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I'm reading the book for our next discussion and found it very interesting. The paragraph about the origin of the word library spoke to me directly. I love learning about the meaning of words and how they originated. It resonates more to me than simply trying to learn vocabulary. I even use it in my second grade classroom. We study different animals and kingdoms. I taught them the meaning of arachne (spider) and the story of the skilled weaver Arachne in Greek mythology. I also taught them the meaning of Chiroptera (hand-wing) when studying bats.

I found it comforting that the word library comes from the word liber, or books. The author is right when he talks about how we have changed from being librarians to media specialists, or information techs. I find some peace in knowing that the origin and hopefully the future of librarians remains in books.