Class+Introductions

Introducing. . . Kathy Hayward I selected this picture because it represents what seems like my full time job. . .babysitting for my 16 month old grandson while my daughter finishes her degree. In addition to chasing Connor around I do find time to attend to my online teaching responsibilities. I am an adjunct professor for both UCD and UNC and my UCD experiences include teaching the Foundations class, being the field experience coordinator for both the elementary and secondary levels, and teaching our current class, Information Storage and Utilization.

The subject of cataloging has never been an attention grabber, but as I have been working on this class I have realized how much this area of librarianship has changed since I first began. In my cataloging class (I won't say how many years ago this was!) my assignments involved typing index cards to be placed in the card catalog with perfect punctuation and spacing. . .UGH! MARC records were not even talked about and online searching a distant vision. This class will introduce the basic elements of cataloging without expecting you to be a cataloguer. We will cover a lot of aspects of how to find information and how to organize information and look at some of the trends that are taking place in libraries of today. As far as my searching skills are concerned I, like so many people, do a lot of searching, knowing just the right information is out there somewhere. I would give myself a B. . .better than some but not as good as others!

My one interesting fact is that my husband and I are published authors of a book about the brewpubs in Colorado. The title is "Drinking and Driving in Colorado: A Guidebook to the Brewpubs in Colorado" and it is available at local book stores. It was a fun retirement project combining some of our favorite actitivities - visiting small towns in Colorado and enjoying craft beer!