- 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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future addition to my bio: book author
i met my co-author, cheryl laguardia, at the recent library assessment conference, in attendance at the presentation in which i depressed the whole room with my analysis (the short story: libraries don’t do a good job assessing their marketing techniques for … Continue reading
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print-to-electronic journal conversion project is nearing completion
like most libraries, we have been moving to the electronic format for journal content, rather than retaining subscriptions in print. our library now has a policy for preferring the electronic format, with exceptions. we used duke libraries’ and cornell university … Continue reading
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Collaborative Marketing for Electronic Resources
At the recent conference of the Association of College & Research Libraries (Philadelphia, PA) I used my poster presentation to propose a national, collaborative project with college and university libraries all over the United States to test a model for … Continue reading
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the panic, it sets in
i’m sitting here at my desk popping wasabi peas and trying to talk myself off the ledge. here’s the thing. as the serials & electronic resources librarian it’s up to me to tell my university which print journals they can … Continue reading
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QuickCite app
screen captures of the new iphone app, QuickCite, and a summary of results. Citation samples: The app worked quickly but the citations it sent me (regardless of style, regardless of book) were missing the location, a key piece for each … Continue reading
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oddest thing i’ve seen in a license agreement
when i negotiate a license agreement it is usually to make sure that the publisher’s definition of “authorized user” matches ours, suggest changes to any wording that our university can’t agree to, etc. generally i make sure that any language … Continue reading
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