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ital-10087	Varnum, Kenneth J.	Editorial Board Thoughts: Content and Functionality--Know When to Buy 'Em, Know When to Code 'Em	2017-09-17	4	.pdf	application/pdf	1598	53	43	Libraries are faced with an actual, rather than hypothetical, choice between building or buying fundamental user interfaces and systems As the internet has evolved, and coding has become more central to the skillset of many libraries, the capability of libraries to seriously consider building their own interfaces has grown. September_ITAL_varnum_final Editorial Board Thoughts: Content and Functionality: Know When to Buy ‘Em, Know When to Code ‘Em1 Kenneth J. Varnum2 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND LIBRARIES | SEPTEMBER 2017 3 We in library technology live in interesting times, though not those of these apocryphal curse.	cache/ital-10087.pdf	txt/ital-10087.txt