----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Dear Polly (and everyone), Take the cataloging class! You never know where you're going to end up. You could be in a one-person library where you need to know everything, or the entry-level position in an institution where you'd love to work might be a cataloging one. Besides, it's good and useful information every librarian finds a need to draw on now and then (or more). If you can, do the independent study too. All best wishes. Karen Lightner, Reference Librarian Rare Book Department The Free Library of Philadelphia 1901 Vine St., Philadelphia, PA 19103 [log in to unmask]