In over 25 years of working in IT and software development almost
exclusively with libraries, I have never found certifications to be a
useful gauge of somebody’s skill level.

Personally, I have received several certifications over the years from
Microsoft, AWS, and several smaller software vendors. I paid for these
myself, and did them on my own time, because I thought that they would be
valuable in getting up to speed with some complex technologies.

Thanks,

Cary

On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 12:48 PM TINA BING <
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> Hello everyone,
>
> I am throwing out this question out there to see what comes back.  We
> recently hired our own IT person for the library, only.  We are a part of a
> healthcare system with a small academic college. Anything relating to the
> library was delegated not just to the back burner but rather the storage
> shed where the only key to it is in the hands of the janitor that retired 9
> years ago.  Now we have an IT guy that is quickly being indoctrinated into
> the finer aspects of electronic resources, authentication (Open Athens),
> Discovery Services, link resolvers, Excel, Powershell, VBA, Python etc.
>
> He was asked to obtain certifications to help meet requirements for his
> position/title and for academic accreditation needs.  What
> certification(s), if any, do you require of your IT workers?  Since this is
> a new position, we did not require any certs to qualify for the job.  Any
> insight would be appreciated.
>
> Tina
>
> ​Kristina Bing, MLIS
> Librarian, Sentara Healthcare Library
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