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Sign me up for this sentiment too. Even architecturally, we need more windows. On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Mark V. Sullivan < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > And for all those reasons and more, don't put IT in a back room and > leave it > > there, unconnected to the rest of the library and institution. How > library IT > > works with and is integrated into the rest of the library varies from > place to > > place, but if the developers and sys admins don't regularly see and work > with > > and around students and faculty, they'll be badly disconnected and could > develop > > a bunker mentality. > > > Aside from being important, in a university, being around the students > and > > faculty is really interesting, and it's fun. It's like being in a > little city > >where everyone's studying and thinking, and every year a quarter of the > >population moves out and a new quarter moves in. > > >Bill > > This.. absolutely this +100. > > Mark (formerly of a University settings) > > Mark V. Sullivan > Sobek Digital Hosting and Consulting, LLC > [log in to unmask] > https://sobekdigital.com > > > ________________________________________ > From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of William > Denton <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2016 11:12 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] onboarding developers coming from industry > > On 2 March 2016, Jason Casden wrote: > > > The advantages that we do have over many of these organizations include > the > > opportunity to work directly with the users of your products, the > ability to > > be more involved in broader systems analysis work, and the pursuit of a > > mission anchored in education and research. > > And for all those reasons and more, don't put IT in a back room and leave > it > there, unconnected to the rest of the library and institution. How > library IT > works with and is integrated into the rest of the library varies from > place to > place, but if the developers and sys admins don't regularly see and work > with > and around students and faculty, they'll be badly disconnected and could > develop > a bunker mentality. > > Aside from being important, in a university, being around the students and > faculty is really interesting, and it's fun. It's like being in a little > city > where everyone's studying and thinking, and every year a quarter of the > population moves out and a new quarter moves in. > > Bill > -- > William Denton ↔ Toronto, Canada ↔ https://www.miskatonic.org/ >