Authority Control in the 21st Century - Barnhart

Aug 13, 4:49pm 1 review library-resources, access-control, library-catalogs, authority-control
http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2003/06/20/0000003520/viewer/file81.html

This paper suggests a simple (date I saw obvious?) idea of how to organize authority data in online catalogs. The idea presented would be obvious to anyone who has used an relational database, but it is rarely used in today's catalogs. The paper gives historical context for this idea, and, most importantly, discusses how it might be implemented using MARC data.

Alternative Teen Services & My So-Called Picture Book

Aug 13, 4:27pm 1 review library-resources, libraries, picture-books
http://www.yalibrarian.com/wordpress/2008/08/my-so-called-picture-book

A nice blog post on the expanding audience for picture books.

YouTube - basque variations

Jun 22, 12:14pm 1 review music, video, mandolin
http://video.stumbleupon.com/?p=5x5tc4bprj

Variations on a Basque Melody, for mandolin, by Victor Kioulaphides. The performer, Ferdinand Binnedijik, appears to just be a young kid, but he plays very well!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4YoqjhXVww

Jun 22, 8:29am 1 review music, video, mandolin, dave-apollon
http://video.stumbleupon.com/?p=avc157z4rn

Dave Apollon plays "When a gypsy makes you cry". Amazing

YouTube - A mandolin duet by Carlo Munier (Napoli 1859 - 1911 Venezia)

Jun 22, 8:25am 1 review music, video, mandolin
http://video.stumbleupon.com/?p=qvebkkmy3n

A well executed performance of the Andante from the first duet of Carlo Munier's '3 Duetti Concertanti' Op. 9.

YouTube - Dudu Maia - Bandolim Solo 2 - Disparada

Jun 16, 8:40pm 1 review music, video, mandolin, choro
http://video.stumbleupon.com/?p=9tt21ucmqq

I would very much like to be able to play my octave mandolin like this. (Although it looks like he is playing not an octave mandolin but a five string mandola.)

YouTube - Imogen Heap - Mic Check

Jun 3, 9:36pm 1 review music, video, electronic-music, imogen-heap
http://video.stumbleupon.com/?p=528athx5ck

I wish I knew more about this song...the poster on you tube calls it "Mic Check" and describes it as "almost impossible to find". I'm not all that familiar with Imogen Heaps work, but I can't imagine that such an amazing performance would be kept hidden away.

YouTube - Jimmy Corrigan, de Chris Ware

May 12, 2:27pm 1 review arts, video, this-american-life, ira-glass, chris-ware
http://video.stumbleupon.com/?p=nt6hr66dxj

A typical story from this American life, but with an animation by Chris Ware.

YouTube - Hurdy Gurdy: Double Header

May 8, 11:52am 1 review music, video, hurdy-gurdy
http://video.stumbleupon.com/?p=gkizqok5ai

This hurdy gurdy player is amazing. I had no idea the hurdy gurdy could do so much!

YouTube - Deon van der Walt - Belmonte Act 1 Aria

Apr 16, 11:53am 1 review arts, opera, video, mozart
http://video.stumbleupon.com/?p=bbkxihohfb

Description from YouTube info:
"Hier soll ich dich denn sehen", Belmonte's Entrance Aria & Duet with Osmin(Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, Act 1)

Sung by the late South African tenor, Deon van der Walt. RIP.

Mozart Salzburg Festival, 1988 or 1989. Sparse sets, goofy backdrops, and odd props, but great singing! I apologize for the audio. I taped it off PBS in 1989 in EP mode (before I knew any better).

Belmonte: Deon van der Walt
Konstanze: Inga Nielsen
Blonde: Lillian Watson
Pedrillo: Heinz Zednik
Osmin: Kurt Rydl
Pasha Selim: Ulrich Wildgruber