Comments on: Dear Libraryland… http://www.goblin-cartoons.com/2007/03/07/dear-libraryland/ The adventures of Joshua M. Neff, dreaming at full volume Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:17:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: On the future of cataloging « Level 1 Librarian http://www.goblin-cartoons.com/2007/03/07/dear-libraryland/comment-page-1/#comment-10538 On the future of cataloging « Level 1 Librarian Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:06:55 +0000 http://www.goblin-cartoons.com/2007/03/07/dear-libraryland/#comment-10538 [...] 15th, 2007 by level1librarian A semi-random search lead me to Karen G. Schneider’s entry (via The Goblin in the Library) in the ALA Tech Source blog: Dear Library of [...] [...] 15th, 2007 by level1librarian A semi-random search lead me to Karen G. Schneider’s entry (via The Goblin in the Library) in the ALA Tech Source blog: Dear Library of [...]

]]> By: josh http://www.goblin-cartoons.com/2007/03/07/dear-libraryland/comment-page-1/#comment-3956 josh Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:38:51 +0000 http://www.goblin-cartoons.com/2007/03/07/dear-libraryland/#comment-3956 <i>What does Karen Schneider expect us to do?</i> Why don't you ask her? What does Karen Schneider expect us to do?

Why don’t you ask her?

]]> By: Conservator http://www.goblin-cartoons.com/2007/03/07/dear-libraryland/comment-page-1/#comment-3946 Conservator Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:27:34 +0000 http://www.goblin-cartoons.com/2007/03/07/dear-libraryland/#comment-3946 <strong>"facilitating the offshoring of information"...</strong> Library professionals "facilitate" access to the regnant media for information access: What does Karen Schneider expect us to do?... “facilitating the offshoring of information”…

Library professionals “facilitate” access to the regnant media for information access: What does Karen Schneider expect us to do?…

]]> By: Mickey http://www.goblin-cartoons.com/2007/03/07/dear-libraryland/comment-page-1/#comment-3597 Mickey Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:57:42 +0000 http://www.goblin-cartoons.com/2007/03/07/dear-libraryland/#comment-3597 Karen is a Force for Good and whip smart, too. However, I was startled by her characterizing the librarian as "information artisan -— a professional creating and using tools to manage information." Sounds dangerous, like manipulating frothing beakers behind inch-thick acid-proof glass. When did this happen? Musta been real, real recently. The artisanal librarian has to be the rutherfordium (No. 104) or dubnium (No. 105) of the periodic table of librarianship. Me, I'm still back at, I don't know, bismuth (No. 83). Artisanal. I like that. In fact, I'd like a little more time to get used to my artisanal status, please, before I move on to "surrogate vendor," which is apparently the ununseptium (No. 117) of librarianship. I think I might like being artisanal, even though that "anal" seems a little too prominent. Hey, can I skip "surrogate vendor" entirely? It might help me catch up with you all! Karen is a Force for Good and whip smart, too. However, I was startled by her characterizing the librarian as “information artisan -— a professional creating and using tools to manage information.” Sounds dangerous, like manipulating frothing beakers behind inch-thick acid-proof glass.

When did this happen? Musta been real, real recently. The artisanal librarian has to be the rutherfordium (No. 104) or dubnium (No. 105) of the periodic table of librarianship. Me, I’m still back at, I don’t know, bismuth (No. 83).

Artisanal. I like that. In fact, I’d like a little more time to get used to my artisanal status, please, before I move on to “surrogate vendor,” which is apparently the ununseptium (No. 117) of librarianship.

I think I might like being artisanal, even though that “anal” seems a little too prominent. Hey, can I skip “surrogate vendor” entirely? It might help me catch up with you all!

]]> By: Jenica http://www.goblin-cartoons.com/2007/03/07/dear-libraryland/comment-page-1/#comment-3535 Jenica Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:44:25 +0000 http://www.goblin-cartoons.com/2007/03/07/dear-libraryland/#comment-3535 Just yesterday I was talking with a library school student volunteer, saying that weeding our collection reminds me of just how different our collecting practices are now than they once were -- we no longer buy the majority of our content, we rent, or at best, lease, it. And we've resigned ourselves to that fact. I wasn't nearly as scathing, or as elegant, as KGS. Thanks for pointing it out. Just yesterday I was talking with a library school student volunteer, saying that weeding our collection reminds me of just how different our collecting practices are now than they once were — we no longer buy the majority of our content, we rent, or at best, lease, it. And we’ve resigned ourselves to that fact.

I wasn’t nearly as scathing, or as elegant, as KGS. Thanks for pointing it out.

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