Re: "coders for libraries"

I'm a little surprised that on a list populated by metadata geeks, no one has suggested that just the title (i.e. code4lib) be in the title element ;-)



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On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Tom Cramer <tcramer_at_stanford.edu> wrote:

> You can tell it’s a public library because you get a 404. At a private library, you’d get a 403. 
> - Tom
>> On Sep 1, 2015, at 2:07 PM, Michael J. Giarlo <leftwing_at_alumni.rutgers.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> DPLA is the finest library of 404s I've seen.
>> 
>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 2:00 PM Tom Johnson <johnson.tom+code4lib_at_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Eric, your suggestion simply won't do:
>>> http://dp.la/item/e637ec0731c3129dc4f6ff4c5e528bda is a 404.
>>> 
>>> - Tom
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Eric Phetteplace <phette23_at_gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> "code4lib | e637ec0731c3129dc4f6ff4c5e528bda"
>>>> 
>>>> In all seriousness, I think coming up with an inclusive tagline is a
>>> great
>>>> idea. How about "people, libraries, code"?
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 12:25 PM Laura Smart <laura.j.smart_at_gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Rotating slogans FTW.
>>>>> Laura
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Sarah Shealy <
>>> sarah.shealy_at_outlook.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> +1 to both
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 11:58:39 -0700
>>>>>>> From: deibel_at_UW.EDU
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] "coders for libraries"
>>>>>>> To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Code4Lib | Libers for Codaries
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Kate Deibel, PhD | Web Applications Specialist
>>>>>>> Information Technology Services
>>>>>>> University of Washington Libraries
>>>>>>> http://staff.washington.edu/deibel
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> "When Thor shows up, it's always deus ex machina."
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 9/1/2015 11:39 AM, scott bacon wrote:
>>>>>>>> Code4Lib | We Are The Wind Beneath Your Wings
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Wilhelmina Randtke <
>>>>> randtke_at_gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> In general, it's not great to refer to people as nouns.  It's
>>>> better
>>>>>> to say
>>>>>>>>> people with an adjective, so the person isn't replaced or given
>>>> just
>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>>> identity.  I support not calling people coders or other noun.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -Wilhelmina Randtke
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 9:42 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
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>