[LM_NET] GEN: Why is it called OPAC? And: Should I switch to decaf?

["Hastings, Jeff" <HASTINGJ@HOWELLSCHOOLS.COM>]

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I'd agree that "OPAC" has a dated, punch card era, geek-wad,
smarty-pants, psuedo-techno ring that's pretty embarassing.

I simply call mine the "catalog."

On that topic, sort of, I have this weird quirk: It really irks me when
people call the catalog "The Card Catalog." I never say anything about
it, but deep inside me there's this angry little guy who screams "It's
NOT a CARD CATALOG; wake up, d*mmit! We haven't had a card catalog in
DECADES! Look closely: Do you SEE any CARDS!? NO!!!

Do you refer to your cell phone as as TELEGRAPH!! No! So STOP IT with
the CARD CATALOG already!

...Should I tell my shrink about this?

Jeffrey Hastings
School Librarian
Highlander Way Middle School

hastingj@howellschools.com
http://www.howellschools.com/~hwmedia/content/library.html







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Greetings and Happy Friday!
Is OPAC a Follett term or a general term?  I am asking because the VA
SOLs refer to it as an on-line library catalog.  So, I will now refer to
is as the on-line library catalog instead of just "the computer".  :)


TIA!


Patricia H. Gray
pgray@fcps1.org
Librarian, Ritchie Elementary
New Baltimore, VA

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