Tag: koha

  • Screenshot of Koha authorities, listing Leo I, Pope entries.

    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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  • The book 'Working with manuscripts' and its catalogue record on the OPAC.

    First officer’s log #1

    First officer’s log #1. 30 January 2026. It has been decided that in addition to the Captain’s log updates you have been enjoying so far, we will introduce a first officer’s log to the rotation as well. As the designated first officer for the last 9 months – since the Heythrop Library’s previous first officer…

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  • View of the 'garden entrance' to Friends House on Euston Road.

    Connecting with other Librarians in London

    Working in a library can sometimes require being comfortable with working in solitude, and it is not always easy to feel connected to other information professionals across the field during the day-to-day running of a library. Something that can help with this is conference and networking days to get together with other librarians and discuss…

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