Discussion: Digital vs Cyber

[Alain Vaillancourt]

> >      Is that because Digital is more professional sounding, or because
> >      Digital is the new trendy word (thanks to Negroponte)?
> >      IOW, will the terms with Digital stay for a while, or will they be
> >      like Cyber and vanish with the next new trendy term?
> 
> I hope they vanish.  Thinking of myself as a digital librarian makes me
> wonder if I ought to beep occasionally or at least when others push my
> buttons.  Cyberlibrarian, or worse, cybrarian, I can't even pronounce.
> 
> Once again, I think the profession is attempting to find a label that
> helps patrons understand what we do.  Frankly, I don't think such a
> label exists.  
> -- 
> Genie Tyburski                  PH:  215-864-8151

It could be worse, we could get to be known as Library Borgs.

Au revoir!

Alain Vaillancourt