tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703663069914892258.post2876240821121221708..comments2020-01-15T10:19:12.703-05:00Comments on Reflections from a Small College Library: Just once moreMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11988572972423951757noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703663069914892258.post-80151335290707535442008-03-31T11:48:00.001-04:002008-03-31T11:48:00.001-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Kate M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05814535106207158929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703663069914892258.post-58382129457136880542008-03-31T11:48:00.000-04:002008-03-31T11:48:00.000-04:00Okay, first I want to say how terrific your blog i...Okay, first I want to say how terrific your blog is. I LOVE it. <BR/><BR/>RE the "easy" MLS - I get so angry when people claim that they coasted through it. True, if one takes certain classes in the MLS they can coast through any number of things. But I deliberately took things that I knew I couldn't (or perhaps wouldn't) learn on the job.<BR/><BR/>I HATE cataloging. So why did I take cataloging? I knew there was no way I was going to be cataloging when I got out of library school. So why subject myself to this masochism? I had a feeling that sometime, somewhere...I might need it. I hated that class, yet I would do it again in a heartbeat. It turned out to be one of the most valuable classes in my degree.<BR/><BR/>I also took "Legal Bibliography" because I'd heard it was one of the hardest classes offered. Same with Statistics. "Are you crazy?" people asked me. <BR/><BR/>Those classes were so hard that I almost dropped out. But I gritted my teeth, worked like a dog, and got one of the very few "A"s in both subjects. You can't imagine the confidence I had after that. I wouldn't take these experiences back for a minute.<BR/><BR/>I just have one thing to say to those who rode the MLS "Great Space Coaster" - My MLS training was exceptional because I made it that way. If you went through the MLS drive-through expecting filet mignon instead of the Filet-O-Fish, it's <I>your</I> fault. <BR/><BR/>I openly invite these librarians to juxtapose their past curriculum with mine. Let's see if we truly have the same degree. I'd wager a head full of Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw and Chi-Square that we don't.Kate M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05814535106207158929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703663069914892258.post-21704211877513437522008-03-31T11:15:00.000-04:002008-03-31T11:15:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Kate M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05814535106207158929noreply@blogger.com