LCSH of the Week: Wizard rock music

Was surprised in the LCSH from the week of March 18, 2009:

Wizard rock


(C) 150 Wizard rock music [May Subd Geog] [sp2009001416]
450 UF Wrock music
550 BT Rock music


LC MARC codelists in XML

I saw the announcement about LCCN permalink. But surfing around I then noticed that there were XML versions of the MARC codelists including language codes, country codes and geographic area codes. No relators and sources yet. This is terribly handy if your application needs up to date codelist or you are trying to process MARC files and need to translate dcu to Washington, D. C.

Thanks LC. Lets keep putting more things out there!

OMG WTF?!

Radiohead covering Joy Division/New Order’s Ceremony

Facebook Platform

So are libraries and higher ed going to jump on? Or is this more hype than substance?
What sort of services as (libraries and librarians) can we develop that would actually be useful in the social environment that is Facebook? What is it that we do that takes advantage of the environment and platform?

Well Fred Stutzman has some thoughts on it.

Sign of the Apocalypse?

It started when I went to go check an unusual seen from reference: “State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.”

I knew I’d see it eventually, but the first time seeing it was quite a shock.

A citation to Wikipedia in the National Authority File.

Personally I am fine with it in this case, but for something more obscure … well I guess it depends upon how much you trust wikipedia.

Sometimes typos lead you to weird places …

I was pulling up an Worldcat.org entry for a book I’m adding to a pathfinder for a project when I get:

Of course what I really wanted was:

I guess the Holy Spirit moves in mysterious ways.

GTD

Well I must have been in a cave or not reading blogs but my friend Kristina who is working with personal information management mentioned in passing Getting things done.  Much of this makes sense but since my library is moving and I’m shifting offices I probably should take a closer look at the methodology.

LCSH/NARs of the month

File these under really long authorized headings:

Cultural property–Protection–Law and legislation–Criminal provisions

Other really long headings:

International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991

A really long reference:

International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994

Sticker shock

In the serials and acquisitions side of things every now and then I get a case of, “WTF? That costs HOW much?”

Case in point:

2K for 350 pages of text and some statistical tables. Nuts.

Of course seeing everyone else who gets this title, kind of cheers me up.

LCSH of the Week: Slackers (May Subd Geog)

I saw this one in the “Subject Headings of Interest” section of Cataloging Service Bulletin ; no.111 (Spring 2006).

HEADING: 	 Slackers

000 	00870cz a2200301n 450
001 	6656931
005 	20051122235808.0
008 	051004i| anannbabn |a ana
035 	__ |a (DLC)6656931
035 	__ |a (DLC)sh2005006709
035 	__ |a (DLC)334542
906 	__ |t 0544 |u te04 |v 1
010 	__ |a sh2005006709
040 	__ |a DLC |b eng |c DLC
150 	__ |a Slackers
450 	__ |a Bums (Lazy people)
450 	__ |a Idlers (Persons)
450 	__ |a Lazy people
450 	__ |a Loafers (Persons)
450 	__ |a Loungers (Persons)
550 	__ |w g |a Persons
550 	__ |a Flaneurs
670 	__ |a Work cat.: 2005027230: Lutz, T.
Doing nothing: a history of loungers, loafers,
bums, and slackers in America, c2006.
670 	__ |a American Heritage dict.
670 	__ |a Random House dict.
670 	__ |a Encarta World English dict.
952 	__ |a 0 bib. record(s) to be changed
953 	__ |a ta21