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Famous Catalogers’ Course
Rehak, Melanie. . Girl sleuth : Nancy Drew and the women who created her / Melanie Rehak. 1st ed. 0151010412 (alk. paper) series Orlando : Harcourt, c2005.
Call#: Van Pelt Library PS3545.I774 Z874 2005
Call#: Van Pelt Library PS3545.I774 Z874 2005
A fun read! The story behind the pseudonym "Carolyn Keene", and the two women most responsibile for creating Nancy Drew (Mildred Wirt Benson and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams).
A blast from the past (including good old electric erasers ;)
Now updated to include preservation and circulation artifacts, and other misc. library 'technology'
"Steroid" Scandal Rocks Major League Libraries, a satirical response to erosion of support for cataloging at the Library of Congress, by Daniel Cohen (December 14, 2007).
A web game to shelve books by LC classification. Fun, but they seem to have some letter combinations which don't exist in LCC
Results of the 2nd annual contest
3 minutes of bugs eating books - set to techno music!
Especially note the entry for Historical Society of Pennsylvania--a cataloger ghost!
"A spectral typist frequently heard in a room on the third floor is said to be the ghost of cataloger Albert J. Edmunds. Voices, footsteps, shadowy forms, and an address-label machine that operated without being plugged in have been well-witnessed."
"A spectral typist frequently heard in a room on the third floor is said to be the ghost of cataloger Albert J. Edmunds. Voices, footsteps, shadowy forms, and an address-label machine that operated without being plugged in have been well-witnessed."
A New Song For The Modern Librarian
by Indie Pop Band SNMNMNM
by Indie Pop Band SNMNMNM
"I have seen the future of libraries: It is to spend the future discussing the future of libraries."
An oldie, but goodie
What really happens at ALA
This is great! Now, if only they will listen...
Video on Web 2.0
Create image of an old catalog card, including hand-written annotations
A wonderful visual metaphor to answer the question "what is metadata?"
The virtual reality site Second Life has several virtual libraries and is now looking for catalogers to help with
creating a virtual catalog for their virtual resources [yes, this is for real - or is it???]
Guide to pronouncing the names of contemporary public figures, both phonetic and audio clips
This catalog has a feature to view the catalog record as a beat-up, type-written catalog card. You can even add "hand-written" marginalia to the card image. Fun, but I'm not sure what it adds to the user experience.
Slides show, with music, showing various art works created with old catalog cards. From Columbus State University (Ga.)