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

[Hogue Melanie]

Right. And a similar disconnect between the administrator and the
"coder" about what is involved in their requests for features can hinder
success as well. Producing what the user wants may not be costless or
without compromise; at least a deep understanding, if not creative
proficiency, of web technology will prevent some awful problems.

 

Melanie Amy Hogue, Librarian I

Chattanooga Public Library, Chattanooga, Tennessee

hogue_m at lib.chattanooga.gov

423-855-2684

 

From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On
Behalf Of Rosalyn Metz
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 9:41 AM
To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Random & Casual Poll: What abt. Web Services
Should You Know?

 

Communication. Communication. Communication.  I think as long as you
have an aptitude to learn a new technology, you can put your mind to it.
The hard part is being able to communicate what it is that you're going
to be doing.

 

For example, I want to build an application that is going to accomplish
a particular task for my user.  In the end, the user doesn't really want
to know what language I build it in.  What the user wants to know is
whether or not my application is going to have this feature or that
feature.  If I can't communicate with a user in order to discover what
it is they want and what I can do to deliver it, the number of
programming languages, web tools, etc. that I know will be completely
useless.





On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Michael Schofield <mschofield at nova.edu>
wrote:

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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