Re: [CODE4LIB] onboarding developers coming from industry

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Re: [CODE4LIB] onboarding developers coming from industry

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Re: [CODE4LIB] onboarding developers coming from industry

On 2 March 2016, Jason Casden wrote: The advantages that we do have over many of these organizations include the opportunity to work directly with the users of your products, the ability to be more involved in broader systems analysis work, and the pursuit of a mission anchored in education

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+1 to TH5! I’m also very new to the environment.. And I’m really liking what I see. Fifteen years of multi-billion dollar tech industry work makes what I’m seeing around library tech and the processes/services involved seem like a piece of cake. OTOH, I’m coming from a corporation which was

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I think that the importance of sharing your passion for library service should not be overlooked. While universities can be rather bureaucratic, this may also be true of many of the commercial and governmental organizations from which these developers are being hired. The advantages that we do

Re: [CODE4LIB] onboarding developers coming from industry

On Mar 2, 2016, at 9:30 AM, Tom Hutchinson wrote: > ...To be honest I feel like I still don’t even really know what libraries / librarians are yet. > .. Tom, when you find out, please tell the rest of us. ;-) —Eric Lease Morgan this ++ We actually speak the same

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On Mar 2, 2016, at 9:48 AM, LeVan,Ralph wrote: > …I've written so much bloat that didn't get used because a librarian was sure > the system would fail without it…. I’m ROTFL because just a few minutes ago, while composing an informal essay on the history of bibliographic

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re to deal with them before they cause too much stress. Deborah -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Jenn Riley Sent: Saturday, 27 February 2016 9:42 a.m. To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] onboarding developers coming

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On Mar 2, 2016, at 9:30 AM, Tom Hutchinson wrote: > ...To be honest I feel like I still don’t even really know what libraries / > librarians are yet. Tom, when you find out, please tell the rest of us. ;-) —Eric Lease Morgan

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One of the big shifts for me - a newbie to library science who switched over from industry late last spring - is just how many people _outside_ the college I interface with, part of that being the open source community. And I LOVE that aspect of my job, knowing that there¹s a larger community out

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I just wanted to say thank you for this thread. I recently jumped ship from industry and am still orienting myself. The non-technical aspects are a much bigger change than I anticipated; they are also precisely why I switched. To be honest I feel like I still don’t even really know what

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On Mar 1, 2016, at 9:39 PM, Fitchett, Deborah > wrote: I actually feel that the tech side of library things may be less bewildering to a non-tech person than the *culture*. Things like: * the way any progress happens in

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I am an IT professional who transferred from a 20 year corporate background to the Academic Library Universe. I agree with nearly everything that Deborah and Keith wrote. My advice to those working with a 'Library IT newbie person' is this: Show the Library IT person how the end user works with

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I also agree very much with what Deborah wrote. I'd come from an IT/software development background, and even after a couple of years in libraries, I hadn't adjusted to library culture. I was frustrated enough to write a paper about it and present at ACRL:

Re: [CODE4LIB] onboarding developers coming from industry

To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] onboarding developers coming from industry Dear Code4Libbers, We have a new developer starting soon that’s coming from industry with no experience in libraries. We're interested in hearing about any strategies or training methods you’ve found successful

Re: [CODE4LIB] onboarding developers coming from industry

U] On Behalf Of Jenn Riley Sent: Saturday, 27 February 2016 9:42 a.m. To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] onboarding developers coming from industry Dear Code4Libbers, We have a new developer starting soon that’s coming from industry with no experience in libraries. We're interested

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Disclaimer that my thoughts are largely based on working with outside consultants at FPOW (public library system)... - specific points of confusion sometimes arose around library-specific terminology that overlaps with technical terminology, especially if the developer is going to be working

[CODE4LIB] onboarding developers coming from industry

Dear Code4Libbers, We have a new developer starting soon that’s coming from industry with no experience in libraries. We're interested in hearing about any strategies or training methods you’ve found successful in introducing developers from other areas to the quirkiness of library tech –