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fun thing: SCELC Research Day

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

Every year our regional licensing consortium, SCELC, hosts a colloquium and a vendor day. This year the Dean of the Library and I coordinated with them to add a new themed event: Research Day. Tomorrow is the inaugural event and … Continue reading →

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update: a place to put your (perpetual access) stuff

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

In 2010 we were wrestling with how to manage the inventory of our perpetual access holdings to e-journals, specifically, where to put that stuff into our ILS (http://orgmonkey.net/?p=1115). We decided on a process and are working on putting it into … Continue reading →

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sharp, pointy

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

i sharpened a bunch of pencils today because i like a crisp point. i have blogged about my pencil sharpening method before: http://orgmonkey.net/?p=1079. i was surprised to hear from others just how much they appreciate a sharp pencil point as … Continue reading →

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i’m somebody now!

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

you know that scene in “the jerk” when the new phonebook arrives and navin johnson sees his name in print for the first time? i just had that kind of a moment here in my office when i discovered that … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Lunch & Learn, at ALA MW

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

Ooh, lookit! I just got this alert in my e-mail and I’m excited to share with you that I’m presenting a Springer Lunch & Learn session at the upcoming ALA Midwinter conference, in Seattle, WA. I’ll be talking about the … Continue reading →

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Getting older, better

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Marie Kennedy

I was delighted to find out that I have been named one of the 2013 cohort of LMU’s Senior Vice President Fellows Program. It’s designed to let us “explore how leaders in colleges and universities exercise constructive influence to help … Continue reading →

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