Category Archives: library

e-resources usage stats dashboard update

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

In July I told you about a project that my colleague and I were working on here, to develop a statistics dashboard for electronic resources usage. Our project has progressed to the point at which we are beginning the construction … Continue reading →

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the periodical stacks at LMU are haunted

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

Yesterday in our library we had a literary trick or treat (https://www.facebook.com/events/188173741368699/?ref=22). As the serials librarian I have to strongly object to having clowns in the periodicals section. I may have to have a smudging ceremony to rid the section … Continue reading →

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If you want to go far, go together.

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. – African proverb A few years ago I approached the dean of our library (Kristine Brancolini) with an idea to develop an institute for … Continue reading →

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Advocacy: the joke’s on me

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

My first full-time position in a library was as the commercial binding prep person. It was a time-limited, para-professional position, filling in for someone who was on maternity leave. I fell in love with the preservation department SO HARD, which … Continue reading →

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how we checked e-journal title lists in 2003

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

I found this as I was going through our historical license agreement files. Not much has changed in ten years!

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qualitative AND quantitative

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

I recently attended the Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries conference in Rome, Italy, and had a blast. What a treat to see librarians and library researchers from across the globe present the results of their mixed methods research. It … Continue reading →

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