Thursday, October 2, 2008

Librarians No Longer!

The article "No more Librarians" by Mr. Fisch of the fischbowl intrigues me because of how rediculous but how non rediculous it is. The article is about how the term library and librarians might become changed. The reason for this is because the people making up this issue believe that the term librarian is no longer valid, since the library is no longer just books and paper. They belive this is injustice to these workers. They are suggesting new names such as the scholar center and scholar in residence. Is there actually a purpose in changing the names though? Is it that big of a deal that it needs to be made into a priority? In my opinion, i think there is much more useful stuff we can be doing and helping instead of changing a silly name. I mean isn't it just a name? A name doesn't really symbolize anything, it's just so we can depict different things such as a book is called a book and not a magazine so we no the difference. I also belive that why would we change a silly name when its been apart of our culture for so long? I think there is just a point where people need to think, does it really matter what it is called? I guess I am not understanding why you should make such a big deal out of something so small. I can understand there point though because it can get confusing that it would be called a library when it doesn't actually mean that. Its a word out of context. I don't understand though that they focus in on one word thats out a place when there is a bunch of other words misused everyday. It can be ridiculous what issues we make up just so we can be happy. When are we truly happy though?

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