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Re: Little Triumphs

Posted in Cataloging, Librarianship, Library Life, Oral History, tagged , on November 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Every now and then you have a little moment that reminds you why you are proud to be a cataloger.
Cataloging is an arcane science.  I like to think of it as a kind of cryptography–you analyze the object in hand and then “code it up” so that people can find it when they do a [...]

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Re: Don’t Open the Boxes

Posted in Librarians, Librarianship, True Librarian Confessions, tagged on April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Spurred on by a rush of spring cleaning, I did something that no librarian should ever do: I took a look in the boxes that surround the perimeter of my office. You librarians know the ones I mean. The ones that have been kicking around ever since you came to work there. The ones no [...]

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Re: Heads Must Roll

Posted in Heads Must Roll, Librarianship, Patrons Behaving Badly, Patrons Without a Clue on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Off with their heads Originally uploaded by Jenny Watters
A couple of weeks ago I got a request from a writer for a multi-part interview we had in our oral history collection with a well-known regional artist. I hate getting requests from writers or reporters of any streak because the concept of planning ahead [...]

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Re: Librarianship is My Business

Posted in Librarianship, Patrons Without a Clue on September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of [...]

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Re: Bits and Bobs

Posted in Librarianship, Library 2.0, Library Envy, Miscellania on September 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Jennifer Macauley has included my post on “What Library 2.0 Means to Me” on her Library 2.0 Roundup-Redux page, a handy source for thoughts on Library 2.0. There are opinions from well-known librarians as well as from your average Jane librarians like myself.
If you are looking for more librarian blogs to check out, have a [...]

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Re: Other Duties as Assigned

Posted in Flies, Insect Invasions, Librarians, Librarianship, Things They Didn't Tell You in Library School on September 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

File this one under “Things They Didn’t Tell You in Library School.”
We have been invaded by phorid (rhymes with horrid) flies. Think of a bunch of flies slightly smaller than your thumbnail with a passion for light-colored walls (of which the library has many) and a serious attitude problem. Now that the cooler weather has [...]

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