Librarians and Techies - A NEXUS

Librarians and Techies - A NEXUS

(Similarities, Differences, Dependencies, The Important Other, etc.)

A reading list by Dr. Mohamed Taher

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Bridging the Gap Between Techies and Non-Techies, by Jill Witty, Vault.com Staff, 10/16/2000

Techies are a part of the daily lives of more and more of the workforce. Since the Internet revolution, all industries have become increasingly dependent on the use of complex technology, and to make sure all that technology is functioning properly, we rely on our techies. But while companies have successfully integrated technology into their businesses, the integration of techies and non-techies has proceeded with more difficulty.

The truth is, a divide exists in many offices between the IT department and the rest of the staff. And the number of differing explanations for this divide may be as high as the number of bytes in a standard hard drive.

Thinking alike:

library role in e-research infrastructure

LookSmart's Furl - The yukawa Archive

Top Ten Skills for Teaching Tech to Patrons by Crystal Schimpf

Librarians as candidates for tech companies: A Creative Idea That Might Actually Help Close Tech’s Gender Gap: Librarians

To boldly go… the librarian's role in text and data mining

The New Information Professional,Sue Myburgh

REVIEW: Don’t end up on the TIP

Sue Myburgh warns that traditional information professionals (TIPs) have become an endangered species, By Tracey Caldwell 21 Dec 2005

Building Partnerships: Computing and Library Professionals.

Proceedings of Library Solutions Institute No. 3, Chicago, May 12-14, 1994.

Edited by Anne G. Lipow and Sheila D. Creth

ISBN 1-882208-18-8

$29.00

Out of print. Purchasers will receive a velo-bound photocopied edition. more info

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05/03/2006