diff --git a/notebooks/creating_catalogs.ipynb b/notebooks/creating_catalogs.ipynb
index 0c4bb6f..d7c4c8b 100644
--- a/notebooks/creating_catalogs.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/creating_catalogs.ipynb
@@ -301,9 +301,7 @@
     "source = intake.open_csv('inventory.csv',\n",
     "                                  csv_kwargs={'keep_default_na': False})\n",
     "source.name = 'data_dictionary'\n",
-    "source.description = 'Describes the data in the hrrrzarr source'\n",
-    "\n",
-    "source.read()"
+    "source.description = 'Describes the data in the hrrrzarr source'"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -463,7 +461,7 @@
    },
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "cat.data_dictionary.read()"
+    "cat.data_dictionary"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -520,7 +518,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.10.5"
+   "version": "3.12.2"
   },
   "nbdime-conflicts": {
    "local_diff": [