This course has been quite the learning journey. I have learned so much that I’m amazed that I was even able to get it all down in my blog. Before this course I didn’t even know what a MARC record was and had never heard of a CIP record…now I can do a basic MARC in a matter of minutes! As mentioned in assignment 3 I have been looking into getting a new library computer program. When talking to the sales representatives I was able to ask pertinent questions and understood everything they were talking about….this would not have been the case before this course! It was quite a bit of work and I did struggle getting everything done with managing work and family but it was well worth it in the end because I now feel so much more confident in my job.
I know finishing this assignment during the last week of the course is not ideal but it was good to go over all the lessons again and let this information sink in one more time. Looking through all my posts I’m quite happy with the amount of information that stuck with me and I’ve already started to implement a lot of new things in my library.
My participation in this course was quite good. Somehow I managed to read all the posts in the discussion board…there were a lot in this course! I found them to be very useful and insightful. It’s always a big help to hear what others are doing in their library and the struggles they face. I wasn’t always able to contribute very much to the discussions because it was hard enough keeping up with the lessons and assignments but I thoroughly enjoyed the online experience. Online courses are wonderful in generating discussions and sharing among colleagues.
I now feel armed and almost ready to fully embrace my job as a teacher-librarian. This course covered some of the most important topics that help make the library a true functioning learning environment. Now on to the next course and learning journey…
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