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A day in the life of a bibliographic systems librarian
The second round of Library Day in the Life started today. Here is the raw, unedited script of a day of my life at work. Just another manic Monday…
“Read My Lips: No New Policy” Deja Vu(?)
The belated news for today: OCLC has withdrawn the proposed new policy. They have reaffirmed the 1987 guidelines and will draft a new proposal with more membership input in the future. It will be interesting to see how the process … Continue reading
Friday Question
Why are all the spam comments going towards my OCLC post?
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Upcoming Projects, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Continuing Contract Track
I’m going through the summer schedule today, and it looks like it’s a busy one. Usability testing, video scripting and vetting, data analysis, conference planning, presentation creation, lots and lots of article writing, and bribing journal editors to publish me … Continue reading
Paraprofessionals and You: An Example of What Not to Do
AUTOCAT never ceases to entertain me… A thread about cataloging and cataloger training in library school stated after someone offered their opinion about the ALA Task Force on Library Education report. This thread went down the very worn path of … Continue reading
OCLC Policy Change Update
For those of you who have been following the OCLC policy change situation (if not, I recommend the OCLC Policy Change page on the Code4Lib wiki to get yourself acquainted), the Review Board of Shared Data Creation and Stewardship chair … Continue reading
Jobs @ Miami University Libraries
My current employer, Miami University, is hiring: Electronic Resources and Serials Librarian Catalog Librarian Both positions start reviewing applications July 6th. Good luck, everyone!
Code4Lib 2009 videos online
For those of you who could not make it to code4lib 2009, the videos are now online: Presentations: http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/schedule Lightning Talks: http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/lightning I recommend the following: What We Talk About When We Talk About FRBR by Jody Schneider and William … Continue reading
Official non-blog dedication
I dedicate this non-blog to St. Minutia, patron saint of catalogers. Please click on St. Minutia’s picture for more information about her.
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