I'm so fortunate to have such incredible cataloging colleagues. This project presented a unique opportunity for general collections catalogers to help a rare books library catalog an enormous influx of modern editions. libraries.indiana.edu/catalogingkr...
Anyone updating a syllabus or looking for some summer reading might check this Zotero resource library compiled by the DLF Committee for Equity and Inclusion. It includes useful resources on inclusive and reparative metadata too. Great work, @jeannho.bsky.social & DLF CEI folks!
The hill I may very well die on some day. I absolutely do need to see those series title pages, bastard titles, frontispieces, and title page versos and I will NOT miss the gorgeous map in the front matter, tyvm.
Windy day here. That EF2 from about a month ago wrapped all kinds of debris around way-up-high tree limbs. It was weird hearing strips of gutters, etc., rattling around like wind chimes on my walk today.
The March 2026 issue of our OA journal #Catalogue&Index #C&I is available at: journals.cilip.org.uk/catalogue-an...
This issue focuses on the topics of subject indexing and classification #changethesubject #LCSH #subjectanalysis #indexing #metadata #cataloguing #libraries 📚🐈
THIS is how the profession becomes irrelevant in a decade. Not because AI took our cataloging jobs, but because there will be no one left to articulate why GLAMs needed metadata workers in the first place.
"Developers who fully delegated to AI produced working code but failed conceptual quizzes afterward. They couldn't debug what the AI had written for them. They had the output without the understanding."
Ahoy! Settling in and wondering how long before I wander off and forget I created this account. Either way: adventure.