Flash-Mob Cataloging Party

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1 Flash-Mob Cataloging, an Introduction
2 So, You'd Like to Flash-Mob a Library
3 Logistics
4 Upcoming Flash-Mob Cataloging Events
5 Previous Flash-Mob Cataloging Events

[edit] Flash-Mob Cataloging, an Introduction

Quite a few small libraries use LibraryThing as their catalog—schools, churches, synagogues, Masonic temples, companies, museums, and even a couple of embassies! They find LibraryThing much cheaper and easier to use than most "library automation" software. (More about organizations using LibraryThing here.)

But it's not always easy for a single overworked volunteer to catalog a big collection. So we thought we'd try a "flash-mob" cataloging party! A bunch of LibraryThing members show up with laptops and barcode scanners in hand and see how fast we can enter an entire library into LibraryThing.

If you're not familiar with what a flash mob is, read more here.

[edit] So, You'd Like to Flash-Mob a Library

If you'd like to have volunteers come catalog your library for a LibraryThing account, come join us in the Flash-Mob Cataloging Group. We'll blog the event, find some volunteers and help work out the details.

If you're eyeballing a library in your area, and have even convinced them to let you catalog their collection, let us know so we can help you get things set up. You can email info at librarything.com.

If the library in question is in New England, it's likely the LibraryThing staff will want to come help. Consider yourself warned.

[edit] Logistics

See some tips and ideas in the What works, what doesn't thread in the Flash-Mob Cataloging Group.

[edit] Upcoming Flash-Mob Cataloging Events

[edit] Central Park School for Children, Durham, NC

(October 3, 2009)

For more information, contact Erin at erin_stalberg@ncsu.edu.

[edit] Canton Museum of Art

(October 3-4, 2009)

[edit] Alexander Room in the UGA department of Classics

(Saturday October 24, 2009 at 10am)

flash-mob planning thread

[edit] Previous Flash-Mob Cataloging Events

[edit] folktales collection of a storytelling professor

(August 30, 2009)

Dan Keding's LibraryThing profile

LibraryThing blog post recap

[edit] The Crossroads Infoshop (a Radical Library and Zine Distro)

(July 10, 2009)

Crossroads Infoshop on LibraryThing

LibraryThing blog post

[edit] Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts

(June 24, 2009)

Bemis Center on LibraryThing

LibraryThing blog post

[edit] Flash-Mob at Clemson Montessori School in Upstate South Carolina

(May 30, 2009)

Clemson Montessori School on LibraryThing

LT blog post

[edit] Puerto Rican Cultural Center in Chicago

(April 19, 26 & May 3, 2009)

Puerto Rican Cultural Center's catalog on LibraryThing

[edit] Joel Lane House, Raleigh NC

(March 23, 2009)

The Metadata & Cataloging department at North Carolina State University hosted a flash-mob event at the Joel Lane Museum House, in Raleigh, NC on March 23, 2009. For more information, contact Erin at erin_stalberg@ncsu.edu.

The Joel Lane Museum House on LibraryThing