Probably all(?) of us did extremely dumb things like this in our project gulag days at the direction of folks who should have known better.
But why do folks (“teaching!”) still not know better?????????
(Related: I thought the LIS credential was dumb before and… I sure still do)
But why do folks (“teaching!”) still not know better?????????
(Related: I thought the LIS credential was dumb before and… I sure still do)
Help my metadata prof's first example of something to make a MARC record for is an Individual. Cancelled. Check.
Complete with an S/C note, multiple creators, and a subject heading
What are we doing y'all
#GradSchoolGripes #BadArchivesPractice #Metadata
Complete with an S/C note, multiple creators, and a subject heading
What are we doing y'all
#GradSchoolGripes #BadArchivesPractice #Metadata
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Probably all(?) of us did extremely dumb things like this in our project gulag days at the direction of folks who should have known better.
But why do folks (“teaching!”) still not know better?????????
(Related: I thought the LIS credential was dumb before and… I sure still do)
But why do folks (“teaching!”) still not know better?????????
(Related: I thought the LIS credential was dumb before and… I sure still do)
I’m recovering from a tonsillectomy so thank god there’s something gossipy in the culture news, perfect medicine for my need for shams, small cabals, disgruntled board members etc.
The Philadelphia Art Museum dismissed CEO Sasha Suda for cause last week after commissioning an independent investigation, according to museum leaders.
Suda’s lawyer called it “a sham.”
Suda’s lawyer called it “a sham.”
Philadelphia Art Museum chief Sasha Suda was ousted after investigation by law firm, sources say
While the substance of the investigation is unknown, Suda's lawyer has called it a "sham investigation" used as a pretext for her "unlawful termination."
www.inquirer.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I’m recovering from a tonsillectomy so thank god there’s something gossipy in the culture news, perfect medicine for my need for shams, small cabals, disgruntled board members etc.
Reposted by Caitlin Goodman
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
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get in loser, we're speaking ill of the dead
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
get in loser, we're speaking ill of the dead
Nothing makes me Nicholson Baker like periodicals weeding
(Obviously these have not been weeded that’s why I can check them out but I bet we also used to have like Collier’s etc and I know I KNOW libraries can’t keep everything but nevertheless)
(Obviously these have not been weeded that’s why I can check them out but I bet we also used to have like Collier’s etc and I know I KNOW libraries can’t keep everything but nevertheless)
October 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Nothing makes me Nicholson Baker like periodicals weeding
(Obviously these have not been weeded that’s why I can check them out but I bet we also used to have like Collier’s etc and I know I KNOW libraries can’t keep everything but nevertheless)
(Obviously these have not been weeded that’s why I can check them out but I bet we also used to have like Collier’s etc and I know I KNOW libraries can’t keep everything but nevertheless)
Reposted by Caitlin Goodman
Boston Public Library holds the “pattern pike” used by John Brown to order arms for the raid. According to BPL records, it passed from Brown to John Hopper (son of Isaac), to William Lloyd Garrison, and thence to the library. Yes, it is SHARP.
October 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Boston Public Library holds the “pattern pike” used by John Brown to order arms for the raid. According to BPL records, it passed from Brown to John Hopper (son of Isaac), to William Lloyd Garrison, and thence to the library. Yes, it is SHARP.
Does your workplace make on-demand reference scans publicly accessible? 📜📦📂
We’re thinking through our (bad, ad hoc) workflows and I would be interested to hear yours…
We’re thinking through our (bad, ad hoc) workflows and I would be interested to hear yours…
October 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Does your workplace make on-demand reference scans publicly accessible? 📜📦📂
We’re thinking through our (bad, ad hoc) workflows and I would be interested to hear yours…
We’re thinking through our (bad, ad hoc) workflows and I would be interested to hear yours…
For curricular reasons I don’t understand, my 9yo learned about floppy disks yesterday as “objects social scientists may study” and guess who had a 5” floppy at home from this event (me).
Gonna mark his surprise show-and-tell today on my outreach stats.
Gonna mark his surprise show-and-tell today on my outreach stats.
Doing a pop-in workshop always leaves me feeling like the Pulp song “Sorted for E’s and Wizz” (especially in the evening!) but look how cool these prints/totes are!
October 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
For curricular reasons I don’t understand, my 9yo learned about floppy disks yesterday as “objects social scientists may study” and guess who had a 5” floppy at home from this event (me).
Gonna mark his surprise show-and-tell today on my outreach stats.
Gonna mark his surprise show-and-tell today on my outreach stats.
Doing a pop-in workshop always leaves me feeling like the Pulp song “Sorted for E’s and Wizz” (especially in the evening!) but look how cool these prints/totes are!
October 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Doing a pop-in workshop always leaves me feeling like the Pulp song “Sorted for E’s and Wizz” (especially in the evening!) but look how cool these prints/totes are!
After glibly dunking on someone’s writing, I’ve gotta find balance: and conveniently I just reread this 2022 post by @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social
I spend a lot of time looking at old title pages (and asking students to do the same) and this is great: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/111
I spend a lot of time looking at old title pages (and asking students to do the same) and this is great: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/111
What Does it Mean to Publish? A Messy Accounting of Anne Dodd
womensprinthistoryproject.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
After glibly dunking on someone’s writing, I’ve gotta find balance: and conveniently I just reread this 2022 post by @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social
I spend a lot of time looking at old title pages (and asking students to do the same) and this is great: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/111
I spend a lot of time looking at old title pages (and asking students to do the same) and this is great: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/111
Reposted by Caitlin Goodman
I have read through the new OCLC blog post about AI in archives (hangingtogether.org/exploring-ai...) and liveblogged my response over on Mastodon.
Overall, it really doesn't feel like they consulted with archivists or took our expertise seriously.
Some highlights:
Overall, it really doesn't feel like they consulted with archivists or took our expertise seriously.
Some highlights:
Exploring AI uses in archives and special collections: Integration, entities, and addressing need - Hanging Together
Learn how archives and special collections are exploring using AI responsibly to meet accessibility requirements and improve access to unique resources.
hangingtogether.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I have read through the new OCLC blog post about AI in archives (hangingtogether.org/exploring-ai...) and liveblogged my response over on Mastodon.
Overall, it really doesn't feel like they consulted with archivists or took our expertise seriously.
Some highlights:
Overall, it really doesn't feel like they consulted with archivists or took our expertise seriously.
Some highlights:
The whole thread is very astute (my colleague is great!) but frankly it is time for archivists to give precisely the quantity of shits about what OCLC is saying* as they give to our professional practices. (None)
*selling, or preparing to
*selling, or preparing to
"Participants expressed that they want integrated [AI] tools within the library workflow products they are already using."
😐
If they add a chatbot to ArchivesSpace I will scream for several hours and then go become a hermit in the desert.
😐
If they add a chatbot to ArchivesSpace I will scream for several hours and then go become a hermit in the desert.
October 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The whole thread is very astute (my colleague is great!) but frankly it is time for archivists to give precisely the quantity of shits about what OCLC is saying* as they give to our professional practices. (None)
*selling, or preparing to
*selling, or preparing to
Finalizing the object list for next year’s America250 exhibit and here’s my favorite:
October 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Finalizing the object list for next year’s America250 exhibit and here’s my favorite:
I’m still thinking about this. Look at the FAQ page — even if you’re inclined to defer judgment (…I’m not), there is not a single forward-looking question that anticipates the “pivotal” and “transformational” opportunity UNC is selling.
My day is shot bc a colleague just shared this UNC press release about a still to-be-named, to-be-designed, to-be-planned AI school where the only known fact seems to be that it will replace the library school.
www.unc.edu/posts/2025/1...
www.unc.edu/posts/2025/1...
University leadership announces development of new school at Carolina | UNC-Chapel Hill
The School of Information and Library Science and the School of Data Science and Society will be founding leaders of a new school to amplify and lead Carolina’s response to the information and data ne...
www.unc.edu
October 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I’m still thinking about this. Look at the FAQ page — even if you’re inclined to defer judgment (…I’m not), there is not a single forward-looking question that anticipates the “pivotal” and “transformational” opportunity UNC is selling.
My day is shot bc a colleague just shared this UNC press release about a still to-be-named, to-be-designed, to-be-planned AI school where the only known fact seems to be that it will replace the library school.
www.unc.edu/posts/2025/1...
www.unc.edu/posts/2025/1...
University leadership announces development of new school at Carolina | UNC-Chapel Hill
The School of Information and Library Science and the School of Data Science and Society will be founding leaders of a new school to amplify and lead Carolina’s response to the information and data ne...
www.unc.edu
October 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
My day is shot bc a colleague just shared this UNC press release about a still to-be-named, to-be-designed, to-be-planned AI school where the only known fact seems to be that it will replace the library school.
www.unc.edu/posts/2025/1...
www.unc.edu/posts/2025/1...
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On this day where librarians consider the closing of Baker & Taylor, I would like to remind you that Sandy Berman still walks this earth and today is his birthday.
www.sanfordberman.org
www.sanfordberman.org
Welcome to the Sanford Berman website devoted to the work of librarian Sanford Berman who created an innovative, radical and inclusive catalog which used terms we use when looking for information instead of the 19th century language of the Library of Congress Subject Headings. Berman worked for the Hennepin County library from 1973 until 1999. Sandy continues to create subject headings and works for political and social justice.
www.sanfordberman.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
On this day where librarians consider the closing of Baker & Taylor, I would like to remind you that Sandy Berman still walks this earth and today is his birthday.
www.sanfordberman.org
www.sanfordberman.org
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For real, though, if you want a librarian/archivist-oriented intro to regex (and where, how, and for what you can use it), check out this presentation I put together last year
docs.google.com/presentation...
docs.google.com/presentation...
RegEx Pres
Reg(ular )?Ex(pressions)? A Multi-Tool for Working with Text James Truitt BitCurator Forum Philadelphia Satellite 2024-03-19 Intro Imagine that a student or volunteer has filled out a metadata spreads...
docs.google.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
For real, though, if you want a librarian/archivist-oriented intro to regex (and where, how, and for what you can use it), check out this presentation I put together last year
docs.google.com/presentation...
docs.google.com/presentation...
Reposted by Caitlin Goodman
two core planks of 21st c. librarianship:
• nationalize OCLC
• protracted people’s war against
clarivate
• nationalize OCLC
• protracted people’s war against
clarivate
What the shit, Clarivate! Anyone using Ebook Central MARC records, be warned. They're jamming those records with AI generated metadata. Auto-enabled but you can disable it.
October 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
two core planks of 21st c. librarianship:
• nationalize OCLC
• protracted people’s war against
clarivate
• nationalize OCLC
• protracted people’s war against
clarivate
Just as well the cover illustrator was uncredited
October 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Just as well the cover illustrator was uncredited
“A.I. stated that a previously undetected record might be found at Swarthmore.”
a woman in a black dress is sitting at a table with wine glasses
Alt: a woman in a black dress is sitting at a table with wine glasses, and furiously flips the table
media.tenor.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“A.I. stated that a previously undetected record might be found at Swarthmore.”
There are 1500+ objects in our artifact collection and I know almost nothing about any of them so I’m very excited to learn with the ten students doing a semester-long object study (and exhibit!)
One student picked the cutest lil scale (it includes weights mapped to international currencies)
One student picked the cutest lil scale (it includes weights mapped to international currencies)
October 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
There are 1500+ objects in our artifact collection and I know almost nothing about any of them so I’m very excited to learn with the ten students doing a semester-long object study (and exhibit!)
One student picked the cutest lil scale (it includes weights mapped to international currencies)
One student picked the cutest lil scale (it includes weights mapped to international currencies)
Reposted by Caitlin Goodman
manuscripts reading room: do not bring anything in, including yourself. place your internal organs in a clear plastic bag and keep it on the table at all times
office at rare books seller: hold manuscript at least 20cm away from your face if eating a hotdog. ashtrays must be kept on the windowsill
office at rare books seller: hold manuscript at least 20cm away from your face if eating a hotdog. ashtrays must be kept on the windowsill
September 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
manuscripts reading room: do not bring anything in, including yourself. place your internal organs in a clear plastic bag and keep it on the table at all times
office at rare books seller: hold manuscript at least 20cm away from your face if eating a hotdog. ashtrays must be kept on the windowsill
office at rare books seller: hold manuscript at least 20cm away from your face if eating a hotdog. ashtrays must be kept on the windowsill
Reposted by Caitlin Goodman
List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep:
1. Literally just say something and let me run
2. I can rant for hours
3. I'm not angry, really; I just have a lot of thoughts
1. Literally just say something and let me run
2. I can rant for hours
3. I'm not angry, really; I just have a lot of thoughts
List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep:
1. English literature and poetry analysis
2. Shipwrecks, particularly steamships in the 18th century (yup, I’m Shipwreck Fixation flavored ND)
3. Disability rep in fantasy & scifi
1. English literature and poetry analysis
2. Shipwrecks, particularly steamships in the 18th century (yup, I’m Shipwreck Fixation flavored ND)
3. Disability rep in fantasy & scifi
List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep
1. American injustices against disabled people
2. Fashion & home decor, why they’re connected, and the racism that started the minimalism trend
3. Cryptids
1. American injustices against disabled people
2. Fashion & home decor, why they’re connected, and the racism that started the minimalism trend
3. Cryptids
September 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep:
1. Literally just say something and let me run
2. I can rant for hours
3. I'm not angry, really; I just have a lot of thoughts
1. Literally just say something and let me run
2. I can rant for hours
3. I'm not angry, really; I just have a lot of thoughts
Today’s work bright spot:
September 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Today’s work bright spot:
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So this is 40. Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Flourishing.
September 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
So this is 40. Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Flourishing.