Wow, interesting. You don't see a lot of job postings that require a MLIS. I wonder how hard it will be for them to fill that position. In my entire MLIS cohort, there might have a couple other people besides me who could program, but I don't think so. And the hardcore taxonomy nerds were all very library-focused, rather than metadata focused. It's Disney, though, so they ought to be able to afford a programmer and an information architect, or maybe other MLIS schools have more technical folks than mine did.
That is my exact complaint with my MIMS program. It morphed out of the the old Library Sciences program, originally with a purer organization focus. But by the time I got there, they were requiring a basic programming skill, "basic" not really being all that novice level at all. The shift now seems to be towards pre-existing programmers who want UI/UX skills and a foundation of organizational standards based in metadata and taxonomy, as well as some understanding of the social issues of information management thrown-in.
You, actually, could be a model for one of the types of professional they want to produce. I just wish they'd already made up their minds before they told me I could get what I was looking for in their program.
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You, actually, could be a model for one of the types of professional they want to produce. I just wish they'd already made up their minds before they told me I could get what I was looking for in their program.
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