Keep the job ads coming!

Edward Iglesias


On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Pottinger, Hardy J. <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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
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>
> How's that for ya? Spin a thread about too many job postings back into an
> on-topic thread. You're welcome.
> --
> HARDY POTTINGER <[log in to unmask]>
> University of Missouri Library Systems
> http://lso.umsystem.edu/~pottingerhj/
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> "It is a well-known fact in any organization that, if you want a job done,
> you should give it to someone who is already very busy." --Terry
> Pratchett, Unseen Academicals
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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/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>--
> >>Mark Wilhelm
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