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Yep, I always liked to have some hands-on experience before I went to a workshop. When I learned assembly language lo these many years ago, my only previous experience was with FORTRAN. It wasn't until the second or third day of the class that the lightbulb came on and I finally understood why I would ever want to use it. Then I spent the next 10 years in assembler until my boss forced us to learn C. ;-) On 7/24/07, Nicole Engard <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Sure - it all depends on how you like to learn. I like to have someone show > me what to do and have some hands on practice before I pick up the book - > but that's just me. If you think you can learn that way then that's all > that matters. > > On 7/24/07, Sharon Foster <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > I've been lifting bits of PHP code from various tutorial websites and > > playing with them...learning by osmosis, as it were. Likewise with > > JavaScript. Perl appears to be the best scripting language for dealing > > with XML and I plan to make an effort to learn it in a little more > > structured way, with a combination of on-line tutorials and the > > O'Reilly book. Does that make sense? > > > > On 7/24/07, Nicole Engard <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Sharon, > > > > > > I was a computer programming major in undergrad and couldn't get a job > > > anywhere but a library :) I worked as the Web Assistant and Web Manager > > in > > > the library for 5 years before deciding to go to library school. You > > learn > > > so much more on the job than you ever will in school - that is of course > > if > > > you make an effort to learn. > > > > > > On the web note, a lot of what I learned I learned by doing, copying and > > > reading! I did take one 4 day hands on class in programming PHP, but > > other > > > than that it was a lot of learning by doing. > > > > > > I don't know if that was helpful - but that's the short version of my > > story. > > > > > > Nicole C. Engard > > > http://web2learning.net > > > > > > > > > On 7/24/07, Sharon Foster <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm a former embedded software engineer and a current library student, > > > > trying to get up to speed on all this Web stuff. This question is not > > > > part of any class project, but just for my own curiosity. How did you > > > > all come to be so heavily involved in this aspect of librarianship? I > > > > don't think it's being covered in most traditional MLS curricula, at > > > > least not in any hands-on way, although there are certainly some LIS > > > > programs that are getting into it in more depth than mine is. > > > > > > > > Were you a librarian first, who learned it via classes and tutorials? > > > > Are you a former software developer or web developer who moved into > > > > the library world? Or was there another path for you? > > > > > > > > Sharon > > > > -- > > > > Sharon M. Foster, B.S., J.D., 0.5 * (MLS) > > > > F/OSS Evangelist > > > > Cheshire Public Library > > > > 104 Main Street > > > > Cheshire, CT 06410 > > > > http://www.cheshirelibrary.org > > > > My library school portfolio: http://home.southernct.edu/~fosters4/ > > > > My final project for ILS655, Digital Libraries, still under > > > > construction: http://www.vsa-software.com/ils655 > > > > > > > > Any opinions expressed here are entirely my own. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Sharon M. Foster, B.S., J.D., 0.5 * (MLS) > > F/OSS Evangelist > > Cheshire Public Library > > 104 Main Street > > Cheshire, CT 06410 > > http://www.cheshirelibrary.org > > My library school portfolio: http://home.southernct.edu/~fosters4/ > > My final project for ILS655, Digital Libraries, still under > > construction: http://www.vsa-software.com/ils655 > > > > Any opinions expressed here are entirely my own. > > > -- Sharon M. Foster, B.S., J.D., 0.5 * (MLS) F/OSS Evangelist Cheshire Public Library 104 Main Street Cheshire, CT 06410 http://www.cheshirelibrary.org My library school portfolio: http://home.southernct.edu/~fosters4/ My final project for ILS655, Digital Libraries, still under construction: http://www.vsa-software.com/ils655 Any opinions expressed here are entirely my own.