More Cataloging :)

D. This week I went on Monday up to the Huntersville Family Support Network office, where they keep a lot of their resources. I spent Monday morning cataloging those resources. Most of the resources were fairly straight forward books, however I cataloged my first CD-ROMS and training packets. I also had to email my supervisors to ask for some clarification on some items. For example, there were some magazines called Exceptional Parent, and I looked at these and noticed that they were thematic issues, so I was wondering if I should catalog each issue individually or catalog the magazine as one item. (My supervisor and I talked over this issue today and decided that I would catalog each issue individually, although I haven't actually gotten to that part yet). There were some other issues about out-dated catalogs and other things as well.


Then today I went to the normal FSN office and continued my cataloging work. I finished the first set of resources from the CDSA, and started on the second (smaller set). I again took more resources home to catalog from home. Sandra and I also talked about a time line of where we are going from here. My goal is to finish cataloging all the resources by early April so I can have a few weeks to do the physical organization and also to create the manual on how to use their catalog in LibraryThing.
E. Overall I felt accomplished this week to finally have completed at least one milestone in terms of cataloging. There is just an overwhelming amount of resources to catalog and I am beginning to realize how much stuff their is.
AL. I am learning a lot about this subject area of early childhood, and childhood disorders. For example today I learned that there is a distinct difference between speech skills and language skills. Speech is actually being able to say words while language is choosing the correct words and knowing what they mean. I am also learning just how time consuming cataloging is.

I hope to keep cataloging a lot more and put in a lot of hours over the next couple of weeks