http://jenniferlang.net musings related to metadata, cataloging, and the "great big" world of librarianship (plus some other stuff...) Fri, 30 May 2008 18:03:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear Colleagues: You are cordially invited to the ALCTS Electronic Resources Interest Group meeting at ALA 2008 Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA. Date: Saturday, June 28, 2008 from 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Location: Disneyland Hotel, Adventure Room Title: ERMing for a Consortium: Are We There Yet? ... http://jenniferlang.net/archives/137 For a while now, I haven't known why the summary in Google for my website/blog had so many references to phenteramine, xanax, and the like. Puzzling, but not enough for me to do investigate the problem. (Note: it appears I'm now into debt consolidation...) Earlier this evening I was working on ... http://jenniferlang.net/archives/136 XML in libraries: A workshop / Eric Lease Morgan (tags: xml tutorials) http://jenniferlang.net/archives/135 The email address to send comments, requests, etc., is: info@planetcataloging.org {sigh} http://jenniferlang.net/archives/134 Imagine my dismay when I received the following email last Sunday (sent to my Princeton email address): "The Planet Cataloging email address box is full, so suggestions can't get through (like mine; see below). Thought the maintainers ought to know in case someone wants to do anything about it." Yikes. For ... http://jenniferlang.net/archives/133 No Momma's Boy Dominic Carter's book about his relationship with his mother who was diagnosed with chronic paranoid schizophrenia. (tags: mental_illness schizophrenia) http://jenniferlang.net/archives/132 I'm running for Vice President/President Elect of the New Jersey Library Association. I'm not sure exactly when the ballots will be available, but here's a little information about me (this is the information I prepared for the ballot): About Jennifer: Jennifer Lang is the Electronic Resources Cataloging Coordinator at Princeton University Library, ... http://jenniferlang.net/archives/131 It was at around this same time of the morning six years ago that I got the call. I don't remember who called me, but that's another story. (Whenever I tell my mother I can't remember a particular person, place or thing, she says it's because I'm "not trying to ... http://jenniferlang.net/archives/130 As I was walking to work this morning, I passed the same landscape workers, restaurant employees, nannies, maids, and construction workers that I pass every morning. Some I greet; others don't make eye contact. As I entered town, I passed by a worker collecting money from the parking meters. He ... http://jenniferlang.net/archives/129 Make your own book with Blurb http://jenniferlang.net/archives/128