Chapter 4. Patron-Facing Services

Authors

  • Andromeda Yelton

Abstract

Chapter 4 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 51, no. 3), “Coding for Librarians,” describes scripts to display information on user interfaces and improve user experience Most of the sample scripts are written in JavaScript. Several, including the “deep dive” example, work on the LibGuides platform.

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

Eric S. Raymond, “The Cathedral and the Bazaar,” First Monday 3, no. 3 (March 2, 1998), http://firstmonday.org/article/view/578/499; Eric S. Raymond, The Cathedral and the Bazaar website, February 18, 2010, www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar.

Bohyun Kim, “Playing with JavaScript and JQuery—The Ebook Link HTML String Generator and the EZproxy Bookmarklet Generator,” TechConnect Blog, April 8, 2013, http://acrl.ala.org/techconnect/?p=3098.

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Published

2015-04-06

Issue

Vol. 51 No. 3 (2015): April

Section

Chapters