My Favorite Tools

Composed in honor of "My Favorite Tool," a program at the 2018 MLA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, Sunday, May 20, 3:00-4:25pm.

Organized by Margaret Hoogland, Erin Foster, Christine Andresen, and Molly Knapp

Note: some of the tools mentioned here are real. Some are not.


MarcEdit, Koha and one called WorkFlowy
BMJ archives from years long ago-y
OpenRefine makes your data behave
These are some library tools that I crave.

Document sharing with Jupyter Notebook
Lancaster's two-volume horse, cow and goat book
Software that puts out my RSS feed
These are a few of the tools that I need

Apps on drug shortages, tickborne diseases
Bacteria, viruses, vaccines and sneezes
Anglo American cat'loging rules
Are just a few of my library tools

Some cost you nothing and some you must pay for
Good ones that download and don't send away for
Open source software you can customize
These are the library tools that I prize

When the boss bites
When my tea cools
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my library tools
And then I don't feel so bad

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