Category Archives: publishers

Using our Journal Evaluation Tool to determine credibility of a journal

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Marie Kennedy

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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*silent fist pump*

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Marie Kennedy

I think a lot about the accessibility of our library’s licensed e-resources. Sure, if there’s not already a clause in a license agreement about compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, we request that it be added. But what does … Continue reading →

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Walking the Walk: Starting Up and Cultivating Two Open Access Journals in LIS

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Marie Kennedy

Joe Kraus and I gave a presentation at the recent Electronic Resources & Libraries conference. We had great audience participation and really enjoyed talking to attendees about impetus and workflow issues. Here are our slides from the presentation: Walking the … Continue reading →

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perpetual pipe dream

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Marie Kennedy

let’s say your library subscribes to an e-journal package through a licensing consortium, a package that is licensed to grant perpetual access to the journal issues published during the time you are subscribed — that means you own the content … Continue reading →

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Perpetual access: conversation with a publisher

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Marie Kennedy

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a missed branding opportunity

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Marie Kennedy

when a researcher is in literature review mode, she is downloading tens of documents at a time to read later. the usual organizational scheme at the beginning of a research project -for me at least- is to save all those … Continue reading →

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