Re: "coders for libraries"

From: Jason Bengtson <j.bengtsonunm_at_nyob>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 08:44:38 -0500
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
I agree (although I do like the word 'coder'). 😀

Best regards,
*Jason Bengtson, MLIS, MA*
Innovation Architect


*Houston Academy of MedicineThe Texas Medical Center Library*
1133 John Freeman Blvd
Houston, TX   77030
http://library.tmc.edu/
www.jasonbengtson.com

On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 8:42 AM, Eric Hellman <eric_at_hellman.net> wrote:

> Between September and November of 2008, the title attribute of the
> Code4lib homepage was changed from "code4lib | Code for Libraries" to
> "code4lib | coders for libraries, libraries for coders".
>
> Dave Winer, who could be considered the inventor of the blog, recently
> tweeted about us:
>
> "code4lib: coders for libraries, libraries for coders. (I really hate the
> word "coders.") code4lib.org <http://code4lib.org/>"
>
> As someone who feels that Code4Lib should welcome people who don't
> particularly identify as "coders", I would welcome a return to the previous
> title attribute.
>
> Eric Hellman
> President, Free Ebook Foundation
> Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/
> http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/
> twitter: @gluejar
>
Received on Tue Sep 01 2015 - 09:44:49 EDT