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A year of troublesome catalogers and magical metadata fairies
This month marks the one year anniversary of the twitter list of catalog and metadata librarians, yo_bj/magical-metadata-fairies (formerly Troublesome Catalogers). It’s been quite a ride… which calls for some naval gazing. The list was started in October of 2009 when … Continue reading
Life as a cataloging practicum student – Part 1
While going through my old library school files, I found the diary for my practicum at the Silver Buckle Press in the Fall of 2007. For the practicum I cataloged “medium rare” materials, mostly catalogs and small press publications. Here … Continue reading
Alternative Facebook Warning Messages
As of this afternoon, illness has kept me up for 38 hours straight. I think I’m on my seventh wind now, so I bring to you the Alternative Facebook Warning Messages (that I’ve run across on FB or Twitter or … Continue reading
New, shiny things @ your neighborhood university library
Today saw the launch of two major projects from Miami University: New website! We finally got to move away from the university template (which didn’t allow room for much of anything) and this is the product that was years in … Continue reading