There are many similarities between catalogers and programmers. These are just the few that come most easily to mind.

1) Catalogers are used to precisely following complicated and arcane rules for creating catalog records, much like the syntax rules for programming languages.

2) Catalogers and programmers both appreciate the value of applying consistent style conventions and standards.

I have doing more reading than writing lately. One of the many books that I am reading right now is Clare Beck's recent biography of Adelaide Hasse. Ever since I heard about this incredibly driven, hardworking and outspoken government documents librarian I have wanted to know more about her life and work. Adelaide Hasse became the first Superintendent of Documents at the U.S. Government Printing Office in 1895.