Comments on: Opportunities come … and go; just as fast

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:31:29 +0000

Oh, yes, I started with the science and math books, and some of the European security type stuff.

I left all those biographies, literature, etc. aside for now figuring I’d try to get a good handle on the basic fields, series, etc. before worrying about all the extra “stuff” [great technical term, btw] that goes along with those kinds of materials.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:27:42 +0000

Have fun with all those science and math books I left you. Springer Press is such a joy.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 27 May 2007 03:19:15 +0000

Perhaps eventually, when I get good at them. But as much as I love a good puzzle and constructing things from “scratch,” I also value (sometimes) seeing some real progress for a “day’s work.”

And on that count, I’ve done 11-12 books in under 4 hours now. And will only get faster (although I started with some of the “easier” things).

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sun, 27 May 2007 03:02:03 +0000

Monographic cataloguing is going to be such a bore to you after serials…

By: Karin Dalziel

Karin Dalziel — Thu, 24 May 2007 20:09:49 +0000

Good to know. I’ll let you know if I see anything.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 24 May 2007 19:44:48 +0000

I’m pretty much open, although I don’t want to be in a huge city and preferably somewhere at a university. Although I would consider several colleges.

By: Karin Dalziel

Karin Dalziel — Thu, 24 May 2007 19:39:38 +0000

Are you open to moving anywhere, or do you have certain areas of the country in mind?

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 24 May 2007 18:20:38 +0000

Well, I’m not actually in a hurry so don’t gauge the market by my progress, although I am watching a bundle of friends closely.

The “Actual” plan at the moment is to stay in school through spring and be done then. But I’m just saying that I *could* take a job as of now if one fell in my lap. Certainly NOT counting on that, though.

By: Karin Dalziel

Karin Dalziel — Thu, 24 May 2007 18:01:45 +0000

Mark- there seems to be a wave of LIS students looking for jobs recently (not surprising, since it’s May and all), and I’ll be watching you all anxiously. Better find something quickly, or I’ll have to conclude all the horror stories of not being able to find a job are true.

As someone with a tiny bit of notoriety lately (in a weird way…) I can say it does make me feel like I should keep doing more, more more, to keep up the momentum, but my sanity and bank account are important too. So I completely understand the anxiousness you must feel. Just blogging here will probably do more for your career, though. (Just a wildly uneducated guess.)

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 23 May 2007 21:22:38 +0000

Jenny, I’m not going to claim (yet) that monographs look like a piece of cake. Some things are far simpler, but they also use many more MARC fields and subfields. Plus there’s all the special and local rules about cutters for certain kinds of literatures, so on and so forth.

But in under 2 hours today I was able to do 4 titles. And that was very slow! I had to ask a couple questions, mostly due to local stuff and because we were unable to set up a 2nd profile for me in Voyager for some reason (will try and tackle that tomorrow).

But 4 books in 2 hours (and even faster soon)! Woohoo!

But, yeah, I will say that monographic holdings records ARE a piece of cake.