Libraries: A New Name?

No More Librarians by Karl Fisch from the Fisch Bowl

In this blog entry it is discussed weather it is appropriate to call libraries libraries or even librarians librarians. In recent years libraries both in schools and government run have become much more than a place where patrons may barrow books. It has rather become a place that will check out videos, magazines and DVDs. Not to mention the fact that each library will have several computers for patron use. These computers are frequently used as well. Library which comes from a Latin root word (It seems like most of English is plagiarized from Latin) meaning book, the argument can be made that it is no longer a fitting name. Media Center is sometimes used and that could be a strong candidate for the next name. Libraries like most of society have become much more technologically advanced since computers have been made into an easily accessible machine. It's fitting because when libraries were first open books were the only source of information and now there are so many more out lets to find information in. However if the word library is changed then it might cause unnecessary confusion. I would assume that a majority would eventually figure out that the library has changed its name but it be a great deal more stressful. Library has become so ingrained in the minds of English speaking people that a center for information has become the meaning of library as opposed to what it was fifty years ago. The meaning of words are constantly changing as society does. It is now apparent that computers are an important part of society and an important part of a public library. If the name stays the same the meaning of the name will change with a much smoother transition.