LCSH Week 47
Library of Congress Subject Headings Weekly List 47 (November 19, 2008)
In which LC welcomes FEMALE FETICIDE and UNCIRCUMCISED MEN and ends the INTIFIDA, 1987-1993 while soft-pedaling its CAFFEINE HABIT. ...
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Hey LC--survivors, not victims!
I recommend a change in Library of Congress Subject Headings from -VICTIMS to -SURVIVORS. Affected subject headings for materials I've cataloged for the Barnard Library Zine Collection include:
ADULT CHILD ABUSE VICTIMS
RAPE VICTIMS
SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMS
The Carbon Footprint of Print and Digital Media
APHA-New York presents:
Don Carli, "The Carbon Footprint of Print and Digital Media: Why you should care and what you can do about it"
Co-sponsored by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library of Columbia University.
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, 6-7:30 p.m.
Butler Library, Room 523
Columbia University
LCSH Weeks 45 and 46
LCSH Weekly Lists for 2008: 45 and 46, in which the Library of Congress welcomes ASSASSINS, CAPTIVE FROGS, HETEROSEXUAL MEN IN MOTION PICTURES, and POWER LINE BIRD STRIKES.
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StateStats
StateStats "shows you how popular a Google search query is in each U.S. state."
The first thing I tried was [zines], which appropriately showed Oregon as having the most searches on that term, followed distantly by Washington, with New York in third with just under half as many searches.
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Borneo catlift and other "Tales for Little Rebels"
If you must involve yourself with holiday related consumption, consume this: Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children's Literature.
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Welcome to the biblioblogosphere, Shelved @ NYC!
Columbia University cataloger Alexandra Crosier has launched a local library events blog, Shelved @ NYC.
Alex provides annotated listings of NYC library news, events, and politics.
Pratt Insitute Library Media Specialists class
Co-presenter:
Jessica Hochman
Melissa Jones
Event:
Pratt Insitute Library Media Specialists class
Abstract:
Barnard Library Zine Collection
Pratt Institute LMS Class
November 19, 2008
with Teacher/Librarian Melissa Jones
Professor Jessica Hochman
Presentation:
Hands-on Library Research Instruction
Co-presenter:
Kanu Nagra, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Maura Smale, New York City College of Technology
Event:
METRO BI SIG Proven Instructional Strategies series
Abstract:
Hands-On Instruction in Advanced Search Techniques in Library Catalogs and Databases for METRO Bibliographic Instruction Special Interest Group Proven Instructional Strategies series.
2pm-4pm, Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Room 6418 at the CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue, between 34th and 35th Streets.
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