Thank you so much for all the reply. Maybe i should say something about my background first. I was a business (information system) (a half computer, half business degree) student but i work in IT industry for more than 5 years (mainly web development), I learnt some basic language by that time (outdated already) and i did pick up some new technology thanks to google. I know some of the programming/scripting language mostly web-based (PHP, ASP, Java, javascript ,etc) but not in a very "high level". (Like i can read and write some code from opensource project to fit my needs, create some little programme using OO approach).
The reason of my question is i feel that coding in library is very complicated and advanced. For example, there are both traditional technology like MARC and Z39.5 and developing technology like Semantic web, RDF. And there are traditional properitary ILS, opensource ILS and some very nice discovery tools like VuFind and also some Institute Repository software. All these very board and wide variety of software, technology in it make me don't know where to start and learn which one first over the other one. So i start browsing on the internet about what OAI, Solr and all related thing without a direction, reading books on what Semantic web is and subscribe some mailing list of interesting projects. But for a newbie like me, it was a bit like information overflow for me. There are so many technology that are new to me and i am afraid that by the time i manage to "know" it, that became an old-fashion already. I am wondering if there are some way that i can learn it in a structural way. Thanks all Wayne 2009/7/22 Joe Atzberger <ohioc...@gmail.com> > It's about time to make this thread a wiki post. > --Joe >
