On May 6, 2011, at 3:11 PM, Michael J. Giarlo wrote:

>> Hello everyone.  The recent thread asking people what they would like to learn if they had the time brought another question to my mind.  If you were looking to get into "this side" of the profession, what would you recommend focusing on?
> 
> I hope you don't interpret this as a glib throwaway, but the best
> answer I've seen so far was blogged by Dan Chudnov a while back.  Here
> it is:
> 
>      http://onebiglibrary.net/story/advice-to-a-library-school-student


Similarly, I wrote a piece for the LITA Blog a few years ago that might be relevant  -- http://bit.ly/hGqNm1  In a nutshell, it advocates learning:

  * XML
  * relational databases
  * computer-aided indexing
  * programming/scripting

HTH

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Eric Lease Morgan, Digital Projects Librarian
Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame