[WEB4LIB] Re: Naming a library's web presence

[Eric Hellman]

I agree!

Use "The Hekman Library" for your digital and spiritual part, and 
rename the bricks and paper "The Hekman Physical Library" or "The 
Hekman Library Building"


At 7:48 AM -0700 4/21/00, Linda Woods Hyman wrote:
>At 01:33 PM 4/20/00 -0700, you wrote:
>  >We in our library are currently debating some issues surrounding our
>  >web presence (www.calvin.edu/library/).  Specifically, I am curious to
>  >know if libraries choose to refer to their web presence by a different
>  >name, e.g., The Hekman Library (alongside) The Hekman Digital Library.
>  >This particular issue will become more important as we will soon acquire
>  >a digital media server, providing our patrons with increasing amounts of
>  >digital information alongside our print information.
>  >
>I wonder how long it will be, if not already, that we just assume a 
>library is digital? Isn't the digital part just an access tool? It's 
>not a separate entity in my mind (a user) any more than the 
>Reference Section, or the Copy Center. It's just part of the service 
>I might get at The Hekman Library.
>
>
>
>****************************
>Linda Woods Hyman, MLS., MA.
>Pacific Bell Education First
>(619) 237-2020
>http://www.kn.pacbell.com
>lwhyman at pacbell.net

Eric Hellman
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