{"id":5986,"date":"2011-03-23T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T21:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slisgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-descriptor\/?p=229"},"modified":"2011-03-23T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-23T21:45:00","slug":"poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"

by R. Schuyler Selden<\/span>

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SJSU Special Collections Mantra<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
Preservation <\/span><\/div>\n
Conservation<\/span><\/div>\n
Digitization<\/span><\/div>\n
Organization<\/span><\/div>\n
APA consternation<\/span><\/div>\n
XML frustration<\/span><\/div>\n
Validation<\/span><\/div>\n
Elation<\/span><\/div>\n
Editorial recrimination<\/span><\/div>\n
Editor placation<\/span><\/div>\n
Culmination;<\/span><\/div>\n
OAC publication<\/span><\/div>\n

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<\/span><\/div>\n
FileMaker Pro<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
FileMaker Pro!<\/span><\/div>\n
Why do you not show,<\/span><\/div>\n
New people, even though<\/span><\/div>\n
I typed the names twice, with agility?!<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
Your auto redacts<\/span><\/div>\n
Of our new contacts<\/span><\/div>\n
Only detracts <\/span><\/div>\n
From your usability. <\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
Reading Room<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
Q-Can you make me copies?<\/span><\/div>\n
A-Ten percent, just ten percent.<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
Q-Can I look at old floppies?<\/span><\/div>\n
A-No, no precedent.<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
Q-Can I munch upon my snacks?<\/span><\/div>\n
A-No, no food or drink.<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
Q-Can I visit in the stacks?<\/span><\/div>\n
A-Now what the *#@!* you think?<\/span>

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R. Schuyler Selden is in his last semester of the MLIS program. He lives, works, dreams and writes in San Jose. These poems were the result of on the job inspiration while working at the San Jose State University Special Collections department. FileMaker Pro is the software that they try to get to work when checking materials out.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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