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Hello, When I think of IT and Librarianship I don't see a huge difference. I see librarianship as IT without in depth computer skills. I see IT as Librarianship without concern for teaching and access but major concerns about security. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 3, 2014, at 2:18 PM, Michael B. Klein <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I was talking this afternoon with a friend of mine about what makes a good > Director of Library IT. Does the job lie more within librarianship or IT? > (Depends on the library.) Is there a natural separation between the > "Library IT" of ILS/MARC/e-resource/circ. technology maintenance and the > "Traditional IT" of network management, staff and public workstation > provisioning, telecom, etc? (Also depends on the library.) > > I know a lot gets said (here and elsewhere) about Technology for Librarians > - important skills and standards, what's > important/useful/trending/ignorable, and the like. But I'd love to start a > discussion (or join one, if it already exists elsewhere) about the other > side of things - the library-specific stuff that experienced IT folks might > need to learn or get used to to be successful in a library environment. Not > just technical stuff like MARC, but also ethical issues like fair use, > information privacy, freedom of access, and the like. > > Of course there are plenty of snarky answers, and I welcome them all, but > some constructive input would be nice, too. :-) I hope to compile a "So > You're an Experienced IT Worker/Administrator Who Wants to Work in a > Library?" wiki page with pointers to resources. > > So there's my vague intro. Have at it, code4lib. > > Michael