My only addition to the comments already shared is that there might also be
"certifications" offered by some of your software vendors that would be
useful as an overview for someone new-ish to library systems work. If you
use Ex Libris products, for example, they've got some of these sorts of
programs--I've done the Alma and Primo VE Administration Certifications.
While I won't claim those have been super useful in terms of day-to-day
workflows and troubleshooting (listservs are way better for this), the
trainings were very helpful as an overview of the range of designed
capabilities in those systems. Other vendors may have something similar.
~Cindy

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Georgetown University
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On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 10:41 PM Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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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