Hello, my name’s Alissa McCulloch (she/her) and I make library catalogues less racist.
I live in Australia and work at a regional academic library. My responsibilities include reparative description, metadata quality analysis, standards work, and managing data flows beyond the catalogue.
This blog is a collection of thoughts and opinions across my library career, mostly about cataloguing but sometimes about other things. Some of my views have changed over time—previous posts may not necessarily represent current opinions.
I am Information Officer for the ALIA Community on Resource Description (ACORD), the Australian cataloguing and metadata special interest group, and Treasurer for newCardigan, a progressive social and professional networking group for Australian GLAM workers. I also co-convene the national Reparative Description Community of Practice (RDCoP).
I can be found on Mastodon at @lissertations@ausglam.space, and formerly on Twitter @lissertations. If you need my attention promptly, please email me at hello AT lissertations DOT net.
I am Autistic and sometimes not very happy. I endeavour to leave all things in a better place than when I found them.
This blog is archived by the National Library of Australia’s Pandora service and is accessible here.
My opinions are licensed under CC-BY and are definitely not those of my employer.