Oh, nothing fun. Really. Just these whizbang exciting tomes of knowledge.
Really, I'm just working on the first one, Cataloging Correctly for Kids. I spent the weekend doing classwork so I can take a week off and go to youth camp.
What can I tell you about this book? It's an informational textbook about how to catalog books. Ever wondered how Dewey numbers are created? I can tell you. But I won't. Unless you ask. And you might think that there isn't anything else a librarian would need to know about cataloging, but you'd be wrong. MARC records, subject headings, Library of Congress system, CIP programs.... yawn!
I will say that I have learned a lot about the subject and the book fulfills its purpose. But unless you are a future librarian, like collecting random information, or have a serious insomnia problem, you can probably strike this from your "must read" list.
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