[Michlib-l] Library Student

[Michelle Sawicki]

I am finishing up the Web Design/Information Management Certificate at
Wayne State this semester. When I am done I will have a basic understanding
of html, css, php, java script and some other scripting languages. I think
it is fabulous to obtain these skills, but I am not sure how practical they
will be in my upcoming positions. What Wayne State focuses on is the actual
coding itself. If I were to create a library website by hand/scratch, this
would be an invaluable skill. However, every library I have worked at has
used an editor to create their website. There really isn't a need to keep
reinventing the wheel. So I am guessing I will ultimately be using an
editor too some day, if web design is a part of my future job at all. I am
glad I learned scripting languages though...but how relevant will it be for
my job and how long will the skills I have learned remain relevant? I don't
know...

Michelle Sawicki
Circulation Team Leader
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
3475 Plymouth Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
734-372-4900 x8767


On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 5:14 PM, michelle wise <michellew1989 at hotmail.com>wrote:

> I am currently signed up to take my summer semester classes, which would
> finish off my MLIS degree if I stopped there. My questions are: do you have
> certificates with your degree, do you or did you have much experience
> before-hand, and does your library look at certificates OR experience more
> when it comes to hiring?
>
> I am an online student at Wayne State University. The two certificates I
> was planning on getting are *{Library Services to Children and Adults,
> Public}* and *{Information Management for Librarians-Web Design and
> Development}*. Each certificate is basically (one semester) 4 months of
> effort and $4,400- is it worth it? I would love to be a Teen Librarian in a
> public library with some web elements.
>
> If you wouldn't mind adding your position/Title with your comments, please
> do. Any recommendations would be very helpful.
>
> Thank you,
>
>                         ~Michelle Wise~
>
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