A monthly podcast about the one thing on everyone's mind: library cataloging.
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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!
1 Jul 2025
Daniel Starr
Host interviews Daniel Starr, a former Associate Chief Librarian, about his experiences at the Thomas J. Watson Library.
3 Jun 2025
Violet B. Fox
Violet B. Fox, Cataloging and Metadata Librarian, discusses her work with metadata, linked data, and cataloging initiatives at Northwestern University in this interview.
6 May 2025
Andrea Puccio
I am joined today by Andrea Puccio, Director of the Clark Art Institute Library (and, more importantly, my cataloging mentor!).
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1 Apr 2025
Billey Albina (FKA Amber Billey)
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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4 Mar 2025
Treshani Perera
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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4 Feb 2025
Elizabeth (Liz) O'Keefe
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 (https://assets.noviams.com/novi-file-uploads/arlisna/pdfs-and-documents/Press_Releases/2017/2016DSA_Award-546bc872.pdf)
Enjoy the conversation!
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7 Jan 2025
Sherman Clarke
Check out Sherman’s blog: https://shermaniablog.blogspot.com/ (https://shermaniablog.blogspot.com/)
Read this fantastic interview with Sherman:
https://bklynbiblio.blogspot.com/2009/05/interview-sherman-clarke.html (https://bklynbiblio.blogspot.com/2009/05/interview-sherman-clarke.html)
Some helpful links that explain some of the (many) acronyms used throughout this episode (not an exhaustive list):
NACO/SACO/BIBCO: https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/ (https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/)
LC: https://www.loc.gov/ (https://www.loc.gov/)
CAC: https://www.arlisna.org/cataloging-advisory-committee (https://www.arlisna.org/cataloging-advisory-committee)
LCGFT: https://www.loc.gov/aba/publications/FreeLCGFT/freelcgft.html (https://www.loc.gov/aba/publications/FreeLCGFT/freelcgft.html)
BIBFRAME: https://www.loc.gov/bibframe/ (https://www.loc.gov/bibframe/ )
Official RDA: https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/rda/PCC%20RDA%20guidelines/Post-RDA-Implementation-Guidelines.html (https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/rda/PCC%20RDA%20guidelines/Post-RDA-Implementation-Guidelines.html)
AACR2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-American_Cataloguing_Rules (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-American_Cataloguing_Rules )
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7 Jan 2025
Jeff Edmunds
Before you do anything else in your life, watch Jeff's music video "Once in a Library": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvQKRLH9DOA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvQKRLH9DOA)
Now that you've done that, read Jeff's three part series "BIBFRAME Must Die":
BIBFRAME Must Die (Part I) (https://doi.org/10.26207/v18m-0g05 )
BIBFRAME Must Die, Part II: The Official RDA Toolkit (https://doi.org/10.26207/2zm0-yf35)
BIBFRAME Must Die, Part III: A Brief History of the Future of Cataloging (https://doi.org/10.26207/zn7t-0y56)
Now feel free to listen to the podcast.
As always, send feedback to catapod.podcast@gmail.com
14 Dec 2024
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Welcome to Catapod, a show about library cataloging and metadata.
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