Stephen Paling wrote :
> Might I respectfully suggest this image:
> http://frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/files/2009/06/beating_a_dead_horse1.gif? ;)
That's a good one, haha. [ Yet why your emoticon, in
fact ? Doesn't seem necessary, really :-). ]
But allow me to suggest ( amateur art historian that I
am ) : One could also think in terms of an alternate
metaphorical trope : an icon showing a winged lion,
holding a ... yes, book(!). That is after all the age-old
symbol of the Evangelist Marc a.k.a. Mark (MARC).
In the process, you'll also be emphasizing something
that's in general pretty hard to deny : that the library
profession and library work are actually a sort of
religion, as much as anything else ; in various ways
evangelical, even. ( Like, spreading the gospel, man. )
A couple of visual examples, for inspiration :
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/gospels/evangelists.jpg
( upper right -- one of my favorites [ivory, 9th cent.?] )
http://image51.webshots.com/51/6/4/86/2580604860085131070qIbvlF_ph.jpg
( at bottom, under statue -- another favorite, Donatello )
detail:
http://www.digital-images.net/Gallery/Scenic/Florence/Art_Archit/Predella_Lion_StMark_4107c.jpg
These four are real cute, in different media :
http://www.ithacagallery.com/ars_sacra/files/st_marks_lion_1.jpg
http://www.myartprints.co.uk/kunst/anonymous/lion_symbol_mark_evangelist_r_hi.jpg
http://catholic-resources.org/Images/Evangelists/mark_SanClem.jpg
http://venice1point0.wdfiles.com/local--files/lion-of-saint-mark/figure30_liononwellhead.jpg
And then e.g. the touristy :
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/70/199053038_268aaa130c.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/23/27953420_036ad8b3f8.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/1516_Vittore_Carpacci,_The_Lion_of_St_Mark_%28detail%29_Tempera_on_canvas,_Palazzo_Ducale,_Venice.jpg
- Laval Hunsucker
Breukelen, Nederland
----- Original Message ----
From: Stephen Paling <paling_at_WISC.EDU>
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Sent: Tue, June 29, 2010 10:09:10 PM
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Stop whining about MARC and... start drawing it!
Might I respectfully suggest this image: http://frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/files/2009/06/beating_a_dead_horse1.gif?
;)
Steve
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----- Original Message -----
From: CASBURN Steven M <stevencm_at_MULTCOLIB.ORG>
Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 2:58 pm
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Stop whining about MARC and... start drawing it!
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> A concept suggestion: An icon that resembles a reel of magnetic tape?
>
>
> Steve
>
>
> --
> Steve Casburn, ILS Coordinator, Multnomah County Library
> External address: 801 SW 10th Ave / Portland, OR 97205
> Telephone: (503) 988-4549
> FAX: (503) 988-5226
> E-mail: <stevencm_at_multcolib.org>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
> [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 11:27 AM
> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: [NGC4LIB] Stop whining about MARC and... start drawing it!
>
>
> My contribution to stopping-whining about MARC:
>
> Does anyone know if anyone's ever made a cute little icon for the MARC
> standard, like the "RSS," "XML," "RDF" icons?
>
> I raised the question on Twitter:
> http://twitter.com/librarythingtim/status/17352148080
> http://twitter.com/librarythingtim/status/17353379477
>
> I'm accepting concept nominations. If you feel inspired to draw one, I
> want something that fits in with the Fugue or Famfam Silk sets (ie.,
> 16x16).
>
> Tim
>
> --
> Check out my library at http://www.librarything.com/profile/timspalding
Received on Wed Jun 30 2010 - 11:13:33 EDT
