Apparently this class has been a large focus of the conversations between me and the librarian I work with. She is very interested in what I am learning, and enjoy discussing the class with someone who understands what I mean when I say 245. However, I think the class has influenced her – as she has decided to use this year’s inventory to begin fixing her library records. Specifically, we are fixing call numbers. Right now, we are working on the fiction section changing all of the PB’s and F’s to FIC’s. While doing this, I found several books which were severely outdated, worn, or had not been checked out in quite a while. She allowed me to weed these books. I like that I understand what I am doing and feel like I am actually contributing instead of just doing the paperwork!
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| So glad I don't have to do it this way!!! |
Now that we are almost finished, she informs me we are going to review the nonfiction section as well. Some of the items could be classified more accurately or even moved to an entirely different spot on the shelf. Since we are studying DDC right now, I hope I will be able to be as involved in this process as I was with the other. It’s nice being able to see how what I’m learning in class actually applies. I still don’t want to catalog full-time (it’s just too tedious for me) but I can understand why it is so important.
Kristy Boling
March 31, 2011
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Yes, for some it's a passion, for some not so much. But you have to know if a record is correct--thus the point of this class.
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