2009 Semester

Yes, it is finally here. I am working on getting my portfolio in shape to present and keep up with classes and work. Juggling it all is part of the cost, yet ends up being part of the reward.

I look over my approaching assignments. Another blog on another server. That will make me 3 blogs. One set up at the urging of my advisor, one set up for a class, now yet another one. Maybe they should talk to one another and make my life a little bit simpler

The cataloging project is underway. My teammate and I have settled on a thesis statement and proposal. We will submit and hopefully get approval on the first try. We are looking at the problems in bibliographic tools and the possible solutions in today’s technology driven world. No that is not the exact thesis, but we are looking at bibliographic tools and how they are not meeting the needs of the users. Are the possible solutions such as RDA, EAD, Dublin Core, and more, the answer?

There is a lot of literature out there. Those catalogers like to write!

Catalog Flash Mob

What fun! St. John’s Church in Beverly, Massachusetts had an event to calalog the church’s library. Self-described as a ” ‘flash mob of cataloging fools!” They had twenty people show up and “cataloged” into Library Thing.  http://www.librarything.com/blog/2008/11/first-ever-catalog-flash-mob.php.

There are a lot of links on the Library Thing blog and lead to their “collective efforts.” Here is one of the links.  http://www.librarything.com/catalog/StJohnsBeverlyFarms

Web 2.0 and adding tags as a social group. Social and social–works for me. They turned a tedious task into something fun. As I recall from one of my classes, it needs to be labeled so someone can find it, and that is exactly what they did! Following this Legacy Library guide, they accomplished a lot!

I never have gotten into Library Thing. Maybe its time I did!