The maestro of macros himself - Walter F. Nickeson - joins me for the final episode of season 1. Check out his GitHub page here:

https://github.com/wnickeson/WaltsMacros

If you're not already using his macros, you should start!

I speak with Daniel Starr, former Associate Chief Librarian at Thomas J. Watson Library (where I currently work).

In this episode I speak with Violet Fox who is the Cataloging and Metadata Librarian at Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University in Chicago. She is the co-chair of the SACO Medical Funnel, a member of the PCC EDIBA advisory committee, is involved in the 23 Linked Data Things project, and runs the incredible website Cataloging Lab.

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I am joined today by Andrea Puccio, Director of the Clark Art Institute Library (and, more importantly, my cataloging mentor!).

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In this episode I speak with Billey Albina (FKA Amber Billey) who was most recently the Systems and Metadata Librarian at Bard College and is the editor of the 2024 collection of essays, Inclusive Cataloging: Histories, Context, and Reparative Approaches.

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In this episode I discuss inclusive metadata with Treshani Perera, the Coordinator for Community Engagement for the Big Ten Academic Alliance.

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To give one a sense of the impact Elizabeth (Liz) O'Keefe has had on the cataloging profession throughout her career, here's an excerpt from the press release that went out when she won ARLIS/NA's Distinguished Service Award:

"Much of her work with the development of metadata standards was accomplished through her long service on ARLIS/NA's Cataloging Advisory Committee (CAC) in many roles, including member, Chair, liaison to ALA's Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA), and liaison to the Machine Readable Bibliographic Information Committee (MARBI). Her advocacy in these and other forums helped persuade key players in the development of Resource Description and Access (RDA) that the new cataloging standard must be flexible enough to support the description of non-traditional library resources, including art and cultural works. Liz also made substantive contributions to other specialist standards, such as the Visual Resources Association’s Cataloging Cultural Objects, and the standards for the description of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, modern manuscripts, and graphics developed by the Rare Books & Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. To all these endeavors she brought exceptional enthusiasm, unparalleled breadth and depth of knowledge, and formidable communication skills, leavened with a sly wit that could defuse the most contentious debate."

Here’s that press release in full: https://assets.noviams.com/novi-file-uploads/arlisna/pdfs-and-documents/Press_Releases/2017/2016DSA_Award-546bc872.pdf 

Enjoy the conversation!

Before you do anything else in your life, watch Jeff's music video "Once in a Library": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvQKRLH9DOA

Now that you've done that, read Jeff's three part series "BIBFRAME Must Die":

Now feel free to listen to the podcast.

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Check out Sherman’s blog: https://shermaniablog.blogspot.com/ 

Read this fantastic interview with Sherman:

Some helpful links that explain some of the (many) acronyms used throughout this episode (not an exhaustive list):