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 theoretical
aspects (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 prepared
for 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
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