The Librarian's Introduction to Programming Languages

January 1, 2017

With so many programming languages in use today, it can be hard to know which does what, which is approachable for beginners yet useful long-term, and which will help accomplish library work. Edited by Thomsett-Scott (science & engineering librarian, Univ. of North Texas), this title addresses Python, Ruby, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, SQL, C, C#, and Java in a chapter per language, with each chapter also briefly discussing the development of the language in question. The contributors--almost all of them librarians while others are developers--offer beginning steps and code that will get readers going, as well as lists for further reading, mostly in the form of handy tutorial websites but also books and articles. Readers will finish this title with a solid sense of which programming language is right for them and their library, and the tools to get started learning and implementing the language. VERDICT A worthwhile resource for librarians looking to boost their resume and those interested in or already working in systems librarianship.--Henrietta Verma, National Information Standards Organization, Baltimore

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