I'm a librarian, and a slightly poor excuse for a coder second. I've always focussed on the IT/tech side of librarianship in my career and did at one point cross from libraries into more general IT management - then firmly put myself back into libraries. To a certain extent I left library employment to freelance as a consultant to get out of the academic library career path that kept taking me into management - which I realised, after several years doing it, was just not what got me out of bed in the morning.
There is a name for people without an MLS who can still quote MARC subfields or write MODS XML freehand. http://shambrarian.org :) Owen Stephens Owen Stephens Consulting Web: http://www.ostephens.com Email: o...@ostephens.com Telephone: 0121 288 6936 On 7 Jul 2014, at 15:36, Miles Fidelman <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net> wrote: > This recent spate of message leads me to wonder: How many folks here who > "code for libraries" have a library science degree/background, vs. folks who > come from other backgrounds? What about folks who end up in technology > management/direction positions for libraries? > > Personally: Computer scientist and systems engineer, did some early > Internet-in-public library deployments, got to write a book about it. Not > actively doing library related work at the moment. > > Miles Fidelman > > > Dot Porter wrote: >> I'm a medieval manuscripts curator who codes, in Philadelphia, and I'd be >> happy to talk to you as well. >> >> Dot >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 10:30 AM, David Mayo <pobo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> If you'd like to talk to someone who did a library degree, and currently >>> works as a web developer supporting an academic library, I'd be happy to >>> talk with you. >>> >>> - Dave Mayo >>> Software Engineer @ Harvard > HUIT > LTS >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Steven Anderson < >>> stevencander...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Jennie, >>>> As with others, I'm not a librarian as I lack a library degree, but I do >>>> Digital Repository Development for the Boston Public Library >>> (specifically: >>>> https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/). Feel free to let me know you want >>>> to chat for your masters paper. >>>> Sincerely,Steven AndersonWeb Services - Digital Library Repository >>>> developer617-859-2393sander...@bpl.org >>>> >>>>> Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 13:51:07 +0000 >>>>> From: mschofi...@nova.edu >>>>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Let me shadow you, librarians who code! >>>>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >>>>> >>>>> Hey Jennie, >>>>> >>>>> I'm waaay south of MA but I'm pretty addicted to talking about coding >>> as >>>> a library job O_o. If you are still in want of guinea-pigs, I'd love to >>>> skype / hangout. >>>>> Michael Schofield >>>>> // mschofi...@nova.edu >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf >>> Of >>>> Jennie Rose Halperin >>>>> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 3:58 PM >>>>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >>>>> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Let me shadow you, librarians who code! >>>>> >>>>> hey Code4Lib, >>>>> >>>>> Do you work in a library and also like coding? Do you do coding as >>> part >>>> of your job? >>>>> I'm writing my masters paper for the University of North Carolina at >>>> Chapel Hill and I'd like to shadow and interview up to 10 librarians and >>>> archivists who also work with code in some way in the Boston area for the >>>> next two weeks. >>>>> I'd come by and chat for about 2 hours, and the whole thing will not >>>> take up too much of your time. >>>>> Not in Massachusetts? Want to skype? Let me know and that would be >>>> possible. >>>>> I know that this list has a pretty big North American presence, but I >>>> will be in Berlin beginning July 14, and could potentially shadow anyone >>> in >>>> Germany as well. >>>>> Best, >>>>> >>>>> Jennie Rose Halperin >>>>> jennie.halpe...@gmail.com >>>> >> >> > > > -- > In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. > In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
