Sunday, January 27, 2008

ahead of the curve

I already submitted 1 of 2 assignments due tomo... umm, today. Break out the 'good' china, people! OK, so I still have one more to go, but at least I'm not clamoring to beat the timestamp. That has been my M.O. in more situations than I care to divulge, but things are looking up. YAY, me!!

Interesting aside: those of you who have had freakish inclinations towards 'organization' [bka "neat freaks"], there is hope! Quit your jobs right now, and apply to the nearest LIS program... it is your destiny!!! This sudden revelation came about from a discussion about personal organizational habits in my Organizing Info class. Turns out that I am not alone in my quasi-neurotic disposition to hang my clothes in the closet by 'function', order of being worn and even match garment color to that of the hanger! A lot of my classmates shared similar practices in the closet, kitchen and for personal documents. I felt so... understood among them--like it was an instantaneous Borg moment. Yeah, weird... OK, moving right along!

I'll be attempting to get some sleep(?!) now. Don't know when that will be, since I discovered this Flickr stream of unbelievable x-ray images. I mean, these are the 'templates' for the cleaned-up cases we see on CSI and Grey's Anatomy. Kinda reaffirms [one of many reasons] why I couldn't be a doctor... Spellbinding to observe from afar, though!

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Sunday, January 13, 2008

catalog THIS!


My schedule this semester consists of Medical Informatics (yaay!!) and Organizing Information. This comes as a 'relief' of sorts because--as you now know--I have been petrified of my inexperience in basic functions of librarianship: one of which is cataloging. Though it comes in my final stretch of graduate school, I heaved a sigh of relief that I will at least be exposed to fundamentals of cataloging and classification before completing the program. I was even discussing a "DIY crash course" with my advisor.


It may have been unreasonable to think that I would receive a degree in library science from an accredited institution--one with notable accolades in the field, to boot--without having had instruction in basic cataloging principles. But until now, it never came up. For whatever reason, it was decided that me and all my classmates in the VI would take Organizing Information together this semester. I'm sure there was a "good" reason for doing this, but in my estimation, I should have taken this core course much earlier in my program career. One of my cohort-mates who just joined the program in the 2nd incoming class even asked me what sense it made for me to be taking such a fundamental course at the same time she did. I kindly pointed her in the direction of the 'powers that be'.
In actuality, I have already taken a course which named Organizing Information as a prerequisite. Was it sheer coincidence that it gave me the most difficulty thus far? Exactly. Why did I go ahead and take it, knowing my situation? In the light that hindsight is 20-20, my trust rested in advisement that "I would be fine". That is not to say that an educated adult such as myself should not be held accountable for my own decisions but, I expect that degree programs should be structured and administered in a logical format.


And that's all I have to say about that.

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