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Archive: April 2017 (2 Posts)

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Identity Crisis: The Reality of Preparing MLS Students for a Competitive and Increasingly Digital World

Posted by: Kate Zwaard

This is a guest post by Mary Kendig, a student of the Master of Information Science program and the research coordinator for the DCIC Center at the University of Maryland. The Problem                                                    With the explosive emergence of computers and information technology since the 1960’s, electronic records have overwhelmed librarians and archivists. Federal agencies have responded …

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Software Carpentry at the Library of Congress

Posted by: Kate Zwaard

In February, we hosted 40 librarians, archivists and data wranglers at the Library of Congress to learn advanced skills in managing digital collections. National Digital Initiatives (NDI/NP/NIO) hosted a Software Carpentry workshop, inviting staff from the Library, the DC Public Library and federal libraries for hands-on learning in the programming language Python, the version-control software …

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