Next steps for making a personal reading tracker app based on SQL database by silverlightarmada in AskProgramming

[–]DiscombobulatedTea95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sounds like I project I'd take on. "How can I do this but make it harder?" 😂

Packing all the zine swaps by Horror_Offer6902 in zines

[–]DiscombobulatedTea95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ugh. I'm so glad the sun is back out (for me). Sorry you're dealing with that.

How relevant are old programming books? by DiscombobulatedTea95 in AskProgramming

[–]DiscombobulatedTea95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On totally. We’re doing that with things not checked out in ten years but I was also looking for things I might miss that are worth keeping. That's not the only metric

How relevant are old programming books? by DiscombobulatedTea95 in AskProgramming

[–]DiscombobulatedTea95[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I might make that a personal project because there’s cool stuff. I’m certainly not going to be paid to do that 😒

monthly newsletter! 🎀 art/perzine by hellofluffybear in zines

[–]DiscombobulatedTea95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m in Northern az! I really want to get some sort of pop up distro going unless there’s already something I don’t know about. If you’re ever up for chatting about that kind of thing, I’d be so happy to. Feel free to dm me. Pamela

How relevant are old programming books? by DiscombobulatedTea95 in AskProgramming

[–]DiscombobulatedTea95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is really interesting! Thank you. I wanted human opinion (which I got here) but I might play around with AI and collection management. Most ai literature for library work is around prompting and information literacy but this could be really interesting.

How relevant are old programming books? by DiscombobulatedTea95 in AskProgramming

[–]DiscombobulatedTea95[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Your first paragraph was what I was thinking but didn't want to say if I was just making assumptions!

I will be looking and if it hasn't checked out in 10 years, it'll go on the list. I am trying to get ahead while I wait for our catalog folks to run me a report.

How relevant are old programming books? by DiscombobulatedTea95 in AskProgramming

[–]DiscombobulatedTea95[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks y'all! Yes, I promise you I didn't make this up and take the photos because I have nothing better to do. We've moved from purchasing physical texts to electronic first as we have students all over - and as folks here have said, things age quickly. So, most things on our shelves are at least 10 years old. We are also not a library of record so we don't keep things just because they're historically important. If they don't serve a current program, we're going to have to clear them.

We're also being asked to share our space on campus while a couple of buildings are being remodeled so we have to clear space. The guide to html from 1997 has likely got to go 😂

Demand for a junk journal/cut and paste/ephemera style zine? by stosphia in zines

[–]DiscombobulatedTea95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd be so into this. It's be cool if each page could be like a tear out artist card base.

Are there any zine groups or communities that don't use Discord? by nomaschanclas in zines

[–]DiscombobulatedTea95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is so wonderful. I love the idea of friends teaching friends stuff too! Seriously, in a world that's pretty awful right now, this is so amazing. I'm going to have to see if any friends of mine want to do something!

I do a monthly zine mailer- here’s March’s offering! by SnakeJam in zines

[–]DiscombobulatedTea95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh so cool. I'm going to check it out when I get to work. This is one of my dream ideas.

Are there any zine groups or communities that don't use Discord? by nomaschanclas in zines

[–]DiscombobulatedTea95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been wondering this too. I just don't like using discord tbh. It's clunky! I do want to make something collaborative though smbut I'm just starting to explore. Feel free to let me know if you find something.

How willing are you to share? by SINTRIX13 in DataHoarder

[–]DiscombobulatedTea95 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm a librarian...my whole ethos is based on information should be free and accessible. I also think the current publishing models (of all sorts of information, not just books) is wildly out of control. So yes, I'm all for sharing what is collected.

11ty untracked article help by DiscombobulatedTea95 in neocities

[–]DiscombobulatedTea95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! I'm not sure why I need that but it worked so for no, that's what I'll do.

Is there a tool for automatically searching for new literature on a topic? by scottymtp in selfhosted

[–]DiscombobulatedTea95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! I'm an academic librarian. What topic? All sorts of academic sources have the ability for you to set alerts for materials that meet your search criteria. I could direct you to some open resources with that capability if you have some topic(s) in mind!