{"id":174,"date":"2023-05-14T15:24:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T15:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/librarian\/?p=174"},"modified":"2023-05-14T15:26:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T15:26:49","slug":"unseen-labor-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/librarian\/unseen-labor-exhibit\/","title":{"rendered":"Unseen Labor Exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I found this exhibit very interesting. At the risk of oversimplifying, many catalogers feel misunderstood and undervalued. A group of people developed this community art project to highlight the work of metadata practitioners. There are 38 pieces from all over! Most of the pieces are embroidery or cross stitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several of the pieces are quite clever. One of my favorites is called <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/openbooks.library.umass.edu\/unseen-labor-exhibit\/chapter\/natasha-hollenbach\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metadata: It\u2019s Complicated<\/a>. It is hard to see in the picture, but there are all these words in the metadata letters illustrating the trends, tools, standards, things to keep in mind, etc. It is, indeed, complicated work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My other favorite is just gorgeous in person. Sadly, you don\u2019t get the full effect from the picture. It is called <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/openbooks.library.umass.edu\/unseen-labor-exhibit\/chapter\/heather-pretty\/\" target=\"_blank\">MARC to Linked Data<\/a> and is about the changing standards behind the scenes. Here is the quote from the catalog:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This conceptual piece represents the transition of MARC metadata to Linked Data through the application of RDF triples of Work-Expression-Manifestation-Item (WEMI) relationships.<br><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>It is interesting how a project like this grows. What started off as an idea in one person\u2019s head in 2021, morphed into several stitch and bitch sessions and now has:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A traveling exhibit (eg. <a href=\"https:\/\/library.mnsu.edu\/about\/partnerships--outreach\/news-events\/unseen-labor-exhibit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Exhibit announcement at MSU<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openbooks.library.umass.edu\/unseen-labor-exhibit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A book\/catalog<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Articles and Presentations (eg. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/minitexconnectconference2022022.sched.com\/event\/1LDug\/unseen-labor-metadata-work-meets-textile-art\" target=\"_blank\">session at Minitex Connect<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The talk of librarianship as women\u2019s work reminded me of books from the 1990s such as <em>Librarianship: The Erosion of a Woman&#8217;s Profession<\/em> by Roma Harris and <em>Feminist Thought in American Librarianship<\/em> by Christina Baum. I was curious to see what recent publications I could find. Sadly there are not many and the problems are not magically solved. Here are three recent items:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2021 &#8211; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/feminist-library-history\/\" target=\"_blank\">Women\u2019s Work, Women\u2019s Words: Feminist Library History<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021 &#8211; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.acalib.2021.102392\" target=\"_blank\">Less money, less children, and less prestige: Differences between male and female academic librarians<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020 &#8211; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/crl.acrl.org\/index.php\/crl\/article\/view\/24434\/32276\" target=\"_blank\">The Gender Wage Gap in Research Libraries<\/a><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"785\" src=\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/librarian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ann-Kardos_Metadata-is-a-Public-Service-768x785-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/librarian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ann-Kardos_Metadata-is-a-Public-Service-768x785-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jillholman.com\/librarian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ann-Kardos_Metadata-is-a-Public-Service-768x785-1-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Metadata is a public service! (<a href=\"https:\/\/openbooks.library.umass.edu\/unseen-labor-exhibit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cover image from the book<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found this exhibit very interesting. At the risk of oversimplifying, many catalogers feel misunderstood and undervalued. A group of people developed this community art project to highlight the work of metadata practitioners. There are 38 pieces from all over! Most of the pieces are embroidery or cross stitch. 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