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Sure - it all depends on how you like to learn. I like to have someone show me what to do and have some hands on practice before I pick up the book - but that's just me. If you think you can learn that way then that's all that matters. On 7/24/07, Sharon Foster <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I've been lifting bits of PHP code from various tutorial websites and > playing with them...learning by osmosis, as it were. Likewise with > JavaScript. Perl appears to be the best scripting language for dealing > with XML and I plan to make an effort to learn it in a little more > structured way, with a combination of on-line tutorials and the > O'Reilly book. Does that make sense? > > On 7/24/07, Nicole Engard <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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. > > > > > > > > -- > 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. >