SWEMIman

So, in today's weekly session on RDA, our head of cataloging introduced WEMI (Work, Expression, Manifestation and Item) as a mnemonic to remember the FRBR levels. Having spent so long working with FRBR for Serials, I, of course, added Super-record, making the much more entertaining SWEMI (swee-mee).

Now, I've got a long ride home, where I think of many strange things... such as would it be possible to implement FRBR for Serials in a CONTENTdm database (Answer: Yes. Yes it is, and I will show you how in my next article, in case you really give a crap). Out of today's drive, I introduce:

SWEMIman

With great power comes great Responsibility...
I Will Not Use My Cataloging Powers For EVIL!

Day to day, mild-mannered PN Biblos sits in the broom closet the library Administration has given him as an office. But when he hears the cry of a frustrated patron who can't find a resource, he ducks into an aisle in the closed stacks, emerging as SWEMIman, the Patron Protector...

Sorry, my copy of Photoshop's down, or I'd give you a pic, too- maybe tomorrow or this weekend (but think Dr. Strange in a red tunic...)