors from the perspective of the profession’s most accomplished librarian-researchers. Librarians at the … Continue reading
Writing and its calming effect
Since we’ve been working from home due to the COVID-19 crisis I have been having difficulty focusing on things that require long periods of attention. I’ve been good at working through tasks in short, fast bursts, responding in emergency mode. … Continue reading
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Ugh, this codebook is a mess
Why do I leave codebook documentation until after the survey is launched? If I had created the codebook while I was still scripting the survey I would have noticed that I coded all the research support responses of “not offered” … Continue reading
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FM3 Monkey Mind
I posted previously about the sounds I like to listen to when I’m writing. Based on your recommendations I added quite a bit to add to the rotation. I am smitten with Moby’s Long Ambients (http://moby.com/la1/) – thanks for the … Continue reading
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