Random & Casual Poll: What abt. Web Services Should You Know?

[Ross Singer]

On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Hogue Melanie wrote:
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If anything, I would put PHP after ASP.NET and probably after Apache as a generically language useful to be familiar with.  In almost 20 years of working in and around libraries (sigh), I have only had one (count them, one, ah ah ah) project that knowledge of ASP.NET might have been handy.  And I was still able to avoid that by using Ruby.

If anything, ASP.NET over PHP limits your avenues simply because PHP is so much more ubiquitous.

-Ross.
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> It is still possible to oversee web services without being an extensive coder; but you should be able to read code and have some understanding what it is doing. How fully you should learn these may depend on other preferences you might have. For example, do you prefer to wear several hats for variety or usability knowledge (public service and web admin)? Or do you prefer to work in a smaller library, library system, or town? You will need to be more proficient if you do not have possibly paraprofessional subordinates who can write code according to your directives.
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> From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Holmberg, Lisa
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 10:40 AM
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> Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Random & Casual Poll: What abt. Web Services Should You Know?
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> Get their head around how any code works, pho, JavaScript, whatever... Once you understand one you can carry over the knowledge to any code.  
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> On Sep 10, 2012, at 2:19 PM, "Michael Schofield" <mschofield at NOVA.EDU (mailto:mschofield at NOVA.EDU)> wrote:
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> > Every so often in the library blogosophere I see posts dedicated to whether librarians should know how to code. The answer I usually give is awful - something like, “Um. Probably.” Anyway, since you all work with the web and/or library systems, I’m curious about your wizened answers. Here’s the scenario: if a LIS student intending to work in web services (or w/e) asked your advice, what code / platforms / other skills would you recommend for success?
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> > Michael Schofield(@nova.edu) | Web Services Librarian
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> > Hi! Hit me up any time, but I’d really appreciate it if you report broken links, bugs, your meeting minutes, or request an awesome web app over on the Library Web Services (http://staff.library.nova.edu/pm) site.
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