Re: marist computer online catalog technology wisdom

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Date: Fri, 03 Jun 1994 20:15:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sue Norkeliunas <GSN1@MARISTB.MARIST.EDU>

Marist College, which you reached with your message, is a college
in Pougheepsie, N.Y. This particular institution was founded by the
Marist brothers in this region. There are local experts on the
order.  Perhaps I could put you in touch with one of them. I
am a librarian who is married to a Marist College professor. Sue N.
>Do you like the header? It's what comes of using WORD FOR
>WINDOWS, but yes, it IS meant to get attention.
>
>My first question is "What is the meaning of 'marist' online
>(globally)? I've seen the word in, for instance 'the educators
>guide to email' as @marist which I presume refers to an
>institution of learning. Here at Sacred Heart College Senior
>School at Somerton Park, a suburb of Adelaide, the capital city
>of South Australia, it refers to the marist brothers, without
>whom there would be no Sacred Heart College. It also means that
>the upcoming sixth of June is C-DAY here (June 6th is D-DAY
>elsewhere), named for Marcellin Champagnat who founded the Marist
>Brothers (in rural post-revolution France). Is it C-Day where
>@marist means? "What (else) is the meaning of 'marist' online?
>
>Another question if you would, oh fountain of wisdom, a 'Library
>Media one this time.
>
>What is the appropriate way to think of the computer (a 386DX
>with WINDOWS) into which I am keying this? It is not connected to
>the INTERNET, at least not very directly. This will go in my
>pocket on a diskette to my 'old' XT 'clone' at home. The XT IS
>connected to the telephone network. The file will be uploaded
>online to NEXUS and thence to LM_NET, I hope! So under what
>Catalog heading should I mentally catalog: 'media' as in
>'library media' or technology as in 'information technology?'
>
>                        Frank JAMES
>Sacred Heart College Senior School,
>Somerton Park, South Australia, 5044

Sue Norkeliunas                          gsn1@maristb.marist.edu
LMS, District Library Coordinator        Voice: 914-454-2710 x28
Arlington High School - South Campus     Fax: 914-454-1953
Lagrangeville, NY 12540