<div dir="ltr">I am finishing up the Web Design/Information Management Certificate at Wayne State this semester. When I am done I will have a basic understanding of html, css, php, java script and some other scripting languages. I think it is fabulous to obtain these skills, but I am not sure how practical they will be in my upcoming positions. What Wayne State focuses on is the actual coding itself. If I were to create a library website by hand/scratch, this would be an invaluable skill. However, every library I have worked at has used an editor to create their website. There really isn't a need to keep reinventing the wheel. So I am guessing I will ultimately be using an editor too some day, if web design is a part of my future job at all. I am glad I learned scripting languages though...but how relevant will it be for my job and how long will the skills I have learned remain relevant? I don't know...</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>Michelle Sawicki<br>Circulation Team Leader<br>Thomas M. Cooley Law School<br>3475 Plymouth Road<br>Ann Arbor, MI 48105<br>734-372-4900 x8767</div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 5:14 PM, michelle wise <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michellew1989@hotmail.com" target="_blank">michellew1989@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir="ltr">I am currently signed up to take my summer semester classes, which would finish off my MLIS degree if I stopped there. My questions are: do you have certificates with your degree, do you or did you have much experience before-hand, and does your library look at certificates OR experience more when it comes to hiring?<br>
<br>I am an online student at Wayne State University. The two certificates I was planning on getting are <b><a name="1440944e01d00604_22869">{Library Services to Children and Adults, </a>Public}</b> and <strong>{I<a name="1440944e01d00604_22850">nformation Management for Librarians</a>-Web Design and Development}</strong>. Each certificate is basically (one semester) 4 months of effort and $4,400- is it worth it? I would love to be a Teen Librarian in a public library with some web elements. <br>
<br>If you wouldn't mind adding your position/Title with your comments, please do. Any recommendations would be very helpful.<br><br><div><p align="center"><font color="#3333ff">Thank you,<br></font></p>
<p align="center"><font color="#3333ff"> ~Michelle Wise~</font></p></div> </div></div>
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