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ROTF, LMAO Daniel Chudnov++ > "...in the face of MARC? By which, of course, we mean MARC with ISBD > punctuation and AACR2 rules, the combination of which might make > sense still to some members of our community but to us snarky geek > types is really quite difficult to work with, so much so that we love > dropping metaphorical bombs on it even while we don't really have a > decent solution for replacing it quite yet hence the insecurity we > share in great evidence by mocking it on a conference t-shirt." I vote for this whole paragraph on the back :-> Rob Styles Programme Manager, Data Services, Talis tel: +44 (0)870 400 5000 fax: +44 (0)870 400 5001 direct: +44 (0)870 400 5004 mobile: +44 (0)7971 475 257 msn: [log in to unmask] irc: irc.freenode.net/mmmmmrob,isnick > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Daniel Chudnov > Sent: 26 January 2007 15:59 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] RE: [CODE4LIB] Polls open for Code4Lib 2007 T- > Shirt design > > On Jan 26, 2007, at 10:19 AM, Roy Tennant wrote: > > > Those of you (are there any?) who can't or don't want to login to see > > berick's response should know that it is: > > > > aren't we all morons in the face of MARC? > > Why so negative toward a spec that's served our community for nigh > unto forty years? I'd much rather see something fun or silly and not > disparaging of anything and would vote against this if we were set up > to vote against something. I mean, wouldn't you really then mean for > it to say: > > "...in the face of MARC? By which, of course, we mean MARC with ISBD > punctuation and AACR2 rules, the combination of which might make > sense still to some members of our community but to us snarky geek > types is really quite difficult to work with, so much so that we love > dropping metaphorical bombs on it even while we don't really have a > decent solution for replacing it quite yet hence the insecurity we > share in great evidence by mocking it on a conference t-shirt." > > For good or ill, our profession is invested in MARC, and to parade > around in clothes disparaging it (or in a shirt mocking any > particular individual, which was, apparently, my first annual t-shirt > suggestion objection, last year) seems like the wrong impression to > give. Just because we blow off steam sometimes by acting like junior > high schoolers on-channel doesn't mean we have to document similar > behavior on clothing we'll all wear to other conferences. The very latest from Talis read the latest news at www.talis.com/news listen to our podcasts www.talis.com/podcasts see us at these events www.talis.com/events join the discussion here www.talis.com/forums join our developer community www.talis.com/tdn and read our blogs www.talis.com/blogs Any views or personal opinions expressed within this email may not be those of Talis Information Ltd. The content of this email message and any files that may be attached are confidential, and for the usage of the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, then please return this message to the sender and delete it. Any use of this e-mail by an unauthorised recipient is prohibited. Talis Information Ltd is a member of the Talis Group of companies and is registered in England No 3638278 with its registered office at Knights Court, Solihull Parkway, Birmingham Business Park, B37 7YB.