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Sunday, November 11, 2007
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Merry Christmas in November rant
Does anyone else think that stores get into the Christmas thing way too early? Don't get me wrong - I love Christmas.
Opening presents, getting stuffed on food, peace and goodwill to all - what's not to like?
But, seriously, people, get a grip and don't play Christmas music until AFTER Thanksgiving! I kinda feel sorry for Thanksgiving - it's like the red-headed stepchild of holidays. I think we need to demand Thanksgiving Carols and Thanksgiving Trees. And by the time I actually GET to Christmas - I'm glutted with the overabundance of sentimental commercialism, the smell of fake pine, and chirpy little salespeople who get paid squat to push their products on you.
But what do I know? I'm the weirdo that prefers warm sunshine and beaches for Christmas, not messy, icky, dirty snow we like to think is "white."
I'm also probably considered anti-American because I don't I don't like baseball OR apple pie.
Go figure. (I think I need some anti-cynicism medicine this morning.)
Opening presents, getting stuffed on food, peace and goodwill to all - what's not to like?
But, seriously, people, get a grip and don't play Christmas music until AFTER Thanksgiving! I kinda feel sorry for Thanksgiving - it's like the red-headed stepchild of holidays. I think we need to demand Thanksgiving Carols and Thanksgiving Trees. And by the time I actually GET to Christmas - I'm glutted with the overabundance of sentimental commercialism, the smell of fake pine, and chirpy little salespeople who get paid squat to push their products on you.
But what do I know? I'm the weirdo that prefers warm sunshine and beaches for Christmas, not messy, icky, dirty snow we like to think is "white."
I'm also probably considered anti-American because I don't I don't like baseball OR apple pie.
Go figure. (I think I need some anti-cynicism medicine this morning.)
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Tag, YOU'RE IT!
Cue "pontificating" music - as I settle down in to lecture mode:
Tagging can be a very useful tool... oh, nevermind the pompous language... let's start this little post over again...
I like the idea of patrons "tagging" library materials. For Pete's sake, the ordinary patron has no clue about "controlled vocabulary" or official LOC language so, oftentimes, they put in how they think of searching for an item and it yields zilch results in the catelogue. Now, wouldn't it be nice if Infosoup or other catalogues were enabled such that a patron, when they see an item they want, can "tag" it so next time they're looking for it, they can put the tag word into the search bar and it would yield the item! It'd be pretty helpful for OPAC searching - as patrons aren't always very knowledgeable on how to find things. (I'm still not all that great at advanced keyword searching - much less Sue Jones or John Smith. (Both of whom are my BEST friends... ;0 )
As for tagging being unsettling - on the contrary, the wild uncontrollableness of it is liberating! No restrictions, no goofy Sears headings... none of that "by the book" stuff... how wonderful.
I am now waiting for the rotten tomatoes from the cataloguers....
Tagging can be a very useful tool... oh, nevermind the pompous language... let's start this little post over again...
I like the idea of patrons "tagging" library materials. For Pete's sake, the ordinary patron has no clue about "controlled vocabulary" or official LOC language so, oftentimes, they put in how they think of searching for an item and it yields zilch results in the catelogue. Now, wouldn't it be nice if Infosoup or other catalogues were enabled such that a patron, when they see an item they want, can "tag" it so next time they're looking for it, they can put the tag word into the search bar and it would yield the item! It'd be pretty helpful for OPAC searching - as patrons aren't always very knowledgeable on how to find things. (I'm still not all that great at advanced keyword searching - much less Sue Jones or John Smith. (Both of whom are my BEST friends... ;0 )
As for tagging being unsettling - on the contrary, the wild uncontrollableness of it is liberating! No restrictions, no goofy Sears headings... none of that "by the book" stuff... how wonderful.
I am now waiting for the rotten tomatoes from the cataloguers....
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