So, if you were me, and you were hanging out your shingle to do freelance librarian/research work, what would you call yourself? I am going to specialize in 3 areas: visiting local libraries and archives to scan/photograph/transcribe items that are unavailble online or through Interlibrary Loan; teaching research skills and streamlining research workflows through the use of digital tools (Zotero or related software, dropbox, etc.); and organizing and getting online home or institutional (church, etc.) libraries. Sort of want Cincinnati in the name as a lot of the appeal to researchers nationally is I am here and can check stuff for them. I need a formal name and something that can go in the url whatchamacallit.wordpress.com. Ideas?
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flea - Oct 01, 2012 10:26:10 am PDT #1013 of 1416
information libertarian
Typo Boy - Oct 01, 2012 10:57:17 am PDT #1014 of 1416
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Infomania? Probably been used.
Typo Boy - Oct 01, 2012 11:06:27 am PDT #1015 of 1416
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
More seriously "Researcher" slightly less seriously but still might work "Consulting Librarian"
Vortex - Oct 01, 2012 11:59:22 am PDT #1016 of 1416
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
LOVE Consulting Librarian.
le nubian - Oct 01, 2012 12:02:49 pm PDT #1017 of 1416
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Me too. And that title draws me in. Like I'd want to hire you just because.
meara - Oct 01, 2012 12:07:12 pm PDT #1018 of 1416
Me three. Consulting Librarian sounds cool.
§ ita § - Oct 01, 2012 12:16:21 pm PDT #1019 of 1416
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In Elementary, they defined Consulting Detective to mean he didn't get paid.
Is that from the books?
t /tangent
Typo Boy - Oct 01, 2012 12:21:38 pm PDT #1020 of 1416
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I know that in several cases Holmes took money, and I believe he lived on money from fees. He did not take money from the police. And he often waived fees when dealing with people in straitened circumstances. Or in one case accepted a case for a very small fee to punish himself for being - I don't know snobbish, arrogant - something he considered a sin. At any rate he initially turned down the case as uninteresting, then realized it really was interesting and that he ad turned it down out of snobbisness or whatever. Missing housemaid. So he took a fee that was high to the woman paying, but low for him as self-punishment. I'm pretty sure he accepted the low fee rather than just waiving it because selling his services cheap was a form of self-humiliation, whereas giving charity would have been self-gratification. (Note that last sentence is my reading. The rest is canon. Well the use of the word "sin" is also mine.)
Tom Scola - Oct 01, 2012 12:36:20 pm PDT #1021 of 1416
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flea - Oct 01, 2012 12:37:11 pm PDT #1022 of 1416
information libertarian
But only if you pay expenses and per diem for meals.