[Web4lib] Re: Libarians and libaries

[Roy Tennant]

After a long process of editing a book, and reviewing the proof for  
errors, etc. I finally got the actual printed copy of one of my  
books, and there on the spine, in all it's "glory" was "Libaries" (I  
had not been offered the cover to proof). In stunned disbelief I  
notified the publisher, who correctly disbound all X copies of the  
book and reapplied a new cover. I still wonder if someone's head  
rolled on that particular error. Meanwhile, I kept the copy just in  
case it's worth something someday. ;-)
Roy

On Feb 23, 2006, at 9:45 AM, Richard Wiggins wrote:

> If you want to pick on Michigan, please go to www.umich.edu (81  
> hits) or go
> to Google and search for:
>
>  libary site:lib.umich.edu
>
> Only 12 hits.  But I bet you're right, you'll find this lots of  
> places.
>
> One year, 1991 I believe, Michigan State's schedule book,  
> distributed to
> 50,000 students, had the word "Univeristy" on the cover in a bold,  
> large
> font.  We no longer print that document on paper, so if someone  
> wants to
> poke fun at future typos, it will have to be a screen shot.
>
> /rich
>
>
> On 2/23/06, JB Bryant <jbnmia at zoominternet.net> wrote:
>>
>> Instead of going to www.msu.edu and searching for "library," go to
>> http://www.lib.msu.edu/ and search for the word "libary." 32 hits.
>>
>> This is not to pick on Michigan -- I just did it there because  
>> Richard
>> had pointed us there. I'm guessing it can be found most places.
>>
>> jb
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
>> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Richard Wiggins
>> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 12:30 PM
>> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
>> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Re: Libarians and libaries
>>
>> Go to www.msu.edu.
>>
>> In the search box, type:
>>
>>      libary
>>
>> Observe the hit list.
>>
>> Tell me I was wrong for inserting that term as a Best Bet.
>>
>> For extra credit, go to Google and search for:
>>
>>       libary site:edu
>>
>> Observe all the Universities that Ought to Use Spell Checkers.  For
>> instance, carefully inspect this site's <title> tag:
>>
>>       http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/business/
>>
>> /rich
>>
>>
>> On 2/23/06, David J. Fiander <dfiander at uwo.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>> Gair Helfrich wrote:
>>>> Nope, Feb-U-ary, Feb-Er-ary or even Feb-rary--they don't bother me.
>>>> Li-bar-ian bothers me--just one of my pet peeves. And, it was
>>>
>>> My ex wanted me to scan and photoshop my degree to say that I had a
>>> "Master of Libary and Information Science."  I never did, but the  
>>> fun
>>> part would be to hang it up and see how many people noticed.
>>>
>>> --
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