Library Cataloging
If you are looking for some more 'blogs to read Recommended Reading is a nice service. Plug in your home page and based on that you receive a list of related Web logs. When I tried it, over half were ones I found of interest.
- Weblogs
Saturday I had the pleasure to speak to a group of librarians at the TLA District 8 Fall Meeting. I was surprised by just how few had even seen a Web log. Of the 30-40 attendees only 5-6 had even seen a 'blog. Maybe some others had, but didn't...
- 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...
- Perl4lib
The Perl4Lib discussion list has a new home at Perl.org. The archives can be read via the web.If you like reading your lists as newsgroups you now can.And, if you want to get perl4lib as an RSS feed it is available. (Another one for you, Steven)...
- 'blog Metadata
There are several projects to add metadata to Web logs to provide better access to them. However, everybody seems to be working in isolation. I began by adding Dublin Core, A-Core and PICS. That was OK. DC and PICS were standards, and A-Core was based...
- Cataloging Theory And History
I've been reading a book which should be required reading in all cataloging classes and history of librarianship classes, Seymour Lubetzky: Writings on the Classical Art of Cataloging edited by Svenonius and McGarry. Most working catalogers would...
Library Cataloging
Reading
If you are looking for some more 'blogs to read Recommended Reading is a nice service. Plug in your home page and based on that you receive a list of related Web logs. When I tried it, over half were ones I found of interest.
- Weblogs
Saturday I had the pleasure to speak to a group of librarians at the TLA District 8 Fall Meeting. I was surprised by just how few had even seen a Web log. Of the 30-40 attendees only 5-6 had even seen a 'blog. Maybe some others had, but didn't...
- 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...
- Perl4lib
The Perl4Lib discussion list has a new home at Perl.org. The archives can be read via the web.If you like reading your lists as newsgroups you now can.And, if you want to get perl4lib as an RSS feed it is available. (Another one for you, Steven)...
- 'blog Metadata
There are several projects to add metadata to Web logs to provide better access to them. However, everybody seems to be working in isolation. I began by adding Dublin Core, A-Core and PICS. That was OK. DC and PICS were standards, and A-Core was based...
- Cataloging Theory And History
I've been reading a book which should be required reading in all cataloging classes and history of librarianship classes, Seymour Lubetzky: Writings on the Classical Art of Cataloging edited by Svenonius and McGarry. Most working catalogers would...