Sign me up for this sentiment too. Even architecturally, we need more
windows.

On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Mark V. Sullivan <
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> > And for all those reasons and more, don't put IT in a back room and
> leave it
> > there, unconnected to the rest of the library and institution.  How
> library IT
> > works with and is integrated into the rest of the library varies from
> place to
> > place, but if the developers and sys admins don't regularly see and work
> with
> > and around students and faculty, they'll be badly disconnected and could
> develop
> > a bunker mentality.
>
> > Aside from being important, in a university, being around the students
> and
> > faculty is really interesting, and it's fun.  It's like being in a
> little city
> >where everyone's studying and thinking, and every year a quarter of the
> >population moves out and a new quarter moves in.
>
> >Bill
>
> This.. absolutely this +100.
>
> Mark (formerly of a University settings)
>
> Mark V. Sullivan
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>
> ________________________________________
> From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of William
> Denton <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2016 11:12 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] onboarding developers coming from industry
>
> On 2 March 2016, Jason Casden wrote:
>
> > The advantages that we do have over many of these organizations include
> the
> > opportunity to work directly with the users of your products, the
> ability to
> > be more involved in broader systems analysis work, and the pursuit of a
> > mission anchored in education and research.
>
> And for all those reasons and more, don't put IT in a back room and leave
> it
> there, unconnected to the rest of the library and institution.  How
> library IT
> works with and is integrated into the rest of the library varies from
> place to
> place, but if the developers and sys admins don't regularly see and work
> with
> and around students and faculty, they'll be badly disconnected and could
> develop
> a bunker mentality.
>
> Aside from being important, in a university, being around the students and
> faculty is really interesting, and it's fun.  It's like being in a little
> city
> where everyone's studying and thinking, and every year a quarter of the
> population moves out and a new quarter moves in.
>
> Bill
> --
> William Denton ↔  Toronto, Canada ↔  https://www.miskatonic.org/
>