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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I am so angry it morphed to panic & had to take an Ativan. Colleague constantly talks over me, jumping to say what I was about to say. 4 times in 10 minutes today. I hit my wall. They're my gender it's not a sexist IT thing. It's persistent. And consistent. Nobody else in the room is getting this.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Utterly unsurprising to metadata librarians who have documented the propagation of errors and their classes for decades. This is why orgs with central stores of metadata have regular processes to catch, correct, merge dupes etc. Too bad Amazon doesn’t.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Milestones at the #gym today, big jump in how long I can sustain 80% MHR. Pretty soon I’ll be doing anaerobic drills again. I heart #tabata My bones may be crumbling from osteoporosis but at least my lungs and biking legs are kicking ass.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sharing a great piece by a friend. Her arrival in Canada is a boon to us. medium.com/@DrGwenMarsh...

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My Trans Story

On the occasion of my 5 year tranniversary

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I miss that feeling of early Internet presence, when I never censored what I wrote online.

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Spooky JC in Rothesay 🌲 🇨🇦 @jc-in-rothesay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The city of Ottawa, Mark Carney and the "Liberal" party of Canada can fuck right off for eternity. You fuckers let convoy clowns take over the downtown for weeks and this is how you treat seniors protesting for the environment? Get fucked @mark-carney.bsky.social

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There are 76 LCSH with "artificial intelligence" in the Alma CZ. Do you understand how LONG that norm rule will be, especially if we include FAST headings in this mix? I am not waiting that long for dinner. Scratch staying late. I'll deal tomorrow.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Now they're coming for "artificial intelligence". I would not have predicted the slide into newspeak for everyday words would happen this quickly. How naive. Everybody, resume the LCSH blocking protocol. Guess what I'm staying late to do

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Today I'm officially old enough to join a senior's fitness association. A tad depressing when I have 15 years left before I can afford a retirement in financial austerity. Let's not think about long term care eh? Otherwise? I appreciate having another ring on this tree. Beats the alternative.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I suppose technically it’s a post-print not a pre-print. thanks detail-oriented folks for a reminder. In my defence, it’s been 6 years since I was head of a library Research & Scholarly Communication dept. I’m on to thwarting censorship & new speak in controlled vocabulary + metadata sovereignty

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Eval rubric #AI enhanced #library #metadata, ground truth "cataloger judgement", theoretical framework, steps to determine benchmarks+hard data.Transcribed fields within 10% of benchmark, subjective fields 28-36%, 0 time savings for librarians from Alma/eBook Central hdl.handle.net/20.500.14721...

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Modeling evaluation of AI enhanced metadata

Metadata librarians at the University of Western Ontario reviewed AI enhanced bibliographic records from ProQuest Ebook Central to formalize “cataloger judgment,” explore how standard quality assessme...

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My preprint is out: Smart, Laura J., Bourgard, Erin, Cowley, Andy, Visser, Alie, & Zoricic, Christina. "Modeling evaluation of AI enhanced metadata" Journal of Library Metadata 2026 hdl.handle.net/20.500.14721... Research data doi.org/10.5683/SP3/..., Borealis, V1 #libraries #metadata #lcsh #ai #llm

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

That article? FINALLY done peer review & accepted. Will provide citation and link when it’s actually published

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

People who ask for suggestions then basically “yeah but” your answer can piss off. The proper reply is “thanks, I will think about that”.

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 08/09/2026

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hi - Bibframe is simply another type of mark-up. Description & subject analysis remain the same. I am a renegade on this and RDA - full of why bother? In a drastically reduced staffing environment with systems doing translation on encoding, it's not a priority to train staff. I'll write a MAP.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

In a workshop about combating gen AI use of “humanizers” to mask generated text. Now I want to make an AI generated song about it using Brittany Spears’ “Womanizer”

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Varina @varinajr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

You'll note that the industry's report doesn't say library e-book lending reduces revenue, just sales. Since licensing e-books costs libraries a bajillion dollars and publishers likely aren't actually suffering, and probably wouldn't suffer under the modest price controls of proposed legislation

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Moleskine had itty bitty notebooks on a key chain. Squee!

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Reading the MIT report on use of generative AI in teaching & learning plus my own orgs G&O in that area, I'm stuck by the need for a taxonomy like CRediT for disclosure statements. Not it. :-) No doubt it'll emerge if it hasn't already. No I haven't searched. This is idle thinking.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

rule "blocking" when TRUE then addSubField "650.9.no_linkage" if (exists "650.{*,0}.*.Ontario, Lake (N.Y. and Ont.)*") addSubField "651.9.no_linkage" if (exists "651.{*,0}.*.Ontario, Lake (N.Y. and Ont.)*") addSubField "655.9.no_linkage" if (exists "655.{*,0}.*.Ontario, Lake (N.Y. and Ont.)*") end

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A reminder to Alma libraries - applying subfield $$9 no_linkage will block the nightly authority control task list job from updating a controlled heading. I'm tweaking the norm rule we use for Gulf of Mexico and Denali. Will share when I get it working (the escape characters always trip me up a bit)

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Sigh. He unsurprisingly signed the order about changing the name of the Lake. Fire lit under Ontario authorities/vocabulary management librarians asses now higher and stronger. I was hoping we'd have a little bit longer before this broke over us.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

boo. CORE forum workshop with a rubric re: evaluating AI cataloging right before our article with a rubric comes out. :-(. Yes we all work on the same things. It would have been nice to be more towards being 1st after two years of grounded theory & data gathering.

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Grahamdalorian @grahamdalorian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I'm calling on everyone to make this happen... The Dolly Parton National Children's Library

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Facts for those saying it didn't happen or had no impact: the U.S. Board of Geographic Names DID change Denali and the Gulf at his decree and it has propagated through information systems, such as Library of Congress subject headings. edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-dom... id.loc.gov/authorities/...

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Geographic Names Information System

Gaz Web Application

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

LMAO. Don't think it won't happen. Here's the thing - the U.S. Board of Geographic Names DID change the name of Denali and the Gulf at his decree and it has propagated through info systems, such as Library of Congress subject headings. edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-dom... id.loc.gov/authorities/...

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Geographic Names Information System

Gaz Web Application

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Skeets McGee @emmreef.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The funny thing about Trump wanting to change Lake Ontario to Lake America is that I don't think American tech companies will capitulate this time. They gave him a freebie with the Gulf of America but he's so politically weak right now.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Time to digital preserve full LCSH. After weeding by DEI SH, Denali, Gulf of Americuh & now Lake Ontario the English speaking #metadata world has to say enough. #libraries As predicted it didn’t stop. Will see about crawling id loc gov. Will be adding blockers to auto updating authority recs.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Finally saw “Stop Making Sense” on big screen with big sound. Expected it to be awesome and it far exceeded. The IMAX version is now bucket list.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Canada 🇨🇦 whistling “These boots are made for walking”

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I’m moderately surprised my writing has remained on the Internet for nearly 30 years. www.sdsc.edu/sciencewomen My first academic publication beating the link rot odds. I still have some copies of the print pamphlet. Time to digitize and add to appropriate repository.

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Women in Science | San Diego Supercomputer Center

Sixteen significant women in science, presented by the San Diego Supercomputer Center.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My Canadian Tire money is expiring. What shall I buy with the $87 that took 5 years to accrue? Likely kitchenware or sports/camping equipment. House or car maintenance things are too much like work than fun.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Happiness is…finding forgotten left over potstickers with veg in fridge for lunch. Working from home has its perks.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

If they put the alcohol back on the shelves they still can’t make us buy it.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Things always pile together like a magnet. In the past 48 hrs car taillight out, HVAC sputters, and - joy! - some wild critter has decided to create a big hole and build a home in my porch roof. A LOT of must-do-now appointments this week. Thankful for a flexible job. Sad @ vacation zen killers.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I am so damn tired of Windows remote desktop failing if Windows updates while I am out of the office. What tf is it good for? This happens every time there’s an update or a power outage while I am trying to work remotely. My IT group is unhelpful. It’s infuriating.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

A day in Toronto, capped off with Rush @ Scotiabank arena. My friend GIFTED us the tix when I tried to pay her. I have been buying all the meals and transpo etc. because wow! Two tix are $$$. Off to the beach and maybe some shopping because London ON ain’t it unless you’re a prep.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

My Twizzler stash held out and our revisions are submitted without me losing the long weekend. Adding everything the peer reviewers requested significantly bumped up our word count. Way over max. We decided we didn't GAF. If they want to cut it, let'em. We're at the stick a fork in it stage.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Listening to Maria Bamford autobio. Mentions living in my L.A. neighborhood. M. once met her @ Society of the Spectacle (best optometrists in the world). Got a card that said "I met Maria Bamford!" Turns out owners are her best friends. We'd see her @ our coffee shop too. Feeling a bit homesick.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Dentist today. I'm traumatized from botched work @ 12 yrs old. Anesthetic failed. X-ray read wrong. Mallet & chisel needed to break apart deep rooted teeth that turns out didn't need pulling. Ever since I need strong drugs to stop involuntary shaking & crying. God I love nitrous and Ativan.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The number of junky snacks I eat while editing research paper increases as deadline nears. Aug. 3 looms. Make that July 31. I want my long weekend. Want to take bets as to whether I pull it off? Or whether I put on weight? IDGAF. Twizzlers help the tedium.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Remember how we're mad as hell & not going to take it anymore so we're repatriating our Canadian union catalogue #metadata? SSHRC thinks it's worth $89,829 CAD over two years to pursue. FAFO. Elbows up. EDIDA baked in ftw. Kudos to our kind & fearless leader @brimwats.com & the amazing team.

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Applicant
Watson, Brian; Western University
Co-applicant
Allison, Stacy; Dalhousie University
Bullard, Julia; The University of British Columbia
Liu, Tianyi; McGill University
Collaborator
Adler, Melissa; Western University
Browning, Jennifer; Carleton University
Lee, Yoo Young; University of Ottawa
Smart, Laura; Western University
Title
The Collaborative Canadian Catalogue/Le Catalogue canadien collaboratif
Years
2
Funding
$89,829

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bri watson 🐝 @brimwats.com · 22/07/2026

*extremely* pleased I can finally announce that @murmz.bsky.social @julzbullard.bsky.social @ljsmart.bsky.social Stacy Allison-Cassin Tina Liu, Jennifer Browning, Yoo Young Lee and I (and 100+ other ppl in Canadian GLAMS) were awarded a grant that will explore rebuilding Canada's union catalogue 🎉

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Province of Ontario, why TF did you only renew my drivers license for one year?!? It’s $90 bucks and the last one was for 5 years.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The smell of smoke in the air is making me homesick for L.A. (lived through many California fires where the skies went dark orange & the level of light was so low the streetlights came on). Also fuck Ford for cutting the wild fire response, fuck Carney for doubling down on oil pipelines.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I love it when my manager shares kudos about my work from others with me. Being "caught doing good" is such a morale booster as is being appreciated by many colleagues. After 5 years @ the University of Western Ontario Libraries my opinion that it's the best place I've ever worked remains

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Today we have Sunfest, the best downtown fest IMHO. More music, less vendors selling the same kerchief dresses & leather jewelry. I love living in walking distance to our central park and all the summer weekend events. First gym & housework. Then all the fun. It’s a scorcher. Hat, h2o, sunscreen ftw

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