- 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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getting there from here
if you’ve ever moved a household with a professional moving company you’ve been swept into a very specific organizational scheme. it’s the job of the professional mover to keep track of your inventory as well as relocating objects from your … Continue reading →
Data.gov launches
The purpose of Data.gov is “to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.” Point 7 of the Data Policy is laudable: Public Participation In support of the Transparency and … Continue reading →
serial cancellation worksheet
when a serial title is cancelled it affects multiple departments in our library: collection development; acquisitions; cataloging; and electronic resources. in order to make sure each department gets the information it needs to perform a task related to a serial … Continue reading →
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itunes card catalog
Project from Tim Schwartz, Card Catalog snip from the description of the project on his Web site: A card catalog designed to hold all of the songs on my iPod, 7,390 songs. Each song is cataloged on a single card. … Continue reading →
the disconnect between library data and advocacy
Libraries spend a lot of time gathering data to report back to parent institutions and membership organizations. Where does all that data end up and how do you get your hands on it? If you’re a member of the Association … Continue reading →
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Steven Johnson on organizing his writing
i always like to learn how people actually do their jobs, so it is a real treat to read how an author i admire organizes his writing process. check out steven johnson’s blog post in which he describes his process … Continue reading →