Ryan Deschamps, a Canadian librarian who blogs as the Other Librarian, has two great posts about computing terms that librarians should know. I learned a lot from both of them.
5 (Actually, 6) Three Letter Acronyms for Librarians defines the following terms and tells us why librarians should know about them: XML, API, CSS, PHP, GPL.
Under the Hood of Web 2.0 : the top ten programming concepts for librarians to understand Describes 10 terms and how much we should know about them. The terms are:
- Object-oriented Programming (OOP)
- Client-side scripting (AJAX)
- Relational Database
- Server-side scripting (PHP, Perl, Java, Ruby etc.)
- Http Protocol
- Open Source Software (OSS)
- The Document Object Model (DOM)
- Encryption and Digital Rights Management (DRM)
- Platforms
- Stylesheets (CSS & XSLT)
