tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post1960244915228222829..comments2024-03-27T05:00:00.090-04:00Comments on Letters to a Young Librarian: Acronyms, Jargon, and Other ObfuscationJessica Olinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282500023825318766noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-47509788618127263452013-05-30T16:46:47.238-04:002013-05-30T16:46:47.238-04:00Yes! It instantly creates and insider/outsider cul...Yes! It instantly creates and insider/outsider culture. This was incredibly difficult when I was a newbie librarian and frankly, it's still pretty tricky and now I'm in the "should know by now" group, as is the message that "we're doing the same thing we did last year" and forgetting how many people weren't here last year or maybe just forgot because of the 9 billion other things they were doing. ellesoozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18384464955255765475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-50104042776640532872013-05-15T14:28:26.460-04:002013-05-15T14:28:26.460-04:00Yes, that is the standard rule in technical writin...Yes, that is the standard rule in technical writing. And if you've got something with a lot of text and multiple sections that people might be skipping around in, you would spell it out at the beginning of each section. I think about this every time I mention the MLA (Massachusetts Library Association) to my professorial friends, who have their own (much bigger) MLA.Anna Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06542744978194806986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-15261002470451230062013-05-14T15:03:44.202-04:002013-05-14T15:03:44.202-04:00Sometimes I'm not sure which I detest more: in...Sometimes I'm not sure which I detest more: initialisms or acronyms. Especially when people use those acronyms in meetings and those acronyms sound like actual words. Or, say, when I realize that I'm mispronouncing an acronym that I've only ever seen written.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02148896212596403842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-59988338923047604822013-05-14T13:35:53.057-04:002013-05-14T13:35:53.057-04:00Absolutely. However, it can be a good networking c...Absolutely. However, it can be a good networking conversation starter. See an acronym on a ribbon that you don't know (or can pretend you don't know): "Oh, ABDCLMNOP? What's that?"Jessica Olinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00282500023825318766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-63520742167323150822013-05-14T13:32:25.302-04:002013-05-14T13:32:25.302-04:00I'm getting ready to go to my first ALA confer...I'm getting ready to go to my first ALA conference and I've spent a good part of it staring in confusion at all the acronyms. I know they're useful but most of them are just close enough to leave me unsure of what I'm looking at.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03761771508001400460noreply@blogger.com