Journalen code{4}lib, issue # 55

[Thomas Gramstad]

Journalen code{4}lib, nyeste nummer:
https://journal.code4lib.org/issues/issues/issue55

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The Code4Lib Journal exists to foster community and share
information among those interested in the intersection of
libraries, technology, and the future.


Communication and sharing among technologists

Libraries have seized upon advances in computer technology, using
computers and the Internet to offer unprecedented access to
information and library resources. Ironically, the prodigious
increase in tools for accessing information has left many with
difficulty managing information about these tools. Projects are
announced on blogs, in IRC channels, on websites, at conferences,
and many other venues. It can require a research project just to
find out what a tool does. Online professional/social networks
help mitigate this problem, but entering into these networks can
present an unnecessary obstacle to the uninitiated.

The Code4Lib Journal (C4LJ) will provide an access point for
people looking to learn more about these tools, about approaches
and solutions to real-world problems, and about possibilities for
building on the work of others, so that the wheel need only be
invented once, and can then be cooperatively improved by all.


Communication with the larger library community

As librarians and information workers develop new standards and
processes to address changing technologies, it is imperative that
those developing and maintaining those technologies communicate
with the standards-makers and the wider communities. Emerging
standards should be developed with an eye towards the
capabilities of current technologies, and technologies should be
developed with an eye towards the requirements of librarians,
libraries, and their users. C4LJ will support communication
between these communities, such that they augment rather than
inhibit each other.

By communicating both the problems and possibilities of current
and future systems to the wider library community, C4LJ aims to
help engender collective understanding and the necessary support
for improving library technology and digital services.


https://journal.code4lib.org/


Thomas Gramstad