Over at OpenGovInfo.net, Arden R. makes the case: In Ten Reasons Why Cataloging Librarians Make Natural Programmers.
You already know that I'm in the better-metadata-life-through-programming camp :)
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Absolutely. My GRE score was very near the top for Logic, which I'd never really thought much about before, but it made a lot of sense once I did reflect upon it. This probably also explains why I am a very good cook: I approach the recipes step by step, only modifying them after I develop a solid understanding of the basic issue.
Posted by: Amy Ranger | Tuesday, September 01, 2009 at 11:04 AM
Absolutely. I guess that's why I hate being a cataloger. I also hate cooking. I'm not your typical techserv worker, either. Extroverted, creative, social, outside-the-box kind of thinker.
Posted by: Karen Young | Wednesday, September 02, 2009 at 08:28 AM
Amy and Karen,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this issue of catalogers' characteristics. Karen, in your list of non-cataloger qualities you mention "creative." This is an issue I've been stewing over for awhile. Catalogers are actually creative also. But it's a creativity within a certain set of constraints/limits. This is another way that programming and cataloging are similar to each other.
Posted by: Christine Schwartz | Wednesday, September 02, 2009 at 01:16 PM