Higher education IT organizations often lack clearly defined paths to enable staff to become developers; in academic libraries, this lack of transparent process makes it particularly difficult for new librarians/staff to feel confident in risk-taking during their learning journey. Our talk will discuss how our organization has tackled this problem by creating safety nets—including mentors, learning opportunities, and processes—that help nurture new developers and combat the feelings of imposter syndrome that they can often face.
Presenters
Vickie Karasic
Associate DevOps Engineer I, Princeton University
Robert Lee-Faison
Library IT Operations Fellow, Princeton University