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On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Ed Summers <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > As Dan Chudnov pointed out in his code4lib keynote this year, the > library/archive profession is in the midst of a pretty big > upheaval/transformation. So, the other goal of jobs.code4lib.org is to > help document the skills and jobs that are in demand, to help > educators teach their students relevant skills so that they can find > jobs. +∞ We've had a lot of positions lately that have been newly designed & it is incredibly useful to have a large set of data to see how institutions are defining and situating their technology position. In that respect I'd say that the jobs postings are just as valuable strategically as the many other discussion that focus on specific technologies. That, and the fact that trying to keep job postings from a popular seems impossible. -- Andrew Ashton Director of Digital Technologies Brown University Library