por causa del perrito

Comprehension of information definitely requires a full understanding of the context of a given situation...if you didn't know there was a little dog bothering this pet deer, you might not really know why she's behaving this way (I personally had never heard a deer make these sounds myself, but then, I haven't been around too many deer in my life)...

Tienes FRBR?

The Fort Worth Library sent me to TLA back in April, which was my first time to go...The pre-conference session I went to was the one on FRBR/RDA given by UNT's own Shawne Miksa. Although the changes in cataloging philosophy discussed are still a ways off as far as practical implementation at my library, it was fairly interesting to see how comprehensively the new system will consider the classification of works(/expressions/manifestations/items)...This is a blog that provides access to some of the resources Dr. Miksa referenced in her presentation:

http://www.frbr.org/categories/rda

algunas de nuestras 'cosas' favoritas

Here are photos of our pets--Riley, our cat (mink ragdoll) and Maggie, our new dog (basset hound)...We just bought her the other day. The two of them are still 'adjusting' to each other...Can you guess which one was taken with my camera phone? That one was taken before we got our digital camera this past Christmas, but it's still one of the best of the beast...

primer mensaje

I thought I'd use my graduate school blog both as a personal blog and as an opportunity to utilize my limited Spanish (my undergradate) in the titles. Dr. O'Connor has certainly made this online class interesting so far with the discussion topics and lack of a traditional syllabus. I, like others in the course, have never created a blog (or a website, for that matter), and look forward to this creative experience. Soon I will post images of our "mascotas," as well as ruminate on the dazzling aspects of my vocation: cataloging (can't wait to be FRBRized!)...

Chau 'til then,
Pepe