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

[John Creech]

Network topology.  Many people do not grok how many hops a click on a
library web site takes before the full text is delivered to the patron,
how many servers it passes through in multiple locations around the U.S.
or internationally. 

John

>>> Rosalyn Metz <rosalynmetz at GMAIL.COM> 9/12/2012 6:41 AM >>>
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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