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Beth Thomsett-Scott is Interim Head of the Discovery Park Library at the University of North Texas.
With so many programming languages in use today, it can be hard to
know which does what, which is approachable for beginners yet
useful long-term, and which will help accomplish library work.
Edited by Thomsett-Scott, this title addresses Python, Ruby,
JavaScript, Perl, PHP, SQL, C, C#, and Java in a chapter per
language, with each chapter also briefly discussing the development
of the language in question. The contributors—almost all of them
librarians while others are developers—offer beginning steps and
code that will get readers going, as well as lists for further
reading, mostly in the form of handy tutorial websites but also
books and articles. Readers will finish this title with a solid
sense of which programming language is right for them and their
library, and the tools to get started learning and implementing the
language. Verdict: A worthwhile resource for librarians looking to
boost their résumé and those interested in or already working in
systems librarianship.
*Library Journal*
Thomsett-Scott's book Librarian’s Introduction to Programming
Languages is the best thing I've seen written for librarians who
want to know why computer programming is important in libraries.
Libraries are about many things. Some of those things are data and
information. Computers excel at creating, storing, manipulating,
and disseminating data and information. The intersection of these
two worlds is librarians who program. Using examples from Library
Land, this book, compares, contrasts, and introduces a wide range
of programming languages. Given this book, a networked computer,
and a few hours of time, the reader ought to be able to write their
very first program in any number of popular languages and
consequently learn how programming is essential to the
profession.
*Eric Lease Morgan, Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of
Notre Dame*
Beth Thomsett-Scott has put together a guide that answers the
question that every librarian asks about Programming Languages,
‘Where do I begin?’ From beginning to end The Librarian's
Introduction to Programming Languages will help you choose which
programing languages are best for any project. A much needed guide
for every librarian.
*Juan Denzer, Library Systems Specialist, Binghamton University
Libraries*
This work is a timely addition to the literature. As experienced
librarians come to grips with changing workplace needs, some will
need to enhance or begin their coding skills for the future. Beth
Thomsett-Scott has assembled a worthy cast of authors to guide
librarians in a choice of programming or scripting languages that
will make the largest impact for a variety of situations. Code on
colleagues!
*Matthew R. Martseller, Senior Librarian, Engineering & Sciences,
Carnegie Mellon University*
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