As Cameron Neylon pointed out in his keynote to Open Repositories 2012 in
Edinburgh a few weeks back, filtering on the supply/server side should be
considered "friction" or a barrier. We need better/more dynamic
demand-side filtering.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axr80qm6NHw&feature=youtu.be&t=8m36s


How's that for ya? Spin a thread about too many job postings back into an
on-topic thread. You're welcome.
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On 8/2/12 9:07 AM, "Lynch,Katherine" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>The jobs posted on this list are all relevant and appropriate to the wide
>scope of people who read this list.  We have not just seasoned
>programmers, but also recent college graduates and people looking for
>entry-level jobs in the field, as well as archivists and more.  It seems
>like a mistake to impose additional rules and regulations on what types of
>jobs are allowed to be posted here...professional organizations looking to
>spread the word about jobs available in the field may become reticent to
>share some here if we give the impression that we don't want them.
>
>I agree with Kelly, and everyone else who has stated that the number of
>job postings does not bother me one bit.  Whether or not the amount of job
>postings coming through here is too much or too little seems like a
>personal preference issue, and one that can be treated with filters on
>keywords, etc, in one's own email client or RSS feed reader.
>
>Cheers,
>Katherine
>
>On 8/2/12 10:01 AM, "Kaile Zhu" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>How about this?  Please only post the jobs that require programming
>>skills or experience due to the nature of this list.  Think before you
>>post.
>>
>>For me, it doesn't bother me at all.  If you don't like it, it just takes
>>a click to delete it.  You will not see the hiring phenomenon stays on
>>peak all the time.
>>
>>Kelly
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>>Chen, Janey
>>Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 8:49 AM
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!
>>
>>I am with you on this! Actually, it is encouraging to see that there are
>>many job openings in this field. And the job descriptions give people a
>>sense of what skills the employers are looking for.
>>
>>Janey
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>>Mark Wilhelm
>>Sent: August 2, 2012 9:31 AM
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!
>>
>>Too many job postings?  I think there are fields where people would kill
>>to have this problem.  :-)
>>
>>--Mark
>>
>>On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Ed Summers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> Honestly, I'm surprised this hasn't come up sooner :-) In the
>>> interests of "science" I've created a little poll to indicate whether
>>> you think the job postings should be sent to the code4lib mailing list
>>> or not:
>>>
>>>     http://bit.ly/code4lib-jobs-emails
>>>
>>> If you care either way just click yes or no and I'll report the
>>> results. But if you can't wait I made the spreadsheet public:
>>>
>>>     http://bit.ly/code4lib-jobs-email-spreadsheet
>>>
>>> //Ed
>>>
>>> PS. Just fyi, shortimer will *not* re-post jobs to the discussion list
>>> if the posting was discovered there. Typically the job postings that
>>> shortimer posts to code4lib have been pulled from a source other than
>>> the mailing list, which met some curatorial criteria as being relevant
>>> for the code4lib community. If you care about influencing this
>>> criteria I encourage you to help curate [1] the jobs.
>>>
>>> [1] http://jobs.code4lib.org/curate/
>>
>>
>>
>>--
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