ETL505 - INITIAL POST

So  - I have begun my sixth subject, which is really exciting that I have come this far on my journey towards a masters. However, like all the subjects before, I feel a lot of trepidation and confusion with the initial readings as well as plain old fear and stress at the amount of work before me. Sadly, I am just not clicking with this subject yet, but I guess with more focus things will get better.

I have read Charles Cutter's 1876 objectives for libraries. The task we have is to read them and reword them. I somehow came across this same exercise in somebody else's blog and so am including their words into my blog because they express what was asked for in the exercise. Reading this post helped me understand what the lecturer was asking for so thank you and acknowledgment to the post on The musings of a future teacher Librarian (14.4.2011).

Charles Cutter's Rules/Objectives 1876 07/14/2011   Charles Cutter was a librarian at the Boston Atheneum, and wrote The Rules for a Dictionary Catalog back in 1876!! He was the first to establish a set of cataloging rules, which are written below: 1. To enable a person to fine a book of which either    A. the author)  }    B. the title       }  is known    C. the subject) } 2. To show what the library has    D. by a given author    E. on a given subject    F. in a given kind of literature 3. To assist in the choice of a book    G. as to its edition (bibliographically)    H. as to its character (literary or topical) An updated version for today's libraries, museums, and/or archives could be as follows: 1. To enable a person to find a physical or digital resource of which either    A. the author  }    B. the title       }     C. the subject }  is known    D. the item number (e.g. ID, ISBN) }    E. the key word(s) } 2. To show what the information center has access to    F. by a given author    G. on a given subject    H. according to a given format    I. on a given time frame 3. To assist in the selection of a physical or digital resource    J. as to its edition (bibliographically)    K. as to its character (literary or topical)    L. as to its relevance    M. as to its quality

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