Posted in Cataloging, Humor, tagged movies on Monday, January 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The trailer for AACR2: The Movie is up!
[video ca. 2.5 min]
- Let me ask you something: You ever meet anyone you didn’t catalog?
- I haven’t cataloged you yet.
Fantastic!
Via The Cataloguing Librarian.
Posted in Cataloging, Museums, Tech on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Heidi Hoerman has put up a wonderful site of old library technology:
“Within these pages can be seen the transition and differences from one method or tool to the next. This virtual museum is for the new generation of librarians who may not be familiar with the tools and methods used before technology and the digitization [...]
Posted in Cataloging, Future, Tech, tagged LC draft on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 | No Comments »
I was looking forward to the LC Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control presenting their draft report. Unfortunately, it’s not available yet:
November 14, 2007
Due to unprecedented demand for the live Webcast of the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control, some of you were unable to view the broadcast in its [...]
Posted in Cataloging, Humor, Libraries, Technical services on Sunday, July 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I found this hilarious opus via the lower east side librarian:
Great Moments in the History of Technical Services
Posted in Academic, Career, Cataloging, Reference, Studies on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 | No Comments »
This morning I had an interview for an internship with the Assistant Director of the Bank Street College of Education Library. We chatted, and she showed me around. The library is not big, but meticulously taken care of. There’s an especially impressive collection of children’s material in a variety of formats. The staff is friendly, [...]
Posted in Career, Cataloging, Scary, Studies on Friday, July 13, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been searching for an internship site for my Seminar & Practicum class this fall. Today I made an appointment to interview next week at a college library near where I live. They mostly have programs in education, which doesn’t quite match my background. Otherwise their library services seem thorough, thoughtful, and extensive. I’m very [...]
Posted in Career, Cataloging, Conferences, Studies on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 | No Comments »
After taking an excellent cataloging class this spring, I’m uncertain where I’ll want to take my career. I’m wavering between reference (previous favorite) and technical services (new love). I should find an internship for the fall semester soon. This uncertainty is making is doubly hard. The choice shouldn’t really be this difficult; after all, librarianship [...]
Posted in Cataloging, Studies on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 | No Comments »
A semi-random search lead me to Karen G. Schneider’s entry (via The Goblin in the Library) in the ALA Tech Source blog: Dear Library of Congress…
Had I seen this when I was writing about my paper on the future of cataloging this spring, it might have looked very different. (Ambiguity intended.) It’s still [...]
Posted in Cataloging, Studies on Friday, February 16, 2007 | No Comments »
I may have found My Thing. The Thing I Am Good At.
Cataloging.
One of my classes this semester is Knowledge Organization, i.e. cataloging. Before the class, my typical contact to catalog records has been as a user. From February 2006, I’ve been a volunteer at the Halldór Laxness Library at Scandinavia House (SH). At SH, I [...]
