Mark,
I am in a program that in time will lead to certification in Media
Specialist and to a Master's Degreee.
I can safely say that my courses and not easy and but I enjoying every
step of the way. I am in a program from New Jersey City University and
its for people who already have teaching certification already. We
have learning to be both Library and technology teachers. So far I
learned how to catlog, use the Marc system and now learning about all
the technology and software programs that a school media center would
have.
I have worked in libraries before and I know that I am being well
prepared for my chosen profession.
Also there is a library at the college that I can use online.
Fran Maye
Jersey City University
Graduate Student
>
> Mark,
> I am in a program that in time will lead to certification in Media
> Specialist and to a Master's Degreee.
> I can safely say that my courses and not easy and but I enjoying every
> step of the way. I am in a program from New Jersey City University and
> its for people who already have teaching certification already. We
> have learning to be both Library and technology teachers. So far I
> learned how to catlog, use the Marc system and now learning about all
> the technology and software programs that a school media center would
> have.
> I have worked in libraries before and I know that I am being well
> prepared for my chosen profession.
> Fran Maye
> Jersey City University
> Graduate Student
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Wrom: QKEDOTWFAOBUZXUWLSZLKBRNVWWCUFPEGAUTF
> Date: Saturday, June 28, 2003 1:34 pm
> Subject: Re: ALA Degree programs and school libraries
>
> > At 08:22 AM 6/22/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> > >When I was in undergraduate library school (yes, back then we had an
> > >undergraudate major in library science), we were taught practical
> > >information about how to operate a school library.
> >
> >
> > >time he was asked to teach he had to go to the downtown library
> > where he was
> > >assigned to teach "conceptual" cataloging instead of the
> > practical methods
> > >that all of us need.
> >
> >
> > Your experience parallels mine. I was lucky in that I had cataloging
> > classes that did at least some practical work as well as the
> > theoreticalaspects (though our textbook was riddled with errors!)
> > I am NOT a
> > proficient cataloger, but of course, in my job, I have to do the
> > work. I
> > often wished that I'd had better training earlier on. We all pick up
> > knowledge as we go along, but still.....
> >
> > The idea of a cataloging lab sounds neat! Just as students learn
> > to write
> > by writing, so we learn to catalog by.....cataloging <duh!>!
> >
> > As an aside, I am appalled at the level of preparation (or lack
> > thereof) in
> > new teachers. I wonder if the same will happen to people being
> > preparedfor library work? Anyone out there have contact with
> > newly minted school
> > librarians? I have worked with only one recently, and she would
> > not be
> > representative, as her mother is a school librarian...she grew up
> > in the
> > business!
> >
> >
> >
> > Mark Williams
> > Librarian
> > Colton High School
> > Colton, CA 92324
> > mark_williams@eee.org
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -------
> > "I'll have to admit that he's a very competent scholar."
> > "Isn't he just a librarian?" Garion asked, "somebody who looks
> > after books?"
> > "That's where all the rest of scholarship starts, Garion. All
> > the books in
> > the world won't help you if they're just piled up in a heap." (David
> > Eddings "King of the Murgos.")
> >
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