Friday, October 17, 2003

Don't call him a librarian!

The University of Texas at Austin is advertising on the Texas Library Association's jobline for a "Knowledge Gateway Metadata Analyst". It requires a master's degree in library science and two years of library experience, but heavens no, we can't call him a "librarian"!

1 comment:

Felix said...

Trebor @ 8:48AM | 2003-10-18| permalink

Though our contract is good through 2007, we're allowed to attempt to renegotiate parts of it through "mutual agreement." Here's how it will work:

"The negotiations will be conducted using an "interest-based" negotiation process wherein interests, or goals, are identified with regard to each issue. The teams will generate options that are then subjected to standards of legitimacy for identifying optimal solutions. This process is designed with the ultimate goal of achieving agreements that are acceptable to all parties."

No shit.

~Trebor

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Yam @ 10:13PM | 2003-10-18| permalink

"Promulgation of metadata standards".... wow. Phrases like that make my poor illiterate brain hurt. Sounds like a good position, though.

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Felix @ 12:09AM | 2003-10-22| permalink

Yeah, like I always say, ya gotta call a spade a "manual earth restructuring implement".

Unfortunately, I don't have the required two years of cataloging experience working with digital materials.

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