Lesley Parilla

Librarian (cataloger, metadata enthusiast) interested in creative ways of connecting content to enable discovery (views expressed are my own)

[Lesley Parilla @parillal]

Looking for #freeTraining? #Amigos is offering #pastrecordings of #openrefine training and others for free for limited period of time. #Windowshopping for #libraryprofessionals https://t.co/u0qKQlVIIS

[Lesley Parilla @parillal]

#Americanhistory and #music lesson in one! with a #Fife https://t.co/U1uCDrjZhV

[Lesley Parilla @parillal]

need a new #podcast to listen to?
#MountVernon is actively creating new content! Check it out at: https://t.co/2z6d87JdMd

[Lesley Parilla @parillal]

Need some #online #resources for schoool at home? #MountVernon has loads set to one page. https://t.co/ox2uGDbYRP

[Lesley Parilla @parillal]

#Easter to go a #MountVernon https://t.co/GOIn2xHlOk

[Lesley Parilla @parillal]

OOH! I just realized there is no field for nationality or cultural identity in a NA record. Catalogers have been fitting into 368 (other designation) or other places. Its come up as a primary way to identify in some of the communities whose work I cataloged over the years.

[Lesley Parilla @parillal]

Anyone have experience putting in a proposal for a new #MARC field? #AskaCataloger

[Lesley Parilla @parillal]

Anyone had issues with consistency of birth info quoted from IMDB?
Just dealt w/my 2nd case of IMDB listing significantly different birth years for same person, & the info complicated the #NameAuthority record editing

[Lesley Parilla @parillal]

Don't know how I missed this collection of #oralhistories at #LC #DontUndestimateOralHistories https://t.co/SPOasv0bAW

[Dr. Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755 on lots o’ platforms) @jbf1755]

🙂

[Lesley Parilla @parillal]

#AskaCataloger To any librarian who's taking in #romancenovels by #JoMcNally, please update with the new #NameAuthority heading (Jo McNally (Romance author). Her books are being attributed to a choral director in the UK. #ProperAttributionMakesCatalogersHappy

[Lesley Parilla @parillal]

#JuliaSand a women, house bound, who changed a #presidency thru her correspondence https://t.co/8vkMrKxV33

[Lesley Parilla @parillal]

#PowerStance in song form! Sarah Potenza #NPR #TinyDeskContest 2020 https://t.co/BbBnSZGjLV via @YouTube

[Lesley Parilla @parillal]

This story makes me so happy! #RefugeeDocent Program at UPenn #Archaeological #Museum https://t.co/XuzccgC4sM

[Lesley Parilla @parillal]

#mygrowingbooklist #PaulJennings A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison. The FIRST White House memoir ever published.

[Lesley Parilla @parillal]

@elliot_dw Check out explanation of changes from #AACR2toRDA in a presentation originally put out by RDA's RSC. They have a slide discussing the use of Jr. in AACR2 https://t.co/jCiYTOndyR

[Lesley Parilla @parillal]

@YesIAmMackenzie If you haven't, also check #ALCTS #webinars site. Gives you a sense of how librarians are using the tools AND webinar recordings are free after six months. https://t.co/djb2BYZsLN

[Lesley Parilla @parillal]

Places to start...Possibilities for 2 #metadatawork programs: for #OpenRefine, check out https://t.co/RlBPRDybyv for MarcEdit https://t.co/9as8FN88yK the free resources are considerable. Thru MarcEdit site, and regional library associations have made webinars over the years.

[Lesley Parilla @parillal]

#BeerWaste Saves Montana Town $1 Million On #WaterTreatment https://t.co/MSOYuCMtCY