diff --git a/lib/calligraphy.rb b/lib/calligraphy.rb
index dd9d2d4..4c35ad2 100644
--- a/lib/calligraphy.rb
+++ b/lib/calligraphy.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require 'calligraphy/xml/namespace'
 require 'calligraphy/xml/node'
 require 'calligraphy/xml/utils'
 
+require 'calligraphy/utils'
 require 'calligraphy/resource'
 
 require 'calligraphy/web_dav_request'
diff --git a/lib/calligraphy/utils.rb b/lib/calligraphy/utils.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8776de5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/calligraphy/utils.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+module Calligraphy
+  module Utils
+    TRUE_VALUES = [true, 1, '1', 't', 'T', 'true', 'TRUE']
+    FALSE_VALUES = [false, 0, '0', 'f', 'F', 'false', 'FALSE']
+
+    def is_true?(val)
+      TRUE_VALUES.include? val
+    end
+
+    def is_false?(val)
+      FALSE_VALUES.include? val
+    end
+
+    def join_paths(*paths)
+      paths.join '/'
+    end
+
+    def split_and_pop(path:, separator: '/')
+      path.split(separator)[0..-2]
+    end
+  end
+end