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Kyle Banerjee wrote: [snip] >> Pick something that you need for a specific project. You already know how > to program, so picking up a language for its own sake will mostly be an > academic exercise for you. > [snip] > > My advice would be to work on a project and if it calls for a language that > you don't know, then pick up that. If it calls for something you already > know like PHP, just use that and pick up your new language when you need to > later. In other words, learn what you need. It's dang hard to remember > anything you don't actively use. > > kyle > > > Seconding. I am not a programmer, but I've been able (by and large) to figure out what I need to do when faced with a specific problem. I have never been successful at my attempts to learn a language just for the heck of it. A sample project that jumped to my mind given your interest in rare books and book arts would be digital libraries. If I were in your shoes, I might look at what's available in that area. I know of Greenstone (not because of any experience with it on my own, but because of classmates who were using it for their digital libraries class) but I'm sure there's a lot more out there. Here's one of the projects I remember being done: http://gslis.simmons.edu/henty/team.htm And now, back to my regularly scheduled lurking. Ellen -- Ellen Knowlton Wilson Instruction Coordinator Instructional Technology/Reference Librarian Room 250, University Library University of South Alabama Mobile, AL 36688 6-2826 | (251) 460-7025 [log in to unmask]