Hi Yani,
You know me, but others may not: I am a fellow CLIS student. Anyway, I am near the end of my time at the college, and have only two classes left. While bibliographic control is not one of the ones I am looking to take, I can see the value of it for those broadly interested in information organization.
Anyway, I think the way to solve your problem and other problems that students have is for us to be organized in letting the administration know what we need improved. I personally believe that not enough emphasis is given to nonprint materials in courses at the college. (Not every user only uses books: Some use film and radio as sources of information.) In addition, I have had problems with people in in Student Services not only NOT answering emails, but also making me feel less than welcome when I walk in there. (Which is ironic, given the supposed "importance" that those in the library field put on simply smiling, and making patrons feel welcome at a reference desk, or any other environment where people approach others for information.) And from other students I have talked to, this seems to be a regular problem.
As graduate students, it it would be difficult to arrange a "meeting" of ALL students at a particular time--especially when we have jobs, lots of class work to complete, or family responsibilities. But I believe it is still important for atleast a dialogue to be created to address ALL students' concerns, not just those who have the time to go to a once-a-month meeting in the the middle of the day (when most people work) to hear the President address the college.
Organizing as students is not only important for seeing that our individual educational needs as students in the College are met. It is also important for future generations of iSchool students, and for making sure that the iSchool does not lose its reputation and marketability (which could be the difference between getting a job or not down the road).
If you share similar feelings, please reply back to me.
David Piper
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> From: Yani Yancey <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: What happened to LBSC770 Bibliographic Control?
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 4:38 PM
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> Dear Fellow MLS students,
>
> Just this week I have had several conversations with people
> who, like me,
> were looking forward to taking Bibliographic Control with
> Dr. Intner next
> semester. However, I noticed today that this course has
> been removed from
> the schedule of classes. I cannot comprehend why a course
> that covers
> fundamentals that all librarians, regardless of
> specialization, should know
> has been taken away. The same can be said for User
> Instruction, which is not
> offered for next semester, nor for the current semester. I
> picture myself in
> interviews with potential employers next year, sheepishly
> explaining that
> key courses are missing from my transcript because they
> simply were not
> offered.
>
> Taking classes through WISE is not an option as our school
> is not currently
> participating. Being told we can enroll in classes covering
> the basics of
> library science at Catholic is *not good enough.* We
> applied to, accepted
> admission to, and paid tuition to the MLS program at The
> University of
> Maryland College Park. We should have the opportunity to
> take these classes
> here.
>
> If you would like to Bibliographic Control or User
> Instruction included in
> the schedule for next semester, please speak up now!
>
> Email Dean Preece and Associate Dean Barlow at
> [log in to unmask] and
> [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> and attend
> the Dean's Chat next
> month!
>
> Make your concerns known!
>
> Yani Yancey
>
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> <div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Fellow MLS
> students, <br><br>Just this week I have had
> several conversations with people who, like me, were looking
> forward to taking Bibliographic Control with Dr. Intner next
> semester. However, I noticed today that this course has been
> removed from the schedule of classes. I cannot comprehend
> why a course that covers fundamentals that all librarians,
> regardless of specialization, should know has been taken
> away. The same can be said for User Instruction, which is
> not offered for next semester, nor for the current semester.
> I picture myself in interviews with potential employers next
> year, sheepishly explaining that key courses are missing
> from my transcript because they simply were not offered.
> <br>
>
>
> <br>Taking classes through WISE is not an option as
> our school is not currently participating. Being told we can
> enroll in classes covering the basics of library science at
> Catholic is <b>not good enough.</b> We applied
> to, accepted admission to, and paid tuition to the MLS
> program at The University of Maryland College Park. We
> should have the opportunity to take these classes
> here.<br>
>
>
> <br>If you would like to Bibliographic Control or
> User Instruction included in the schedule for next semester,
> please speak up now!<br><br></div>Email
> Dean Preece and Associate Dean Barlow at <a
> href="mailto:[log in to unmask]"
> target="_blank">[log in to unmask]</a> and
> <a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]"
> target="_blank">[log in to unmask]</a> and
> attend the Dean's Chat next month! <br>
> <br>Make your concerns known!<br><br>Yani
> Yancey<br> <div><br>
> <br></div></div>
>
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