Re: a first look at Code4Lib

From: Mike Taylor <mike_at_nyob>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:42:45 +0000
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
On 25 February 2010 12:07, Eric Lease Morgan <emorgan_at_nd.edu> wrote:
>> http://eric.clst.org/C4L/FirstLook
>
> Alas, I tried to post a comment to your First Look but I got an error upon submission. My comment is below:
>
>  I believe your assessment is right on target.
>
>  Code4Lib is mostly about community -- a community with a shared
>  purpose of making computers more useful tools in the field of
>  librarianship. [1] The community is a lot like an open source
>  software community, and while open source software is held in
>  high esteem, the community does not negate "closed" source
>  software. In Code4Lib authority is often times based on the
>  concept of metreocity..

I guess that's something between a meritocracy and an atrocity :-)
Received on Thu Feb 25 2010 - 07:43:32 EST