[Web4lib] Re: Libarians and libaries

[Patricia F Anderson]

Hey, what about places who INTENTIONALLY include this common misspelling 
in their meta-tags? They should get brownie points ... :-) -- Patricia 
Anderson, pfa at umich.edu

On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, JB Bryant 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.
>>
>> --
>> David J. Fiander              | +1 519 661 2111 ext 86369
>> Digital Services Librarian    | http://www.lib.uwo.ca/taylor/
>> Allyn & Betty Taylor Library  | MSN chat: dfiander at uwo.ca
>> University of Western Ontario |
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