LCSH Weekly Headings Lists, weeks 35, 36, and 37
Also, I know Sandy Berman has asked before, but now my friend Greg Hom is, too. I hope LC will consider changing JEWISH-ARAB RELATIONS and any/all terms relating to it to the more accurate ISRAELI-ARAB RELATIONS. Greg's request is based on Palestine by Joe Sacco.
Jenna Freedman
Director of the Barnard Zine Library, Barnard College
Teaching
The Perzine Is Political: Critical Thinking with Casual Texts, taught in Barnard College's Pre-College Program, summer 2023.
These are one session classes of 60-90 minutes.
Advanced internet research
Community librarianship and free/open source software (team taught)
Effecting change--activism in your library, in your life
Fact checking
History of "radical, militant" librarianship
Library research at Barnard/Columbia
Library research at public libraries
Zines in the classroom
Zines--place in the library, in media
I don't really have time to write a detailed post just now, but I wanted to get this out there because I really love Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture. The print publishing industry is all kinds of fucked right now, and not just because many people like to read things online. When I get more time, I'll dig up links and backstory on the demise of Punk Planet, Clamor, etc. Anyway, send them some dough!
This weekend I attended Drupal Camp, organized by the New York City Drupal Gommunity, including and especially my spouse Eric.
My overall feeling is that it was great to see such a large and motivated group in action--providing two days of training and peer learning, friggin' delicious bagels, and pizza, all for free.
The Library of Congress delineates the difference between DESPOTISM and DICTATORSHIP (monarch, not a monarch), welcomes THREE BEARS, the HIJACKING OF YACHTS and more.
PS Here's a reminder to send Sandy Berman some love.
Legendary cataloger Sandy Berman was in a serious car accident last Friday and is facing a long and arduous recovery.
I declare the six weeks or so from now until his birthday on October 6, Sandy Berman appreciation month. (It takes way more than a month to show sufficient appreciation, believe me!) Please participate by sending him cards, flowers, subject heading suggestions, and low fat schnitzel.
Sanford Berman
4400 Morningside Road
Edina, MN
55416-5043
I found a notice stuffed in my door when I arrived home from work on Friday evening that my landlord is changing the lock on the front door on Wednesday "to enhance security" and that the leaseholder only, bearing two photo IDs and a utility bill can pick up the new key on Monday or Tuesday between 3 and 5. Does that seem reasonable to you?
The latest Library Journal zine review column is out. It features reviews of Guerrilla Greywater Girls's Guide to Water, We'll Never Have Paris, Miranda, The Assassin and the Whiner, and a No Better Voice/Truckface split.
I have been sick of the presidential elections since the early part of the primaries, but that doesn't mean I won't prolong the discourse myself on occasion. Click the read more link for some thoughts on Obama, Kucinich, political cartoons, patriotism, sexism, and protests.