[WEB4LIB] Using students as programmers

[Don Hamilton]

There is already a MyLibrary service (or two)... the following was in my
inbox today.

Why are we even thinking about developing multiple versions of the same
thing?

the process should be:

1)take the current version
2)improve it
3)make it current
go to step 1

>From the mylibrary list....


There is an article on what looks like an independent development of the
MyLibrary idea at Cornell in the April issue of D-Lib Magazine
(http://www.dlib.org/dlib/april00/mistlebauer/04mistlebauer.html).
Ironically the same issue has an announcement from Keith Morgan of the
release of MyLibrary at NCSU as open source
(http://www.dlib.org/dlib/april00/04inbrief.html#MORGAN).
Chris Gray
University of Waterloo


-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Drew, Bill
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 1:27 PM
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Subject: [WEB4LIB] Using students as programmers


I approached one of our computer programming instructors about having some
of his students help us develop a MyLibrary type of service.  It looks like
we will be doing it as a special projects credit for some of his better
students.  Have any of you ever been involved in such an effort using
students?  Was it successful and what should I watch out for?

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Wilfred (Bill) Drew
Associate Librarian, Systems and Reference
SUNY Morrisville College Library
drewwe at morrisville.edu
Home: http://www.morrisville.edu/~drewwe
Not Just Cows: http://www.morrisville.edu/~drewwe/njc/
Library: http://www.morrisville.edu/library/
Have Laptop -- Will Travel.

 "Show me a computer expert that gives a damn, and I'll show you a
librarian." Patricia Wilson Berger (Quoted in Chicago Tribune article, 29
June 1990, Tempo section, p. 1)