- 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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Using our Journal Evaluation Tool to determine credibility of a journal
It’s been about seven years since we developed a tool (a downloadable rubric and explainer) to help our faculty determine the credibility of a journal. You can download the tool at https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/librarian_pubs/40/ and read about the development of it at … Continue reading
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Complex and Varied: Factors Related to the Research Productivity of Academic Librarians in the United States
The major take-away from our new research is that librarians are motivated to conduct research, yet the factors leading to their success are complex and varied. Kris and I have already conducted two studies (with five years between the first … Continue reading
journal article layout is worth a million
I don’t know if it’s because I’ve just been through the book publishing process and am extra sensitive to page design, but I think the layout of my new article at Collaborative Librarianship is really nice. Take a look? Shout … Continue reading
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StatSoft Electronic Statistics Textbook
The Research Methods and Analytics group on Linkedin mentioned the free online text, StatSoft Electronic Statistics Textbook, as a good introduction to an array of stats topics. Bookmark it, it’s a good resource! There’s also a printed version, if you’re … Continue reading
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