Marc my words...

Cataloging(transitive verb) Date: 1598 1 : to make a catalog of
2: to enter in a catalog b : to classify (as books or information) descriptively

Marc Cataloging: Date 2009 1: to create or give a headache 2:to drive or make insane.

Well the definition listed above is not totally accurate. [Get my title?] But that is how I feel. I am in the process of working on a class project of database management and original Cataloging. Marc [Machine Readable Catalog]is truly a whole nother language. I feel like if websites were like books, the guide to Marc website would be dirty with fingerprints;dog eared and highlighted out the wazoo. I suppose if you are not familiar with my new friend Marc, he is filled with HTML like script and there are tag fields, indicators (first and second) subfields, lastly data. This way the material cataloged shows up in the database correctly and gives the patron ease to find titles, authors and what have you.

On a note completely different. I am teaching children how to sign the 100 Psalm of giving of thanks, for a Thanksgiving Production. The 4-5 year old absorbed it like sponges. The 8-10 year old couldn't hold still well enough to know what they were doing with their hands. The high schoolers looked at me like I was weird. It was fun teaching them the signs. I just wished I hadn't been cornered into doing this because I was the only one with "experience". I mean, "hello", signing for me goes well beyond just "experience" it was at one time my only way to communicate with anyone...
Take care and find a creative outlet.
Mrs. Dunn