Archive for the ‘Cataloging’ Category
My Metadata Mini-Manifesto
How do we approach the problem of metadata (and which formats we should use)? In what way is metadata like cataloging and in what way is it different? What is metadata anyway?
I see metadata as cataloging. Libraries have a strong historical tradition of organizing materials. I think it is fair to [...]
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Lorcan Dempsey nails it, in my opinion, with his latest weblog entry, Making data work – Web 2.0 and catalogs. Among other things, it pulls together an interesting collection of links in support of his idea that we need to “make data work harder.” All of it resonates with me.
One of his links, O’Reilly’s “What [...]
The Practice of Cataloging
I started out in library school wanting to be a cataloger. I started out as an undergraduate wanted to be an English major (I’m not sure what I intended to do with the degree, but the subject interested me). The path between being an English major and becoming a cataloger was charted by the book [...]