[WEB4LIB] Re: Library lingo

[K.G. Schneider]

> Worst of all for this CS-student-turned-librarian was trying to figure
> out why databases were called 'files', as in "I'm going to search the
> ABI file to see if the appropriate citation is there."  Fortunately,
> that usage of the term 'file' has all but disappeared as most of us and
> our users are more acquainted with the personal-computer (or Internet)
> meaning of the word...
> 

Now that's a blast from the past--it's so "Dialog!" Quick, grab a blue
sheet!


Karen G. Schneider
kgs at bluehighways.com