- 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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What Are We Really Doing to Market Electronic Resources?
my latest article has been published! it is available via library management (for a nice, typeset PDF) or via my institution’s repository (for a less nice, word-processed PDF). Marie R. Kennedy. 2011. “What Are We Really Doing to Market Electronic … Continue reading
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ACRL proficiencies for instruction libraries [spoiler: you don’t need to know how to do research]
i just finished reading theresa westbrock and sara fabian’s article in the latest college & research libraries and am sad. in their article titled “proficiencies for instruction librarians: is there still a disconnect between professional education and professional responsibilities?” they … Continue reading
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11 gaps identified in communication between research and practice in librarianship
Of the 11 gaps that the authors identified in communication between research and practice in librarianship, I feel the Publication Gap most acutely. Very often the first thing I do when I want to answer a question in my field … Continue reading
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resonate
Research is not a process that is the responsibility of others; research is a way of knowing, a way of making better practical decisions that is the responsibility of each of us. Swisher, R. (1986). Focus on research. Top of … Continue reading
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a thorough article on how to review a manuscript
Rosenfeld, R. M. (2010). How to review journal manuscripts. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg., 142(4), 472-486. http://www.editorialmanager.com/otohns/accounts/Howtoreview.pdf In answering the question of how much time to devote to performing a review, on p.473 he notes that, “Reviewers should not, however, devote … Continue reading
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Disappearing Jobs: Staffing Implications for Print Serials Management
Sarah Glasser, Disappearing Jobs: Staffing Implications for Print Serials Management, Serials Review, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 15 September 2010, ISSN 0098-7913, DOI: 10.1016/j.serrev.2010.06.002. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6W63-511BPHK-1/2/c4931d6dd7aa4fb4e6908c0abbab9ae6) I find the most compelling piece of this article to be the emphasis in … Continue reading
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