“If I Knew Then What I Know Now”: UNCG LIS Graduates’ Perspectives on Cataloging Education

The debate over whether cataloging courses should be required has continued for many years between faculties in various ‘library’ schools. To gauge the value of the required UNCG cataloging course and its impact on their professional duties, graduates of the UNCG MLIS program were surveyed during the last quarter of 2001. Of the 191 respondents, whether they had positions as catalogers or not, the overwhelming majority (89%) felt that such a course is essential and should be required. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH.