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Maureen Simmons wrote: B) I wonder if your schools have plans to transform Library Media Specialists and Technology Specialists into Cybrarians in the future. Cybrarians would combine the talents of research and computer technology to help students retrieve and also create on the web. Or would the Computer Science Teacher and the English Teacher vie for that assignment? How strongly does the Internet play into your current responsibilities and your future responsibilities and career plans? In my school (and, I suspect, in many across the country) we are already doing this. I have used the internet with students from 2nd grade up, and taught older students to write web pages. Additionally, I provide internet training for teachers and administrators. The computer science instructor in the high school is taking things further with his students--the kids will be creating web pages for local businesses this fall. The internet, in my opinion, is just another possible source of information for our students. I was not trained for this in library school, possibly because the web was so new then, but I did learn how to use email and gopher. School Library Media Activities Monthly had an editorial about this subject recently. The gist of it was (I think) that those of us who seize the chance to learn and use the new technology are going to be more secure in our jobs than those who don't. Information, in ANY form, is our business. Sylvia Adair, Library Media Specialist Lomira, Wisconsin adair@execpc.com (Home) or sadair@lomira.k12.wi.us (School)