While completing my CS master's, I was working as a grad student at
SunSite, and was asked to develop an OAI repository for the university's
special collections (OAI was in alpha/beta then). That was the first I'd
heard of special collections... and my intro to the library world. After
I finished that degree, I took a staff job in the library, developing
and supporting digital libraries. I figured as long as I was there, I
might as well get the library degree to go with it... and here I am. You
never know where life will take you, do you? 

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Jody L. DeRidder
Head, Digital Services
University of Alabama Libraries
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone: 205.348.0511

"Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who
dare to make dreams into reality." --Jonas Salk

On 2014-07-07 08:36, Miles Fidelman wrote: 

> 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?
> 
> Personally: Computer scientist and systems engineer, did some early 
> Internet-in-public library deployments, got to write a book about it. 
> Not actively doing library related work at the moment.
> 
> Miles Fidelman
> 
> Dot Porter wrote:
> I'm a medieval manuscripts curator who codes, in Philadelphia, and I'd be happy to talk to you as well. Dot On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 10:30 AM, David Mayo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: If you'd like to talk to someone who did a library degree, and currently works as a web developer supporting an academic library, I'd be happy to talk with you. - Dave Mayo Software Engineer @ Harvard > HUIT > LTS On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Steven Anderson < [log in to unmask]> wrote: Jennie, As with others, I'm not a librarian as I lack a library degree, but I do Digital Repository Development for the Boston Public Library (specifically: https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/ [1]). Feel free to let me know you want to chat for your masters paper. Sincerely,Steven AndersonWeb Services - Digital Library Repository [log in to unmask] Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 13:51:07 +0000 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Let me shadow you, librarians who code! To:
[log in to unmask] Hey Jennie, I'm waaay south of MA but I'm pretty addicted to talking about coding
 as 

> a library job O_o. If you are still in want of guinea-pigs, I'd love to skype / hangout. 
> 
>> Michael Schofield // [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
 Of 

> Jennie Rose Halperin 
> 
>> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 3:58 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [CODE4LIB] Let me shadow you, librarians who code! hey Code4Lib, Do you work in a library and also like coding? Do you do coding as
 part 

> of your job? 
> 
>> I'm writing my masters paper for the University of North Carolina at
> Chapel Hill and I'd like to shadow and interview up to 10 librarians and archivists who also work with code in some way in the Boston area for the next two weeks. 
> 
>> I'd come by and chat for about 2 hours, and the whole thing will not
> take up too much of your time. 
> 
>> Not in Massachusetts? Want to skype? Let me know and that would be
> possible. 
> 
>> I know that this list has a pretty big North American presence, but I
> will be in Berlin beginning July 14, and could potentially shadow anyone
 in 

> Germany as well. 
> 
>> Best, Jennie Rose Halperin [log in to unmask]
 

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[1] https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/