As Cameron Neylon pointed out in his keynote to Open Repositories 2012 in Edinburgh a few weeks back, filtering on the supply/server side should be considered "friction" or a barrier. We need better/more dynamic demand-side filtering.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axr80qm6NHw&feature=youtu.be&t=8m36s How's that for ya? Spin a thread about too many job postings back into an on-topic thread. You're welcome. -- HARDY POTTINGER <pottinge...@umsystem.edu> University of Missouri Library Systems http://lso.umsystem.edu/~pottingerhj/ https://MOspace.umsystem.edu/ "It is a well-known fact in any organization that, if you want a job done, you should give it to someone who is already very busy." --Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals On 8/2/12 9:07 AM, "Lynch,Katherine" <ke...@drexel.edu> wrote: >The jobs posted on this list are all relevant and appropriate to the wide >scope of people who read this list. We have not just seasoned >programmers, but also recent college graduates and people looking for >entry-level jobs in the field, as well as archivists and more. It seems >like a mistake to impose additional rules and regulations on what types of >jobs are allowed to be posted here...professional organizations looking to >spread the word about jobs available in the field may become reticent to >share some here if we give the impression that we don't want them. > >I agree with Kelly, and everyone else who has stated that the number of >job postings does not bother me one bit. Whether or not the amount of job >postings coming through here is too much or too little seems like a >personal preference issue, and one that can be treated with filters on >keywords, etc, in one's own email client or RSS feed reader. > >Cheers, >Katherine > >On 8/2/12 10:01 AM, "Kaile Zhu" <kz...@uco.edu> wrote: > >>How about this? Please only post the jobs that require programming >>skills or experience due to the nature of this list. Think before you >>post. >> >>For me, it doesn't bother me at all. If you don't like it, it just takes >>a click to delete it. You will not see the hiring phenomenon stays on >>peak all the time. >> >>Kelly >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of >>Chen, Janey >>Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 8:49 AM >>To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >>Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings! >> >>I am with you on this! Actually, it is encouraging to see that there are >>many job openings in this field. And the job descriptions give people a >>sense of what skills the employers are looking for. >> >>Janey >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of >>Mark Wilhelm >>Sent: August 2, 2012 9:31 AM >>To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >>Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings! >> >>Too many job postings? I think there are fields where people would kill >>to have this problem. :-) >> >>--Mark >> >>On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Ed Summers <e...@pobox.com> wrote: >>> Honestly, I'm surprised this hasn't come up sooner :-) In the >>> interests of "science" I've created a little poll to indicate whether >>> you think the job postings should be sent to the code4lib mailing list >>> or not: >>> >>> http://bit.ly/code4lib-jobs-emails >>> >>> If you care either way just click yes or no and I'll report the >>> results. But if you can't wait I made the spreadsheet public: >>> >>> http://bit.ly/code4lib-jobs-email-spreadsheet >>> >>> //Ed >>> >>> PS. Just fyi, shortimer will *not* re-post jobs to the discussion list >>> if the posting was discovered there. Typically the job postings that >>> shortimer posts to code4lib have been pulled from a source other than >>> the mailing list, which met some curatorial criteria as being relevant >>> for the code4lib community. If you care about influencing this >>> criteria I encourage you to help curate [1] the jobs. >>> >>> [1] http://jobs.code4lib.org/curate/ >> >> >> >>-- >>Mark Wilhelm >>E-Mail: markc...@gmail.com >>Twitter: @markcwil >>Facebook: facebook.com/markcwil >>Read the Information Science News Blog at: >>http://infoscinews.blogspot.com/ >> >> >>**Bronze+Blue=Green** The University of Central Oklahoma is Bronze, Blue, >>and Green! Please print this e-mail only if absolutely necessary! >> >>**CONFIDENTIALITY** This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain >>confidential, proprietary and privileged information. Any unauthorized >>disclosure or use of this information is prohibited.
