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On Mon, 07 Jul 2014, Miles Fidelman said:

> This recent spate of message leads me to wonder: How many folks here who
> "code for libraries" have a library science degree/background, vs. folks who
> come from other backgrounds?  What about folks who end up in technology
> management/direction positions for libraries?

I would fall in the category of "coders who library." I had a student job
in ILL while a grad student in music, and kept working in ILL while getting
interested in IT & programming. Some of my early personal ILL process hacks
accidentally became depended upon in production, and so I had to go pro to
maintain them :)

Having worked much of my career in libraries, the few years I spent away
made it clear I had gained a lot of special domain knowledge in library 
systems. I don't know if I will ever seek a library degree, but I do
consider libraries to be "my field."

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