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Hi Alex This is where I can say that the MSc in Information Science was a real eye-opener for me and a thoroughly enjoyable experience (except for those pesky deadlines). Thank you UCL! I originally achieved my professional qualification back in 1990 (back in the mists of time) and loved most of my three years as an undergraduate at the then PNL (Polytechnic of North London). That is where I was introduced to UDC and a variation of that is what I am still working with all these years later! As some point I realised that the library world around me had changed so much and I felt that I had been left behind. The MSc gave me the grounding to enter this brave new world of librarianship (yes, websites, databases, XML, Javascript etc.). Unfortunately I haven’t had a chance to use all I learnt as there is now a separation between data/systems and what is seen as traditional library work but I would recommend an XML course to anyone especially as it is used in publishing and it is a good transferrable skill to have. Anastasia From: CIG E-Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Esther Arens Sent: 25 November 2014 16:06 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [CIG-E-FORUM] Aw: Re: [CIG-E-FORUM] Getting started - Session 1 Hi Alex, just to encourage you in your aspirations I'm citing what Helen Doyle just posted: "It’s really interesting hearing how much in-house training people (have to) do. I’m really getting the impression that people who want to embark on a cataloguing career only really need to show an interest and a willingness to put the hours in, and most of the training can/will be done in-house or is self-taught anyway." This matches my impressions and actually my own experience. Similarly in terms of programming language, I don't think it matters that much - unless for a short contract needing knowledge of a particular one of course. (You can tell I'm not a real IT person otherwise I'd probably have an opinion on this.) Good luck! -- Esther Arens MCLIP The Precentory 23 St Martins Leicester LE1 5DE Gesendet: Dienstag, 25. November 2014 um 15:38 Uhr Von: "Alex McGowan" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> An: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Betreff: Re: [CIG-E-FORUM] Getting started - Session 1 Hi, I had already posted this message earlier but it didn't seem to be showing up on the list of posts so I thought I would repost it here. I am joining this discussion a little late due to unavoidable commitments at work this morning (which overran a bit). I have been a librarian at Library Services for Education (the schools library service for Leicestershire) for just over 7 years and am keen to move into a cataloguing job. This might seem an odd move, but I have been given principal in-house responsibility for our LMS and really enjoyed the technical challenges this has presented. I'm also a great stickler for detail in the data on our LMS! I completed an online course on metadata on Coursera over the summer and attended the CIG conference in Canterbury, which was a great eye opener and also reassured me that this was an interesting area for me to move into. I am also currently learning Python with my wife. I have read through as many of the posts on this thread from this morning but have just not had time yet to digest everything. My big concern is that I don't have any experience with AACR2/MARC/RDA cataloguing, and am not sure of the best way to proceed with this. Judging by some of the posts from earlier today perhaps it's not actually as important as I thought, though it has featured in all of the job specifications I've looked at recently. Also I am thinking it would be useful to teach myself XML or HTML 5 (I have some familiarity with HTML, though I don't get to use it at work on a regular basis), can anyone suggest which one of those would be most useful? Many thanks, Alex McGowan MCLIP Library Services for Education Leicestershire County Council The British Film Institute is governed by Royal Charter and is a charity registered in England and Wales number 287780. The contents of this e-mail are confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, kindly notify the sender that you have received this message in error and immediately delete it. Unless you are the intended recipient, you may not forward this e-mail to anybody, nor make any use of its contents.