sandy berman

Apr 22 17:35

Dear Library of Congress, please add cross references to -WAVE FEMINISMS

This post is part of the Radical Reference Library of Congress Subject Heading Suggestion Blog-a-Thon.

While I am over the top that you have adopted the -WAVE FEMINISM headings, I think you could do better on the references. Per my blog post comment of February 2008, this is what I suggest...

Apr 22 14:06

Radical Cataloging: the Book

Radical Cataloging: Essays at the Front, edited by K.R. Roberto, which is coming out this summer now has its Table of Contents online. My article, which I'll sooner or later post here in its pre-print version is "AACR2—Bendable but Not Flexible: Cataloging Zines at Barnard College."

Apr 18 09:55

Sandy Berman Subject Headings

Today instead of picking apart the Library of Congress Subject Headings Weekly List, I'm going through Sandy Berman's personal scorecard, an older version of which can be found on his website. I am using a version dated April 15, 2008. Stay tuned for an html version on the Radical Reference site, where there will also be info on a coordinated day of submitting subject heading recommendations to LC, on April 27, 2008.

Feb 06 16:43

* 550 RT Large-breasted women

Large breasted women of the world--you now have your own subject heading, thanks to Sandy Berman who wrote to LC after seeing my complaint about BREAST--SOCIAL ASPECTS as an inadequate term for cataloging a zine about a woman with large breasts.

Sep 23 13:09

Pittsburgh Progressive Library Skillshare report back

It's now been three weeks since the Progressive Library Skillshare in Pittsburgh, so my report back will not do justice to the event, I'm afraid. I'm just going to list the highlights, since too much time has passed for me to produce a thoughtful narrative.

Aug 31 12:59

Radical Reference and Zines: Activist Librarianship at Your library, Online, and in the Street

Here are the slides from my talk at the Progressive Library Skillshare in Pittsburgh, PA on Saturday, September 7, 2007. I am honored to be on the bill with Sandy Berman, Tom Twiss, and a bunch of folks I haven't met yet.

Event: 

Progressive Library Skillshare, Pittsburgh

Abstract: 

This is about activism in your library and in your life, focusing on Radical Reference and the Barnard Library Zine Collection and hoping that session participants will feel empowered to develop projects and collections in their libraries and lives.

Presentation: 
Aug 16 11:51

Progressive Library Skillshare Pittsburgh

Progressive Library Skillshare
September 7 & 8, 2007 - Pittsburgh, PA
completely FREE and open to everyone

Jul 31 15:58

Transgender Resource Collection

I got the print brochure for this collection in the mail from a friend and was glad to see that it's online, as well. It's the Transgender Resource Collection from the Oak Park Public Library in Illinois.

read more