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To what degree do y'all think computer programming should be skill aspects of librarianship? Since the charter of this mailing lists states it purpose as "...to provide a forum for discussion of computer programming in the area of libraries and information science...", and since the code4lib mailing list now includes about seventy-five (75) subscribers, I thought I try to get things started. Computers are great tools for storing vast amounts of data/information. Combined with a network, computers are also great tools for sharing/communicating this information with other computers, and therefore people. Librarianship is (partially) about collecting, organizing, archiving, disseminating, and sometimes evaluating data/information/knowledge. These processes seem very similar to the sorts of processes computers can facilitate. Why is it then that more librarians do not know how to create computer software? -- Eric Lease Morgan Head, Digital Access and Information Architecture Department University Libraries of Notre Dame (574) 631-8604