The End . . . or is it?

Well, here I am. This is the last assignment before finals that I have to do for all of my classes this semester. Am I excited? The answer is absolutely yes! Am I sad? Well, maybe just a tiny bit. I have really enjoyed this cataloging class. I actually will kind of miss the assignments. I'm not working in a library right now, so I really don't have many opportunities to create bibliographic records. 


My latest learning journey has been through the Library of Congress Subject Headings. What do I have to say about that? Wow, there sure are a lot of headings! It was a bit overwhelming. I imagine I felt a little like Alice did when she landed in Wonderland. When I think about it hard enough, I still feel like I am in Wonderland! I'm not sure I'll ever really, truly figure out the LCSH. After I completed the assignment, I went to my retired librarian mother's house and showed it to her. She had never seen the LCSH. She was blown away by it. She mainly purchased books for her library from Follett, and always just used their MARC records for her database. It was the only place I knew before this class to find that type of information. I should have known it wouldn't be that easy. 


So, here I am and class is almost over. Is this the end? Maybe in a small sense. I have the feeling it is really just the beginning of one incredible journey into the world of a librarian.