id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 3135 Dehmlow, Mark Editorial Board Thoughts: Adding Value in the Internet Age--Libraries, Openness, and Programmers 2010-09-01 1 .pdf application/pdf 960 40 59 questions about whether libraries still provide value. to envision how libraries can provide the best value to our There are many other ways libraries create value needs that are specific to our organizations and users— our patrons work, such as course management systems, The library market has responded to many at the same pace as technology, their users, and the market: open systems that have application programmer interfaces (APIs), and programmers. No matter which side of the opensource/vended solution fence you sit on, openness needs The second opportunity is perhaps the more difficult one given the state of library budgets and that the resources that are needed to hire programmers are higher But having local programming skills easily accessible will be vital to our ability to address our users' specific needs and change our internal processes as we need to. new technical knowledge, could easily work with APIs Libraries, Openness, and Programmers ./cache/3135.pdf ./txt/3135.txt