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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 going to lose my house."

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If 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/ [1] http://jobs.code4lib.org/ [2] http://libtechwomen.tumblr.com/ [3] http://www.ala.org/lita/ital/

It 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.

Interesting - Regarding an article with a huge subtext of "cherish the past", you toss out crap from the 60's.

For shame.

Do 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.

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