Code4Lib | Libers for Codaries


Kate Deibel, PhD | Web Applications Specialist
Information Technology Services
University of Washington Libraries
http://staff.washington.edu/deibel

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On 9/1/2015 11:39 AM, scott bacon wrote:
> Code4Lib | We Are The Wind Beneath Your Wings
>
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Wilhelmina Randtke <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> In general, it's not great to refer to people as nouns.  It's better to say
>> people with an adjective, so the person isn't replaced or given just one
>> identity.  I support not calling people coders or other noun.
>>
>> -Wilhelmina Randtke
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 9:42 AM, Eric Hellman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Between September and November of 2008, the title attribute of the
>>> Code4lib homepage was changed from "code4lib | Code for Libraries" to
>>> "code4lib | coders for libraries, libraries for coders".
>>>
>>> Dave Winer, who could be considered the inventor of the blog, recently
>>> tweeted about us:
>>>
>>> "code4lib: coders for libraries, libraries for coders. (I really hate the
>>> word "coders.") code4lib.org <http://code4lib.org/>"
>>>
>>> As someone who feels that Code4Lib should welcome people who don't
>>> particularly identify as "coders", I would welcome a return to the
>> previous
>>> title attribute.
>>>
>>> Eric Hellman
>>> President, Free Ebook Foundation
>>> Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/
>>> http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/
>>> twitter: @gluejar
>>>
>>