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Sharon, I was a computer programming major in undergrad and couldn't get a job anywhere but a library :) I worked as the Web Assistant and Web Manager in the library for 5 years before deciding to go to library school. You learn so much more on the job than you ever will in school - that is of course if you make an effort to learn. On the web note, a lot of what I learned I learned by doing, copying and reading! I did take one 4 day hands on class in programming PHP, but other than that it was a lot of learning by doing. I don't know if that was helpful - but that's the short version of my story. Nicole C. Engard http://web2learning.net On 7/24/07, Sharon Foster <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I'm a former embedded software engineer and a current library student, > trying to get up to speed on all this Web stuff. This question is not > part of any class project, but just for my own curiosity. How did you > all come to be so heavily involved in this aspect of librarianship? I > don't think it's being covered in most traditional MLS curricula, at > least not in any hands-on way, although there are certainly some LIS > programs that are getting into it in more depth than mine is. > > Were you a librarian first, who learned it via classes and tutorials? > Are you a former software developer or web developer who moved into > the library world? Or was there another path for you? > > Sharon > -- > Sharon M. Foster, B.S., J.D., 0.5 * (MLS) > F/OSS Evangelist > Cheshire Public Library > 104 Main Street > Cheshire, CT 06410 > http://www.cheshirelibrary.org > My library school portfolio: http://home.southernct.edu/~fosters4/ > My final project for ILS655, Digital Libraries, still under > construction: http://www.vsa-software.com/ils655 > > Any opinions expressed here are entirely my own. >