Category Archives: publishers

exhibits hall opens tonight

Posted on May 17, 2008 by Marie Kennedy

stay tuned tomorrow for updates about exciting products or other developments, as described by the vendors here at the medical library association conference. i thought i should mention, before i started blogging about the things i’ll be seeing in the … Continue reading →

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The new chapter’s here!

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Marie Kennedy

I received my author’s copy of the book with my chapter in it but have waited to celebrate its publication with you until I had made it available via my institution’s repository. Let the celebrations begin! http://hdl.handle.net/10011/439 Kennedy, Marie R. … Continue reading →

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e-journal usage stats are killing me

Posted on February 18, 2008 by Marie Kennedy

2006 was the first year that my library gathered usage statistics, thanks to project counter (counter). counter is a cooperative initiative that provides librarians with usage statistics for the electronic journals to which they subscribe. the list of vendors providing … Continue reading →

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autumn is the season for renewal

Posted on October 2, 2007 by Marie Kennedy

feel that nip in the air?  the mornings are cool, and the sun rises a bit later and sets a bit earlier.  that can only mean one thing: it’s subscription renewal season!  this is the time of year that library … Continue reading →

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Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control

Posted on July 9, 2007 by Marie Kennedy

watching the hearing via the web.  join in:   http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/live.html note: you’ll need realplayer to view beacher wiggins is on right now, talking about vendor-supplied metadata…

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Is Our CD/DVD Collection Worth All This? A Cost-per-use Study of Accompanying Materials

Posted on July 2, 2007 by Marie Kennedy

the corrected proof is up and ready to read at the journal of academic librarianship.  if you don’t subscribe to the journal but would like to read, send me an email. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2007.05.007

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