Just my two cents, but for smaller libraries (probably specialty libraries, too) we do our own website in house. We really can't afford to have a web designer do it. Have coding knowledge has helped us tremendously especially with embedding links for example. To be able to change our website in an instant is also a great advantage rather than having to wait for someone else to do it. Again, just my two cents! Kate Van Auken, Director Rawson Memorial Library 6495 Pine Street Cass City, MI 48726 989-872-2856
Michelle Sawicki <sawickim@cooley.edu> 2/10/2014 10:40 AM >>> I am finishing up the Web Design/Information Management Certificate at Wayne State this semester. When I am done I will have a basic understanding of html, css, php, java script and some other scripting languages. I think it is fabulous to obtain these skills, but I am not sure how practical they will be in my upcoming positions. What Wayne State focuses on is the actual coding itself. If I were to create a library website by hand/scratch, this would be an invaluable skill. However, every library I have worked at has used an editor to create their website. There really isn't a need to keep reinventing the wheel. So I am guessing I will ultimately be using an editor too some day, if web design is a part of my future job at all. I am glad I learned scripting languages though...but how relevant will it be for my job and how long will the skills I have learned remain relevant? I don't know...
Michelle Sawicki Circulation Team Leader Thomas M. Cooley Law School 3475 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 734-372-4900 x8767 On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 5:14 PM, michelle wise <michellew1989@hotmail.com> wrote: I am currently signed up to take my summer semester classes, which would finish off my MLIS degree if I stopped there. My questions are: do you have certificates with your degree, do you or did you have much experience before-hand, and does your library look at certificates OR experience more when it comes to hiring? I am an online student at Wayne State University. The two certificates I was planning on getting are {Library Services to Children and Adults, Public} and {Information Management for Librarians-Web Design and Development}. Each certificate is basically (one semester) 4 months of effort and $4,400- is it worth it? I would love to be a Teen Librarian in a public library with some web elements. If you wouldn't mind adding your position/Title with your comments, please do. Any recommendations would be very helpful. Thank you, ~Michelle Wise~ _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list Michlib-l@lists.mcls.org http://lists.mlcnet.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l