This past week I heard rumors about pending changes to OCLC’s policy governing use of records contributed to WorldCat. There was every reason to be concerned about these changes even before the details of what they contain were “leaked.” I … Continue reading →
Few people are as good as Eric Lease Morgan at explaining technical things in a way that is easy for just about anyone to understand. Eric has been at this for a long time and has a rich history of … Continue reading →
I was glad to see the Spring 2008 issue of The University of Chicago Library’s newsletter, LIBRA, published this afternoon. This publication’s official audience is University faculty, students, and staff but it always provides an interesting glimpse into the Library’s … Continue reading →
The other day I finally had a look at a site that I knew about for a while but had never visited: The Virtual Museum of Cataloging and Acquisition Artifacts, maintained by a library school professor (I think, at the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Helen Schmierer, librarian, library school professor, South Carolina, The University of Chicago, Univ. of South Carolina, Virtual Museum of Cataloging
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I’m still getting used to corporate lingo and ways of doing things. Frankly I often try to suppress the instinct to roll my eyes with a lot of it because there is quite a bit of nonsense in it. Or … Continue reading →
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Tagged author, business intelligence, elegant solutions, google, google spreadsheets, Google Spreadsheets tool, Knowledge Management, librarian, microsoft, myopia, office tools, web-based tools
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Surely the news from last week about some Congressmen unfavorably comparing the Library of Congress to the likes of Wal-Mart and UPS was one of the stupidest things I have ever read. I was genuinely shocked by the level of … Continue reading →
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Tagged American Library Association, California, Congress, Dan Lungren, James Rettig, librarian, Library of Congress, Matt Raymond, Michigan, President, Vernon Ehlers, Wal-Mart
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Scientists Use Google Widget to Improve Image Labeling on Wired Science The article (linked above) is quite an interesting read. I found it interesting when I read the words “cataloging” and “metadata” — in Wired Magazine, of all places! The … Continue reading →
Jay Datema posted a good writeup of his notes from the third meeting of the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control yesterday. I read it with interest because I wasn’t able to connect to the live webcast the … Continue reading →
The main reason I was able to go to NASIG this year was that Anne McKee, program officer for the Greater Western Library Alliance (apparently known as GWLA, pronounced “Gwilla”), kindly invited me to participate in a panel discussion about … Continue reading →
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Tagged Anne McKee, Beverley Geer, Bob Schatz, Chicago Library, Christine Stamison, e-content, Endeavor Information Systems Inc, energy, Eve Davis, Ex Libris Group, Greater Western Library Alliance, journal publisher, librarian, McDonald's, Mike Markwith, nasig, Oregon, program officer, Queen, The University of Chicago, travel takes
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The soundbite phenomenon
I have enjoyed reading about presentations at the recent ALA annual conference. Of particular note for me are Owen Stephens’ extensive notes, available here. The ability for those who aren’t present at conferences to quickly catch up on essentials of … Continue reading →