- 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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the use of our non-current print journal collection is waning: proof provided
Retrieval requests of non-current journal articles from storage Over the last six fiscal years requests for non-current journal articles retrieved from storage has dropped significantly. The decline is most dramatic in the number of requests LMU patrons made: from 470 … Continue reading
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words in library conference presentation titles that ensure i won’t be in the audience:
wrangling herding cats woes 2.0 adventures what words make you twitchy? add them in a comment below
perpetual access
Posted in comic, e-resource mgmt, library, license agreements
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Off-campus test from on campus or: How to be in two places at once
When I troubleshoot patron reports of problems accessing electronic resources they will often be off campus, attempting to connect through our proxy server. When I troubleshoot I am often on campus, within the university IP range. One of my first … Continue reading
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workflow analysis as an extended reference interview
my library has a wiki where library staff can report problems with databases or other technical issues; it’s my job to respond to and resolve the problems. i’d seen enough wiki entries that went something like this: “patron called to … Continue reading
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