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

[Griffy, Henry]

It seems like the most crucial thing (for success) is not knowing how to use these various languages, but just knowing they exist and understanding the differences between them: the various problems they were created to solve and the various ways they do so.

  *   The LAMP stack (and Win/iOS/Android equivalents).
  *   The content/style/behavior division -- and options for manipulating each.
  *   The varieties of media types and the complications of handling them.
  *   What an algorithm is.
  *   The difference between structured data and other kinds of content.
  *   The complications of alphabets and their representations (character sets and fonts).

And at least three over-arching problems:

  *   Accessibility (device-, disability-, and user-experience-based)
  *   Sustainability
  *   Privacy

All the Babel of languages (in my experience) are hella confusing without some kind of conceptual framework and understanding of the distinctions their creators are working with.  Once you get those distinctions, the details make way more sense.


H

Henry Griffy
Learning Technologies Grant Support
Office of the CIO
370 Science and Engineering Library
175 W 18th Ave
Columbus, OH 43210
Ph: 614-247-4663
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Subject: [WEB4LIB] Random & Casual Poll: What abt. Web Services Should You Know?

Hi everyone,

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?

I’ll compile and share the results in a couple of weeks.

All the best,

Michael Schofield(@nova.edu) | Web Services Librarian
Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center

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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