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Hi Christina, Like you, my title is Systems Librarian, though the tasks I end up performing are widely varied. Where I perhaps diverge from your experience is that I do quite a bit of coding, both developing new things but also very much "fixing broken things" as you so accurately put it. That may be because I simply prefer code as a tool to accomplish things more than it being strictly necessary. This response seems incredibly unhelpful but I'd say my job is equal parts coding and systems analyst/manager. I don't necessarily think of myself as doing much project management but when we do major initiatives (an ILS migration here, a new website there) that is indeed what I'm doing; mapping out requirements, delegating what little I can, making sure tasks get done on time. Being at a small library I find it very rewarding to do a little bit of all of this at once. Best, Eric On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 2:23 PM Salazar, Christina < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hey Everyone, > > I'm going to be so old skool about this and ask this question on the > mailing list, but I'm curious to know if you believe your work is more > coder/programmer or systems/applications analyst or project management type > work? I'm also curious about what types of job titles you have that do/do > not correlate to the work you do on a day to day. (I'm painting with broad > strokes I guess.) > > My job title has pretty much been systems librarian since 2001 and in that > time have more closely identified with systems analyst type tasks. I can > code but it's mostly in aid of fixing broken things, not creating new > applications. I guess I also LIKE fixing broken things MORE than making new > ones. I'm also sort of kind of a project manager since I've now assisted > with implementation of perhaps a dozen or more library applications > (including I think 4 ILSs). > > I'm trying NOT to reignite that whole "imposter syndrome" conversation but > focus more on our actual skills and experience (believe me, that previous > paragraph, while empirically true makes me feel all wormy inside.) > I'm contemplating all this in hopes of better marketing myself for future > and current job possibilities (as in, maybe I should not apply for systems > librarian jobs any more since I am not really a full time coder but more of > a "fixer.") > > Thoughts anyone? > > Christina Salazar > Librarian About Town > California State University, Channel Islands > John Spoor Broome Library > 805-437-3198 >