29 Dec

2013 Reading List

Around April I decided I should keep track of what I read in 2013. I can’t swear that I managed to put everything on this list, but most of it, for sure. I finished 33 fiction and 9 non-fiction books, and started a dozen more. I was going to include a snarklist of abandoned books, but tastes vary and there are so many books to recommend that it’s not worth the time to disrecommend a book.

Fiction

Out of so many books this year, here are three I thought were particularly noteworthy. Read More

13 Dec

Slavic Quick Cat redux

Back in 2009, I spent some time working for the University of Washington library system, helping to catalog new acquisitions for the Slavic collection. I kept notes on the curious things which crossed my desk & posted ‘Notes from Slavic Quick Cataloging’ in parts 1-20. Part 1 is here.

I just found a draft email that includes more info from that time, so here it is. Read More