Date:         Thu, 9 Sep 2004 08:12:34 -0500
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Subject:      Re: Effective use of practice work -- late addition to an old
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YES-- I'd be interested in how you structure problems, questions, etc., in
electronic chat to teach AACR2.


Kathy Nystrom, Head of Cataloging
Eden-Webster Library System
470 East Lockwood Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63119-3192
(314) 968-7151
(314) 968-7113 (fax)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion List for issues related to cataloging &
> metadata education & training [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Heidi Hoerman
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 6:41 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Effective use of practice work -- late addition
> to an old conversation
>
>
> Back in July you all were talking about practice work in
> teaching beginning
> cataloging -- I was watching shorebirds migrate in the Bay of
> Funday at the
> time -- so sorry about being late to catch up and put my two cents in.
>
> Cent #1: Yes, it's a shame we cannot get student access to
> the Desktop at a
> reasonable price.  For those of us who teach at a distance and have
> students doing their work in multiple states, it becomes even
> more of a
> hassle.  We have no such thing as a "single site" in which to have our
> users.
>
> Cent #2: I'm in the third (I think) round of teaching AACR2-based
> cataloging using electronic chat and it is great!  In fact, I think
> students learn AACR2 better through this medium than any
> other method I've
> used in the past 13 years of teaching cataloging.  I'd rather teach 68
> students to catalog using chat than 15 in a classroom.  Seriously.
>
> Of course, it is exhausting.  But, hey, it works!
>
> If anyone wants to ask about how I do this, let me know.
>
> Heidi
>
> (And THANK YOU for setting up this list, C.O.F.!!)
>