- 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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two-team approach to selecting and implementing an ERMS
In November 2009 I put together a team to evaluate our existing electronic resource management system (ERMS) to determine if it was satisfactory or if we needed to pursue another commercial option. The first part of the process was completed … Continue reading
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shelf label for periodicals
when we moved to the new library we got new periodical shelving that displays the current issue, with previous issues out of sight, under the tilt-able shelf. a patron suggested we make labels to put behind the current issue of … Continue reading
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A qualitative study of the impact of electronic journals on scholarly information behavior
Ollé, C., & Borrego, Á., A qualitative study of the impact of electronic journals on scholarly information behavior, Library & Information Science Research (2010), doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2010.02.002 About three quarters of the survey respondents stated that they consult more journals and read … Continue reading
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we’ve purchased an erms
i’ve followed the development of electronic resource management systems (erms) since they first began to be developed. early on it was easy to see how they *should* be designed. in 2004 i wrote an article in which i identified how … Continue reading
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do case studies have a place in peer-reviewed journals?
this question bubbles up in my mind weekly as i peruse tables of contents of info sci/lib sci journals. these kind of “how we did it good at my library” articles describe a problem identified at one library, recount what … Continue reading