And I thought ESL was full of acronyms! I think I've read them enough that I might actually be able to remember what they stand for now. This past month has been a whirlwind, but I have to say that I have enjoyed it. I love formatting bibliographic records!!! The punctuation, the spacing, the capitalization, and order of information is thrilling to me. Yes, not only do I really feel that way, but I am actually admitting it. I thrive on structure and formats. That must be the accountant in me. Now to get a handle on MARC.
MARC - MAchine Readable Cataloging. It doesn't look like it will be that hard to figure out; however, I have only just begun to really get into the meat of it (I am a slight bit behind in my reading). I may be overly simplifying it, but from what I can tell so far, it appears that it is just putting the bibliographic record (that I love creating) into some type of computer format. There's that word again - format. I love it! I hope I don't jinx myself, but it doesn't look like it's that hard. I think the biggest issue will be remembering the tags. I think, and I really hope, that I will enjoy this as much as creating the record to begin with!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
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