During the last class period before a final exam, my sorry-ass highlighter died. This was not a surprise. It had actually been dead for a long time. That night, though, that night I was going to do something about it. I had developed an action plan for just such an eventuality during my first semesterContinueContinue reading “12: Ye shall inventory your highlighters”
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11: Cataloging fact #4: Spirit communications
This is a pin given to me at Beginning Workshop by a librarian with A LOT more social media followers than me! Anglo-American Cataloging Rules 2 Revision 2002 21.26: Spirit Communications! Enter a communication presented as having been received from a spirit under the name of the spirit. Enter the name of the medium orContinueContinue reading “11: Cataloging fact #4: Spirit communications”
9: The Polar Bear Book
Secretly, I wanted something very specific from my degree: skills to manage library websites. At the Library of Michigan, I’d been the web site administrator since the early 2000’s, mainly because I was conversant with the software. I was still full-time in the Braille and Talking Book Library, where I had also created an IntranetContinueContinue reading “9: The Polar Bear Book”
8: Cataloging fact #2: Mohammedanism
Peace Be Upon You In 1988, I went into my local public library (in a progressive, university town), looking for information on Islam. I was very proud of my facility with the card catalog and I went straight for the “I’s.” Nothing. I went to a librarian who cheerfully led me back to the wallContinueContinue reading “8: Cataloging fact #2: Mohammedanism”
7: Admission
Yup, it’s true, I’ve never shelved a book. I also did not understand the difference between the Dewey Decimal System and the Library of Congress Classification System until cataloging. Chapter 8 of my cataloging textbook provided me with that answer, including philosophical differences between the two systems dating back to Aristotle and involving the likesContinueContinue reading “7: Admission”
5: Reference: The Chase Calendar, Pyramids of Sandwiches, and the Fear of Public Speaking
My reference class was a morality tale on adult education. I had one general reference class and it was taught by a local library director. She was so dedicated, so knowledgeable, so wise, so hardworking, and so kind, that I feel affection for her to this day. She brought tome after tome after tome ofContinueContinue reading “5: Reference: The Chase Calendar, Pyramids of Sandwiches, and the Fear of Public Speaking”
4: Cataloging mischief and adjunct profs
My cataloging class was both the most challenging and the most entertaining course I took in graduate school. Don’t let anyone tell you that cataloging isn’t sexy, or fun! Anyone without a glimmer in their eye when they consider a MARC record is willfully avoiding the obvious. And it was taught by an adjunct prof.ContinueContinue reading “4: Cataloging mischief and adjunct profs”
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