Buddy, we have positions in my department that are developer / librarians; we tend to look for folks with some skills and lots of drive/aptitude, and then train them once they acquire the position. However these are clinical positions, and there are no T and P obligations even though we also have numerous T and P librarians. Our Human Resources also keeps a close eye on technology salaries, and also limits the library’s (and other departments) ability to offer higher salaries than other librarian positions, and they generally like to keep all tech positions salaries close to each other on campus, regardless fo whether you are with the libraries, or arts and sciences, or the technology division, etc. It is certainly challenging.
Steven Turner, MLIS
Manager, Web Technologies and Development, Assistant Professor
University Libraries
The University of Alabama<https://www.ua.edu/>
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office 205-348-1638
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On Dec 7, 2017, at 1:26 PM, Pennington, Buddy D. <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:

Lisa, I would love to see that. We have wrestled with how to merge programmer requirements with faculty librarian expectations.

Buddy Pennington
Head of Library Systems & Technology (Librarian III)
Miller Nichols Library
University of Missouri--Kansas City


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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Haitz, Lisa (haitzlm)
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Systems Librarian / software developer

We actually have two positions called Librarian Developers, which are tenure track and require advanced degree (I think MLS) If interested I can find the job description and share.

Lisa

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   Subject: [CODE4LIB] Systems Librarian / software developer

   I have a question regarding staff development and I am hoping someone can provide some advice.  I have two vacant librarian positions in my Library Systems department.  I need to fill those vacancies with software/systems developers in order to move our initiatives forward.  We have encountered reluctance on the part of our human resources to repurpose those librarian positions into developer positions.

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