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I anticipate coding--particularly for the web--to be part and parcel of librarianship as a whole - and if that's not already the case, then in a few short years. I already expect many of my coworkers to be HTML/CSS literate just as everyone has been expected to be familiar with an Office Suite. So, I'm not sure distinguishing who is and isn't a coder in the field is (or will) be all that straightforward. Michael | www.ns4lib.com -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andromeda Yelton Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 7:53 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] What is a "coder"? On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > A coder is someone who writes code, naturally. :) "code" is something > intended to be interpreted or executed by a computer or a computer program. > > I think everyone agrees that anyone is welcome at code4lib. > I agree with this *now that I am here*, but I did not know that it would be the case in advance. When people ask me to self-identify as a coder I get totally deer-in-headlights and tend to not raise my hand unless told to do so point-blank. "What is a coder" is a great question but for the purposes of diversity outreach "who self-identifies as a coder" (or technologist) is more relevant, and I think that's a question where you're going to find systematic demographic differences in the skillset required before people are willing to say "me". Andromeda