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The latest catalog from ALA Editions has a full page devoted to Walt Crawford's new book First Have Something to Say: Writing for the Library Profession. I'm looking forward to reading it.




- Anachronistic Assumptions About Marc
Interpreting MARC: Where?s the Bibliographic Data? by by Jason Thomale appears in the latest code4lib Journal The MARC data format was created early in the history of digital computers. In this article, the author entertains the notion that viewing MARC...

- Cites & Insights
Walt Crawford's latest issue of Cites & Insights is now available. It includes:Ethical Perspectives: Republishing and Blogging (no, it's not about the Webcred conference)The Library Stuff: two articles and a cluster of five blog entries worth...

- Writing
Writing for the Profession by Rachel Singer Gordon appears in the latest FreePintMany information professionals, understandably busy with both day-to-day responsibilities and keeping up with our rapidly-changing field, may feel overwhelmed by the idea...

- Reading
I'm currently reading First Have Something to Say. Walt Crawford starts by encouraging would-be-writers that there is a place, even a need for them. Then he describes the various places to be published and their requirements. The second half of the...

- Greetings All!
It's December 26, the Second Day of Christmas, St. Stephen's Day in the Western church calendar, Boxing Day to Brits and their kin. No need to dream; here in Ohio Christmas is white this year, and no doubt David has plenty underfoot for his ski...



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