[WEB4LIB] Re: Millenium Greetings

[Nancy Sosna Bohm]

I am wondering if 2001 would have been the focus if not for the Y2K computer
bug uproar.  After all, Stanley Kubrick didn't name the movie "2000, Space
Odyssey." But then maybe that was just a matter of meter and rhythm.

----- Original Message -----
From: Yvonne Reynolds <Reynolds at nbict.nbi.ac.za>
To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 11:30 PM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Millenium Greetings


> Hi,
> I've been taught that the year 2000 is the last year of the century and
millenium- just as a 100 runs = century in cricket, not 99 runs. 2001 is the
beginning of a new millenium/century to me.
> Yvonne
>
>
> >>> "Brent J. Pliskow" <htwd at tln.lib.mi.us> 12/30/99 09:54PM >>>
> I've been taught that the year 2000 is the beginning of the next Century,
> not the Millenium.  What do we tell our patrons?  Is it the new Millenium,
> the new Century, or both?
>
> Hope everyone has a wonderful celebration.  I will be working New Year's
Eve
> making sure no problems are encountered.
>
> Happy New Year!
>
> **************************
> Brent J. Pliskow
> Huntington Woods Public Library
> Webmaster / Technology Assistant
> Web Site: http://www.huntington-woods.lib.mi.us
> E-mail: pliskowbj at hiram.edu
>