In over 25 years of working in IT and software development almost exclusively with libraries, I have never found certifications to be a useful gauge of somebody’s skill level.
Personally, I have received several certifications over the years from Microsoft, AWS, and several smaller software vendors. I paid for these myself, and did them on my own time, because I thought that they would be valuable in getting up to speed with some complex technologies. Thanks, Cary On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 12:48 PM TINA BING < 0000009f078a15ad-dmarc-requ...@lists.clir.org> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am throwing out this question out there to see what comes back. We > recently hired our own IT person for the library, only. We are a part of a > healthcare system with a small academic college. Anything relating to the > library was delegated not just to the back burner but rather the storage > shed where the only key to it is in the hands of the janitor that retired 9 > years ago. Now we have an IT guy that is quickly being indoctrinated into > the finer aspects of electronic resources, authentication (Open Athens), > Discovery Services, link resolvers, Excel, Powershell, VBA, Python etc. > > He was asked to obtain certifications to help meet requirements for his > position/title and for academic accreditation needs. What > certification(s), if any, do you require of your IT workers? Since this is > a new position, we did not require any certs to qualify for the job. Any > insight would be appreciated. > > Tina > > Kristina Bing, MLIS > Librarian, Sentara Healthcare Library > 757.388.3693 > > [cid:03d76aaf-f360-46cf-b25a-27d9866f1ec8]< > https://www.skor.stacksdiscovery.com/quick-links-0> > The Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO)< > https://www.skor.stacksdiscovery.com/quick-links-0> Digital Library is > dedicated > to producing and delivering the highest-quality resources in education, > policy, clinical research and clinical practice in order to improve the > health of patients with cancer, available at Sentara Healthcare Library< > https://www.skor.stacksdiscovery.com/quick-links-0>. > > Disclaimer: > > > This electronic message and its contents and attachments contain > information from Sentara Healthcare and is confidential or otherwise > protected from disclosure. The information is intended to be for the > addressee only. > > If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, copy, distribution or use of > the contents of this message is prohibited. If you have received this > electronic message in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the > original message and all copies. > -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com
