"coach-painter and would-be assassin". Homonymenzusätze in der British Library

Das Digital scholarship blog der British Library lenkt den Blick auf einen Aspekt des Bibliothekswesen, dessen Humorfaktor bisher unterschätzt wurde: den Homonymenzusatz. Mit diesem Zusatz werden u.a. Personen mit dem gleichen Namen oder gleichlautende Begriffe in den Normdaten unterschieden. So wird zum Beispiel klar, dass "Mayer, Peter (Abgeordneter 1774 – 1848)" ein anderer ist als "Mayer, Peter (Bildhauer, Künstler 1938 – 2009) oder dass es Tau <Niederschlag> und Tau <Seil> gibt.

Ein paar weitaus außergewöhnlichere Beispiele aus dem Handschriftenkatalog der British Library werden in den Beiträgen "The Butcher, the Baker, but not the Candlestick Maker" und "What did you call me?!" beschrieben.

ALA-Webinar Bridging the Gap: In Support of Female Librarianship, 8.5.

The ALA Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship (COSWL), the Association of College and Research Libraries Women and Gender Studies Section, and the Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) Feminist Task Force will host a complimentary webinar titled "Bridging the Gap: In Support of Female Librarianship" on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 2:00 pm (ET) / 1:00 pm (CT) / 8:00 p.m. (CEST). Register in advance for this webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the session.

Despite the widespread number of women working in libraries today many of us, particularly women of color, regularly experience instances where our contributions, opinions, and suggestions are undermined when at work. Over time this results in poor morale, loss of individual confidence, and, in extreme cases, a hostile work environment. What are the factors that contribute to the demeaning of women's contributions? While studies support the anecdotal evidence women regularly share about the gender inequities still at play in the general workforce, how do these inequities play out in the library workforce?
What are effective strategies that women can employ to combat being undermined in the workplace? What can employers do to assure that the contributions of women are not regularly devalued? What can women do to make sure we are not contributing to demeaning or undervaluing our female colleagues - and how can we better lift-up and support female colleagues?
Join us in a lively discussion as we seek to better understand the factors that contribute to undermining and undervaluing women in the library workplace and identifying strategies that can be used to make the library work place an environment where women's many contributions are valued.