While completing my CS master's, I was working as a grad student at SunSite, and was asked to develop an OAI repository for the university's special collections (OAI was in alpha/beta then). That was the first I'd heard of special collections... and my intro to the library world. After I finished that degree, I took a staff job in the library, developing and supporting digital libraries. I figured as long as I was there, I might as well get the library degree to go with it... and here I am. You never know where life will take you, do you?
--- Jody L. DeRidder Head, Digital Services University of Alabama Libraries Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Phone: 205.348.0511 "Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality." --Jonas Salk On 2014-07-07 08:36, Miles Fidelman 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/ [1]). 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 Links: ------ [1] https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/
