Comments on: Why every Library Science student should learn programming

By: ade

ade — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:06:48 +0000

I definitely agree what John Fink has been said above.
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That said, I’m not sure that every librarian should be required to take a programming language. It should be an *option* in every library school, maybe coupled with some pleasant introductions to UNIX systems, but a requirement might be a bit extreme.
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It should be an optional for every students to study specific programming language. but for me, the very important thing is how to learn the algorithm/logical values so every students have the proper basis to learn programming, and imho what we called an operating system specifically on unix/like since its Free/Libre opensource software and famously known in the server/client environment. and the server/client knowledge is needed in the working environment.
Its happened in the library science curricula in Indonesia also. i thought that we’re so leak in the ICT curricula and we learn it autodicactly from the community or books.

regards
ade from Jakarta, Indonesia

By: Jefferson Leite

Jefferson Leite — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:14:20 +0000

That’s the first time i post something in an foreign blog. I just finished my library sciense classes this year and i could see how much is intensive the discusions about programming languages envolving our area, i working on web site’s delveloping
at 5 years using php, java and mysql and i took a while to know the relations between information retrieval and technology. That’s because in some countries, like Brazil, library science use to be related to humanities or applied social sciences. Information technology is commonly used in computing science or something like that. At this point we must understand the the dimensions of this knowledge field. Another thing i would like to comment is about studies envolving ontologies and taxonomies that represents an nice oportunity to treat classification schemas like thesaurus in internet enviroment (flickr)

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By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:38:28 +0000

I’ve just started library school — I’m interested in studying digital librarianship/archiving, and feel that understanding programming could provide some marketable skills once I’ve graduated. Where I work, I’m starting to see colleagues pick up these skills on the job as their workload demands it.

Of course, I work for an academic library that serves an extremely tech-savvy community.

By: Carolyn Wood

Carolyn Wood — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:53:55 +0000

Programmers brings varied skills to a project. Programming is a team effort.

As a librarian accessible to the public during all working hours, doodling in Dreamweaver, maintaining the library’s network, and managing Adult Services (including outreach and public relations) leaves little time to focus on writing code.

I am very concerned as to whether the profession adequately addresses metadata integrity and product/service usability.

Systems thinking and programming skills are necessary to move the profession forward. Who is innovating on a large scale? How long can I apologize for my library’s SirsiDynix catalog interface?

The words of a certain professor often haunt me: “Let’s face it top of the line programmers are rarely attracted to the field of librarianship.”

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By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:31:22 +0000

Excellent article. I think that programming needs to be integrated into k-12 curriculum, as it is quickly becoming a necessary skill. We should in the least expose students to programming, so that those who find it interesting can start learning it earlier; I wish I had began programming much earlier.