These are posts from the blog of Mita Williams called The Librarian of Things
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The Bureau of Library Tourism
I just walked back from the lovely Cookie Bar in Ford City, Ontario, where I was one of the six “fun” speakers at the Bike Windsor Essex AGM. The theme was transportation and the format was pecha kucha: 20 slides that auto forward every 20 seconds. This is what I was supposed to have said.
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A Wikidata Query: Would you also like to have intervener added as a property?
I would like to add the property of ‘intervener’ to Wikidata but I cannot do this alone.
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The Ones Who Walk Away from the Algorithms
Never let the weeds get higher than the garden. Always keep a diamond in your mind.
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How I Use Obsidian (and Why)
This is a post about how I use the note-taking software known as Obsidian.
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Remembering The Group of Five
A bit of Canadian library history that’s not well understood outside of law libraries.
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Library Jail For 1000 Years
Well I fight Authority (records)
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Where do you stand?
“I always tell my students: ‘A style is a means of insisting on something.’ A line of Sontag’s. — Zadie Smith, Imitations
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Bibliomancy as the new PKM
I love the practice of bibliomancy because it re-introduces myself to the books that I have bought, and it re-animates my writing with ideas that I’ve already responded to and may have forgotten.
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In Praise of Bibliomancy
Borge. Copying. Mimesis. Autofiction. Bibliomancy. Copying. Mimesis. Autofiction. Bibliomancy. Copying. Mimesis. Autofiction. Bibliomancy. Borges.
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Summary Judgements
§ Occam’s Razor Blade § Headnotes reproduced verbatim and presented as ‘case summaries’ § Not keywords but Key People who help unlock knowledge § Not that one. The Eugene Garfield from Web of Science § Annual Reviews is pandering to librarians and I am here for it. § It is Time for Libraries to Claim…