The adventure comes to an end...

This semester is almost behind me.  Overall it has been a good experience.  Perhaps I took on too much with a new baby, working full time, and being a Mommie to my other 2 girls, but I have survived due to the support of a great husband.  I found cataloging a lot harder than I expected, but I have learned a lot.  Don't get me wrong, I still have a lot to learn.  I've only got 4 classes left in this adventure.  There is a possibility of a librarian job at the school I teach at now, so that is very exciting.  Hopefully I won't forget all the new friends I made such as MARC and Dewey.  I have also learned that I like blogging.  I may try it again sometime. 

Feeling Better!

I finally think I understand this Marc stuff. I just took a quiz that I feel pretty good about, but I have a habit if making careless errors under the pressure of the timer ticking away at me.  I am enjoying DDC (Dewey Decimal).  I like having a book that I can just look at and figure out the answers.  I have done really well on my 2 practice assignments and I will hopefully do well on the graded one.  I just keep plugging along and hope for the best.

I feel lost!

I was feeling so much better about this class until my last assignment.  I thoroughly referred to my textbooks to correctly label my books only to have failed miserablely.  I learn by example, but I am apparently reading the wrong examples.  I am very discouraged.  I will not except failure from myself.  My time has dwindled this semester because I have a new baby at home, so I try to tell myself that's why I am having trouble with this ISBD AACR stuff.  I used the practice assignment we were given and tried to fix those mistakes, only to make MAJOR ones on the graded assignment.  We are moving on to MARC and I have to get myself focused.  Wish me luck!!

The Adventure Begins

January 31, 2011
I have always loved books, especially children's literature.  So when I decided to further my education and add to my teaching license, pursuing library science was a natural choice.  As a working mother of 3, I decided that online classes would be best.  I have enjoyed my experience thus far, but then I took the cataloging class.  I have to admit that I feel a little lost at the moment.  I had no idea there were so many different things involved with cataloging a book.  I thought Dewey Decimal was all I would need to know.  Boy was I wrong!  It is a slow process, and I am actually having to study. My first 2 quizzes were very disappointing, but they taught me a lot.  I am being introduced to new things such as blogging, which I am enjoying.  This class is going to be a challenge, but I am going to do my best.  My advice to myself is "Don't panic!  You can do this."

LewisJ