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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 2d

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

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

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James Truitt @linguistory.bsky.social · 1d

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...

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

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cigarro nas salas de leitura @yungquiabo.bsky.social · 1d

two core planks of 21st c. librarianship:
• nationalize OCLC
• protracted people’s war against
clarivate

Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 1d

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.

Dear Alex,
We are writing to share an important update coming to Ebook Central that will help improve ebook discoverability. At the end of October 2025, Ebook Central Express MARC records will include AI-generated metadata when publisher metadata fields are not available.

Why are we introducing AI-generated metadata to Ebook Central records?

Most publishers include subject information in their metadata, but there are times when this information is not included, leading to limited search availability in discovery systems. For this reason, we are providing AI-generated Library of Congress subject headings only when not available from the publisher to improve the completeness of our metadata and discoverability of Ebook Central titles.

Which AI-generated fields are included in Express MARC? 

The AI-generated fields will include Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH) (6XX); Library of Congress Classification (050); Dewey Decimal (082); Description (520); and Source of Description (588). To learn more, please visit our FAQ page.

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Caitlin Goodman @caitlinest.bsky.social · 6d

Just as well the cover illustrator was uncredited

Sojourner Truth’s portrait in the 1853 edition of her narrative. “Sojourner Truth” on the cover of the 1971 Avon Books popularization.

Caitlin Goodman @caitlinest.bsky.social · 7d

“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

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Caitlin Goodman @caitlinest.bsky.social · 7d

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)

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Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · 12d

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

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elle @girlinsynthesis.bsky.social · 13d

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

Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 13d

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

Noor @noorlovelace.bsky.social · 13d

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

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Caitlin Goodman @caitlinest.bsky.social · 13d

Today’s work bright spot:

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Caitlin Goodman @caitlinest.bsky.social · 16d

Does it have to be by an archivist? Because book historians talk about how digital surrogates are not the thing itself a lot, like @wynkenhimself.bsky.social

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Yr Spooky Friend Camille @yrouttasight.bsky.social · 22d

So this is 40. Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Flourishing.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18d

If you are considering or planning to seek appointment or run for your local library board, FTP is here to support you. You can complete this form and we'll be in touch soon re: applying to join our next candidates' cohort kicking off in early 2026: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

FTP Library Elections & Appointments Training Cohort

Hello! You're filling out this form because you've expressed interest in running for or seeking appointment to a local library board seat in your community (or because you're a serving trustee who'd l...

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Caitlin Goodman @caitlinest.bsky.social · 19d

TGIF from your friend PALLID QUAKER DRAB

COLOR STANDARDS
AND
COLOR NOMENCLATURE
RIDG WAY

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Caitlin Goodman @caitlinest.bsky.social · 19d

Dan has set me up for success with his early morning text. May all library workers have a Dan!

Dan McQuade @dhm.bsky.social · 19d

Make sure to wish a librarian a happy Gerald Ford Trapped in The Penn Library Elevator Day.

A sign in an elevator

On the 19th day of September, 1984
Former U.S. President
Gerald R. Ford
was temporarily trapped in this elevator.
VAN PELT-DIETRICH
LIBRARY CENTER

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Caitlin Goodman @caitlinest.bsky.social · 20d

“I think your instinct is correct that Grok is not able to provide you a real reference” is an email I just sent to a patron :(

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Caitlin Goodman @caitlinest.bsky.social · 21d

Got to teach about friendship albums yesterday and ended up a little sad that a contemporary parallel one of the students suggested was “shared Spotify playlists”

The same student said “slam books” though so I guess the vibe also endures in a vendor-nonspecific way

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Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 21d

They're The Same Picture.

Golden manuscript face inside green leaves, triangular.

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 23d

Wittgenstein: It is impossible to use words without making meaning.

Vogue:

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Caitlin Goodman @caitlinest.bsky.social · 26d

“Hope this helps!” is the Mortal Kombat “FATALITY!” of email signoffs

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Emily Higgs Kopin S. Pumpkins @ehkopin.bsky.social · 27d

When the shelf location field says "Ask [Former Employee]"

a man in a suit is sitting at a desk using a laptop .

Alt: a man in a suit is sitting at a desk using a laptop, he pauses for a moment and then closes the laptop

media.tenor.com

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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · Sep 8

Slightly diminish a book.

Hypnerotomachia Monophili

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Sep 8

Slightly diminish a book.

Moby Glans

Wilbur72 @wilboo72.bsky.social · Sep 8

Slightly diminish a book

The Bibble

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Caitlin Goodman @caitlinest.bsky.social · Sep 9

I think with this one you’ve invented the Savannah Bananas

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Caitlin Goodman @caitlinest.bsky.social · Sep 5

I don’t know anything about Duke’s library governance (or budget) but I work at a college library and I love our faculty and yet I also do not want them having one more inch of control over the library’s operations.

Colleen @librarycolleen.bsky.social · Sep 4

Duke cut librarians. It never told the faculty they worked with 📚
dukechronicle.com/article/duke...

Duke cut librarians. It never told the faculty they worked with

Thirty-three of the more than 200 full time library staff members accepted voluntary severance packages, prompting their departure from Duke. Their absences leave the future of a key aspect of academi...

dukechronicle.com

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aj boston @aj-boston.bsky.social · Sep 4

Yeah well whose fault is that??

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Sarah Bull @sarahebull.bsky.social · Sep 3

I’m lucky to have a mother with diverse interests who found this lovely early c20 friendship album in a thrift store a few years ago and gave it to me for my birthday. Looking forward to sharing it with my students next week!

A page in the album: A pen and ink drawing of a cat wearing a top hat and carrying a cane, with the caption ‘Dandy Tom’

A page from the album: A beautiful watercolour painting of a vine with purple flowers, with a poem, the song of hope, copied out beneath it. ‘Though the cold brown earth be sodden / By the cheerless winter rain / Soon the violets will be trodden / By the feet of Spring again

A page from the album, dated 1916, a quote from Robert Louis Stevenson (I’m writing this alt text on my phone in transit and can’t see the text, sorry!!)

A graphic novel style page from the album, a series of drawings of a schoolteacher titled ‘Our Headmaster: A reminiscence of a memorable Euclid lesson’

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