Comments on: Coders wanted.

By: The Marginalist :: Code and the Librarian :: April :: 2006

The Marginalist :: Code and the Librarian :: April :: 2006 — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:48:30 +0000

[...] There has been a lot of talk throughout the biblioblogosphere to the effect that more librarians need to be coders. As always, there’s some question of how much this meme has percolated through the wider community, so to summarize: Most librarians don’t know much about programming, and this lack has contributed to an online user experience that is a lot less interactive and useful than it should be. [...]

By: l.m.orchard

l.m.orchard — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 18:40:29 +0000

This sort of things makes me wish we still lived in Ann Arbor, and that I was employed at a library! Developing apps for a library seems so much more appealing than working on web-based marketing. (Although I am doing some very cool stuff right now.)

By: What I Learned Today…»Blog Archive » Reverse That

What I Learned Today…»Blog Archive » Reverse That — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 13:27:35 +0000

[...] There have been several discussions on librarian blogs lately talking about librarians as coders (LibrarianInBlack, Library Web Chic, Science Library Pad, Information Wants to Be Free and See Also)… I’d like to suggest that the reverse is true as well – coders as librarians. [...]

By: See Also

See Also — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:31:33 +0000

Librarian code skillz

Do librarians need to be programmers? As the Simpsons’ Reverend Lovejoy says, “short answer, no with an if; long answer, yes with a but.” This memelet – librarians as coders – has been going around for the past few months….

By: Library Views 圖書館觀點 :: Library 2.0 與 technology :: December :: 2005

Library Views 圖書館觀點 :: Library 2.0 與 technology :: December :: 2005 — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 04:57:42 +0000

[...] Casey Bisson 並舉了Meredith Farkas 及 Jenny Levine 最近的文章中所提到急需招募技術人員為例，說明技術 (Technology) 的重要。 [...]

By: Science Library Pad

Science Library Pad — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 11:58:12 +0000

librarians 2.0 don’t need to be coders 2.0

There are many roles beyond just coder that are essential to developing technology solutions.It will of course depend on your organization which of those roles you need to take on.I like this diagram from the IBM article Elements of Service-Oriented

By: Raging Arguments About The Future Of The ILS « MaisonBisson.com

Raging Arguments About The Future Of The ILS « MaisonBisson.com — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 14:56:23 +0000

[...] Richard, please don’t misunderstand me. Technology is the essential infrastructure for Library 2.0. My point was that technology alone doesn’t make a library. It would be better to read my post in the context of Meredith Farkas‘ and Jenny Levine’s recent posts crying out for more programmers in libraries. [...]

By: Pattern Recognition

Pattern Recognition — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 15:22:31 +0000

Why no coders?

Just a quick note that in trying desperately to keep up with the ton of phenomenal writing going on in the biblioblogosphere, I somehow missed this post by Meredith that sums up some of the thoughts I’ve had about library systems departments.
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By: OPAC Web Services Should Be Like Amazon Web Services « MaisonBisson.com

OPAC Web Services Should Be Like Amazon Web Services « MaisonBisson.com — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 03:27:19 +0000

[...] What do I really mean when I say library web services should be like Amazon web services? I mean they should be that accessible, that usable, that hackable. I mean libraries will benefit when people we’ve never met are spending the evenings building new applications to use our data. People are wondering how to get more programmers in libraries (example one, two), but I’m wondering how to make library systems more programmer friendly. [...]

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 22:36:57 +0000

I certainly hope we need the motivators as much as we need the coders–but then, I want a world where everybody gets to do what they’re good at. Thanks for the pointer to the anti-library 2.0 rant, which was refreshing. Oh, and happy Thanksgiving!