Chapter 2. Data Workflows

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  • Andromeda Yelton

Abstract

Chapter 2 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 51, no. 3), “Coding for Librarians,” presents scripts to be used for data processing tasks, adding efficiency to library technical services workflows.

Author Biography

Andromeda Yelton

Andromeda Yelton (http://andromedayelton.com) is a self-employed librarian and software developer who’s passionate about promoting coding, collaboration, and diversity in library technology. She has a BS in mathematics from Harvey Mudd College, an MA in classics from Tufts, and an MLS from Simmons. Before her MLS, she taught Latin to middle school boys; after that, she did library outreach, software, and communications at the e-book startup Unglue.it. Her notable honors include winning the 2010 LITA/Ex Libris Student Writing Award; being selected as an ALA Emerging Leader, class of 2011; being a 2013 Library Journal Mover & Shaker; and having been a listener contestant on Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me. She is a member of the Ada Initiative advisory board and the LITA board of directors.

References

Westlake Porter Public Library, LibALERTS webpage, accessed December 15, 2014, www.westlakelibrary.org/libalerts.

Matt Weaver, “LibALERTS: An Author-Level Subscription System,” Code4Lib Journal, no. 18 (October 3, 2012), http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/7363.

Frederick P. Brooks Jr., “The Mythical Man-Month,” in The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition, 20, (Boston: Addison-Wesley, 1995).

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2015-04-06

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