It's the gifts

It's not the materials we are purchasing that need original cataloging, it's the gifts that we add to the collection. We are in the process of cataloging Fetish& which has pictures of good luck charms/fetishes that attendees of the 1997 MTV video music awards presentation brought in to be photographed. Such an odd item, that may have some relevancy in an academic library, but only some.

Maybe I shouldn't complain, it's keeping us busy and we are learning to expand our skills by stretching our brains to catalog unusual items.

Artists' books are another area that is stretching my brain. Trying to edit or create records for the odd sorts of materials that are artists' books-- expensive artists' books. These materials are always a challenge.