Cadre Library Team

Sunday, February 20, 2005

Whatever shall we name this thing?

I could be waaaayyy ahead of things here (I find I very often am), but I've been wondering about some names that would fit the Library Project. I realize that it might not really be possible (or necessarily wise) to choose one this early in the development process, but at the same time, I wonder if thinking about a name might help us as we create the Library, as a kind of mission statement. I think I'm also inspired by having seen the SDSU Ed Tech department always try to give some acronym to major projects, as a mnemonic device.

I'm certainly not thrilled with some of the following names, but I think they'll illustrate where my thought process is going. Here are some EXTREMELY rough ideas:

SOFIA: ancient Greek word for "wisdom;" Shared Online Free Information Archive

SOPHIA: (alternate spelling) Shared Online Pepperdine Historical Information Archive

SOCIUS: Latin word for "sharing;" Shared Online Community of Information & Understanding

SCIENTIA: Latin word for "knowledge;" Shared Community of Information/Explicit aNd Tacit Information Archive

Any other thoughts?

2 Comments:

  • Here are some other words I've found online, but I haven't come up with acronyms for them yet:

    Ancient Greek terms:

    noesis, gnosis="knowledge"
    biblivon=book
    skole=school
    techne=art, craft or skill (origin of "technology")

    By Blogger Amy Berger, at 1:45 AM  

  • I'm for SOCIUS. Different, terrific meaning, and easy to say.

    By Blogger Larry O, at 8:29 AM  

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