Sunday, January 27, 2008
Getting back to reality has been hard for me. I so enjoyed the Christmas break. I read six novels. I guess I just wanted to be in charge of my own reading, since I had no assignments to complete. I am finding it very hard to get back into the groove of these classes. I called this blog the ups and downs for LIBS 6120, because I know there will definitely be lots of “downs” and, hopefully, enough “ups” to counterbalance.
The first two chapters of Kaplan’s book were very informative. There was so much information to take into account. At first I thought I only had to learn the alphabet. All the acronyms were very intimidating. I found the capitalization of titles to be very interesting. I would have never guessed it had to do with manual typewriters, but I definitely understand.
I was so pleased to learn that I have the resources at hand from chapter two. Those programs, databases, and on-line tools will be very handy. The Marc Magician program is one I definitely will check into at a later date.
Now, I must begin subject headings. I have read some of the material, but do feel I am trying to translate a foreign language. I never was good at Spanish in high school. I believe the “downs” have begun. Hopefully by the next posting I will be sharing the “ups.”
Until then,
Whitney Harden
(234 words)