Blogs

May 20 2012

LCSH Month 3: in which Fujifilm digital cameras are acceptable to LC, but butch and femme are still not

The Lower East Side Librarian Library of Congress Subject Headings of the month for Month 3, March 19, 2012 are...

May 04 2012

No pubic hair at the Library of Congress

When cataloging the minicomic Lady Gardens, I discovered that there is no Library of Congress Subject Heading for Pubic hair.

Apr 29 2012

Elements of Style art show

Last week I went to the Elements of Style art opening at Bullet Space (ABC No Rio in Exile).


One of the bad photos I took. If you don't like it, here are four more to scoff at.

Apr 14 2012

Lower East Side Librarian & Friends Menstruate

Thanks to funny, smart, sad, and happy essays, photographs, comics, a crossword puzzle, a collage, a flow chart and a bibliography from 20 librarians and archivists, I've got a new zine...

Apr 08 2012

LCSH Month 2: wherein SACO shits on Degrassi

The Lower East Side Librarian Library of Congress Subject Headings of the month for Month 2, February 20, 2012 are...

Mar 16 2012

Last Library Journal Zine Review Column

The last Library Journal zine review column, Fat Activism and Body Positivity: Zines for Transforming the Status Quo, written by Sarah Lawrence librarians Kate Angell & Charlotte Price has been posted.

Feb 11 2012

I know LCSH are *so* 20th century, but while they persist, I persist being pissed about them

The Lower East Side Librarian Library of Congress Subject Headings of the month for Month 1, January 16, 2012 are (the stuff I'm pissed about is at the bottom, so scroll down if you're impatient)...

Jan 15 2012

LC rejects Butch/Femme (Gender identity) and other queer headings but establishes thirteen different Turkish roads

The Lower East Side Librarian Library of Congress Subject Headings of the month for Month 27, December 19, 2011 are...

preview: many have nothing to do with this

Dec 28 2011

In Each Other We Trust

For those who enjoyed the last Sandy Berman letter I posted (re: the destruction of the People's Library at Occupy Wall Street), here are two more, originally sent to his representative, Erik Paulsen...

Dec 26 2011

30 Days of Thanks 2011

Last year, inspired by Kisha's Facebook posts, I participated in the 30 Days of Thanks project. I did it again this year, along with a bunch of my Facebook friends. Here are all of my posts...