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Education Libraries, Volume 33, Number 2, Winter 2010  
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Remembering Cybèle Werts 
By Jacqueline Snider, Editor 
 
Cybèle Werts passed away on October 2, 2010 at the 
age of 47. Cybèle was a dynamic, energetic, and 
vivacious person. When I met her several years ago at 
an SLA conference, she was talking a mile a minute; 
ready for any challenge. She quickly informed me that 
her name was pronounced C-Bell and that nothing else 
was acceptable. Leslie Farmer who converted this 
journal from print to online recruited Cybèle and me as 
co-editors. Cybèle possessed the technical skills to 
build upon Leslie‘s infrastructure, and I dealt with the 
content. For the two years that we worked together, 
Cybèle fine-tuned the look and feel of the journal. 
When I work on an issue changing the font color from 
black to brown or wrestling one of the background 
boxes in the Book Review section back to its rightful 

place, I think of Cybèle. She left her mark, her imprint, 
on this publication. 
 
As it happens, this issue includes one of her articles. It 
is pure Cybèle! In it, you will discover many of her 
passions and interests: digitization, her collection of 
pulp fiction, information about her father and siblings, 
and her desire to instruct others on best practices. I 
regret that she did not see this in print or more 
accurately, in PDF. Other SLA members who shared 
their memories with me mentioned Cybèle‘s 
enthusiasm for collecting freebies from vendors at 
conferences, a past-time that she turned into an article 
for Information Outlook. Cybèle is sorely missed. Our 
sympathies go to her family and friends. 

 
 

Cybèle Elaine Werts 
(1963-2010) 

 
Cybèle was a researcher, author, and editor who lived in the Boston area. She specialized in 
educational and emerging technologies, focusing on using them as a tool for collaboration 
and training.  

Werts published extensively in ONLINE, and Information Outlook, and was former co-
editor of Education Libraries. She developed a series of podcasts focused on using 
technology as a tool for collaboration and training.  

Among her many interests, she collected vintage paperback books from the 1960s, the 
golden age of pulp novels and was an amateur photographer. She was devoted to her cats, 
Lucy and Chica. 
 
Werts received a BS in video production and an MA in educational technology, both from 

San Diego State University. She is survived by her sister, Cynthia and brother, Clifford. 

E d i t o r i a l  

 
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