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RDA MIA
There’s been a lot of talk on Autocat this week regarding the absence of RDA’s first full draft. It was originally supposed to be released last week. Now the rumor mill is saying it’ll be out on...
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Calling All Catalogers
I hate that I’m not going to be around Beverly this weekend. But for anyone who is, LibraryThing is organizing a cataloging flash mob to help organize a church’s library. I love this idea and I...
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Flame War!
Yes, I’m on vacation, but I just had to share a bit of cataloging humor courtesy of Thingology. Enjoy
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The Current State of Tech Services on the Web
Well, it’s come at last. Tomorrow I’ll be heading out the WMRLS for my first ever workshop, and will finally be able to put into use the links page in the right hand column. In preparation I’ve spent...
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Future4Catalogers
Heidi Hoerman, one of the most observent people working in tech services today has started up a new blog on the future of cataloging. But what really makes hers a site worth watching is her view that...
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What’s So Bad About Google
The Autocat regulars have picked up the Guardian article on OCLC last week, and the direction they’ve gone with the conversation seems a little….oh what’s the word…wrong? Complaints immediately sprang...
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Future4catalogers’ Blog
Heidi Hoerman’s gone back to her blog, and to make up for lost time she’s published 4 posts including the slightly incendiary “Marc was a good & loyal mule but it’s time to shoot it“. Welcome back!
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“Us” vs. “They”
Heidi Hoerman’s back at her blog for a week and she’s already stumbled right into some controversy. Well done. Yesterday she wrote a post on the openness of bibliographic data, which followed up on a...
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Trumps
I’ve been joking about formalizing this for awhile so I might as well talk about it here. We have a sort of unofficial subject hierarchy in my library that comes up any time a reasonable case can be...
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I twittered this yesterday, but wanted to make sure to give the post a little more prominence as well. Why is Cataloging Hard? is a perfect summary of both the joys and frustrations of cataloging. I...
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