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It would be fun, but on the other hand, to my understanding a library employee's idea of "good money" looks an awful lot like a technologist's idea of "OMG I am
by chc 12y ago
It would be fun, but on the other hand, to my understanding a library employee's idea of "good money" looks an awful lot like a technologist's idea of "OMG I am going to lose my house."
- pessimizer 12y agoIt actually can pay pretty well. It's not Silicon Valley money, but it's around Milwaukee bigco CRUD code monkey money. I know a few liberal arts graduates that were working dead-end jobs who went back for the MLIS mainly for the money. Being a technologist for libraries sounds awful, though. They deal all day w/locked-down journals, proprietary databases, the MARC formats, and various systems from the 60s - and I'd need more than I make now to work with that crap.
- sssbc 12y agoInteresting - Regarding an article with a huge subtext of "cherish the past", you toss out crap from the 60's. For shame.
- benaiah 12y agoDo not confuse nostalgia for reveration. The old programming systems are indeed quaint, and should be preserved, but not used. There's a reason we've moved on.
- abc3 12y agoIf you're interested in how libraries are using technology, check out code4lib[0], a community of technologists who work in libraries. Hang out with us on IRC, subscribe to our mailing list (which includes numerous job postings, many of which pay reasonably well[1]), read our peer-reviewed journal, and consider attending our conference. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. I also recommend checking out LibTechWomen[2] and Information Technology and Libraries[3]. [0] http://code4lib.org/ http://code4lib.org/ [1] http://jobs.code4lib.org/ http://jobs.code4lib.org/ [2] http://libtechwomen.tumblr.com/ http://libtechwomen.tumblr.com/ [3] http://www.ala.org/lita/ital/ http://www.ala.org/lita/ital/