This episode is part 2 of the conversation in MM.08 between friend-of-the-pod Jenn and Tracy. Carrie got the fun job of listening to all the messiness and making it into an episode.
We touch on mentorship — formal and informal. Jenn mentions career contessa (not to be confused with the barefoot contessa, aka Ina Garten — Tracy is a big fan of her), that has a book and a podcast. Jenn also recommends this article on motherhood at work.
How do you name your files and organize things? Jenn and Tracy aren’t great at it. Know of a good guide or webinar on naming conventions or standards? Please share! We can always use a bit more professional development with that.
We have deep respect for catalogers (and folks who are good at naming files, for that matter). For our fellow non-catalogers, the 050 field is for Library of Congress call number, and the 046 field is for special coded dates. (Yes, we had to Google that. No we don’t know what “special coded dates” are either.) Catalogers: thank you for making things findable.
In a bit of oversharing, Tracy mentions being “an accountant” as an optional answer when you don’t want to explain your job, especially if your work is stigmatized. (For the record, this is a sex positive, non-kink shaming podcast.)
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MM.10: When Librarians Aren't Great With File Names (or Numbers?)