- 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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spring series of faculty speakers at the Library begins
Last semester was a great start to a new faculty speaker series. We had an average of 22 people in attendance at the three presentations. We’re broadening our scope this semester, including two presenters with creative works to share, and … Continue reading
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a missed branding opportunity
when a researcher is in literature review mode, she is downloading tens of documents at a time to read later. the usual organizational scheme at the beginning of a research project -for me at least- is to save all those … Continue reading
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LOLform
if i were looking for a project to work on and wanted to identify a form or process that may benefit from some revision, this would be it. this is a scan of an interlibrary loan request i put in … Continue reading
it’s over. now we may exhale.
our first semester in the new library is complete. if you need a group study room today, the reservation system has many available for you! all week these have been completely blocked with red, showing that the rooms were reserved … Continue reading
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twitter lists or: i need to diversify my interests
twitter now lets you create lists of the tweeple you follow, which allows you to group together your friends. here’s a better explanation of twitter lists: http://mashable.com/2009/11/02/twitter-lists-guide/ i just checked out the number of lists i’m on and chuckled at … Continue reading
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culs-de-sac and librarianship
when i was 19 i had my palm read and was informed that i have a very short life line. i would die, the palm reader told me, “tragically young.” it’s no wonder, then, why i am the way i … Continue reading