Information Literacy (was Jargon...which was

[JQ Johnson]

>should we be doing a better job of teaching our users the
>difference between web sites and databases?

I continue to believe that we are doing a disservice to our users by
misusing the term "databases" in this way.  Many web sites are in fact
databases, as is the "patron database" maintained in your library's circ
system.

If we're serious about correct use of technical vocabularies, then we need
to be self-critical.

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