- 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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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
Posted in e-resource mgmt, library, license agreements
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celebratory organization
whenever i finish a big project i like to get down with some celebratory organization afterward. we just finished a grant application to imls (cross your fingers!) and now that we’re done it’s time for hanging and file folders, baby! … Continue reading
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“never met a librarian like that before”
i’ve been training at the information (a.k.a. reference) desk for the past month, in anticipation of staffing it for a couple hours each week. yesterday a young woman and man approached the desk, and i smiled as they walked toward … Continue reading
it’s monkey day. to celebrate, why don’t you take my survey?
we here at orgmonkey.net celebrate monkey day (december 14) religiously (see 2009, 2008, 2007), usually by organizing something or suggesting that others do so. this year, why don’t you consider celebrating by contributing your response to a survey i’ve constructed? … Continue reading
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Library directors meeting
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…and this is how a half hour of the life of an e-resources librarian can slip away
http://0-sq4ya5rf2q.search.serialssolutions.com.linus.lmu.edu/?&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.atitle=Review%3A%20Analysis%20of%20the%20evolutionary%20convergence%20for%20high%20performance%20swimming%20in%20lamnid%20sharks%20and%20tunas&rft.auinit=D&rft.aulast=Bernal&rft.date=2001&rft.epage=726&rft.genre=article&rft.issn=1095-6433&rft.issue=2-3&rft.spage=695&rft.title=Comparative%20Biochemistry%20and%20Physiology%20Part%20A%20Molecular%20and%20Integrative%20Physiology&rft.volume=129A&rfr_id=info:sid/www.isinet.com:WoK:BIOABS&rft.au=Dickson%2C%20K&rft.au=Shadwick%2C%20R&rft.au=Graham%2C%20J there’s an extra “a” in this url that is causing it to not resolve, thus leaving our patron with an error instead of full text. the extra “a” is after the volume; there isn’t a volume 129A, only a … Continue reading
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