Author: Clemens Gresser
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Sorting out the Popes!
Read more: Sorting out the Popes!This is not an attempt to criticize the Catholic Church or the Popes. It is merely a data quality project. Please let me explain this further. Every catalogue record should have so-called “authorities”, these are bits in the record which are highly-controlled forms of a name or a subject; if we do our job properly…
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Our users in April 2026
Read more: Our users in April 2026In October 2025 we published a post ‘Who are our users in October 2025?‘, and last month we offered a glimpse of where our users live by a news item Mapping our users: are you on it? What follows is not only an update on numbers, but also is a qualitative better report on our…
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A series problem
Read more: A series problemAbout 10 days ago we had an enquiry arrive in our inbox, which almost made my heart stop. Well, not really, but I know if someone asks about a serial in our collection (whether a scholarly journal or a magazine) this could spell trouble, or at least some cumbersome detective work. Indeed, we recently have…