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| The process of planning, selecting, ordering, and receiving materials in a libray. |
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AACR2R
(Anglo-American Cataloging Rules Second Edition 2002 Revision) |
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| Revision in 1988, 1989 and 2002 of a set of rules for descriptive cataloging developed by the Library Association (Great Britain) and the American Library Association, and published in 1967 in separate British and North American texts; revised into one consolidated text in 1978(AACR2). Adopted by major libraries in most English-speaking countries, and translated into most languages. |
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| The process of organizing library materials and making them accessible to library users. Cataloging work is divided into three parts: descriptive cataloging, subject heading, and classification. |
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| A method of distributing information or files in which the main files and applications are kept on a central computer (server), and individuals request them via their own computer (client). |
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ILS
(Integrated Library System) |
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| An automated package of library services that contains several functions such as circulation, cataloging, etc. |
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OCLC
(Online Computer Library Center) |
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A bibliographic network that provides cataloging, resource sharing, and reference services worldwide.
http://www.oclc.org |
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| OCLC's cataloging service, a suite of tools with built-in access to WorldCat, OCLC's bibliographic database with records from over 9000 libraries. |
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OPAC
(online Public Access Catalog) |
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| A database composed of bibliographic records describing the books and other materials owned by a library or library system, accessible online via a computer or wireless device. Most online catalogs are searchable by author, title, subject and keywords and allow users to print, download or export records to an e-mail account. |
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RDA
(Resource Description & Access) |
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Designed for the digital world and an expanding universe of metadata users, it is the new content standard to replace AACR2R.
http://www.rdatoolkit.org/training |
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| Services performed behind the scenes in the library for the convenience of the library users. These activities include, but are not limited to, selecting and ordering materials, cataloging and processing materials, and maintaining the databases. |
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| a library's agreement with a publisher or supplier to provide materials in specified disciplines, levels, and formats, with the right to return them. |
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| An arrangement with a jobber or supplier to provide one copy of all publications in a particular category, without the right to return them. |
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| A library legally designated to receive government publications free of charge. |
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EDI
(Electronic Data Interchange) |
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| Standards developed to facilitate the exchange of data or information between computers via electronic means, such as the internet, without the use of printing or paper to accomplish the exchange. |
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International Standard Book Number
used in verifying and placing orders |
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| Established by congress in 1800 to function as a research library for the legislative branch of the federal government, LC eventually became the unofficial national library of the United States. LC houses a collection of over 120 million items and aministers the U>S> copyright system, serving as the nation's copyright depository. LC is also the primary source of original cataloging in the United States. |
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| An arrangement with a jobber so that libraries (especially public libraries) lease several copies of a popular book for a short time. One drawback is that the leasing price per book can be higher than purchasing it. |
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| an order for all future issues of a serial title or multi-volume monograph until publisher is notified that no more issues or volumes are required. |
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| the online union catalog of materials cataloged by OCLC member libraries and institutions, a rapidly growing bibliographic database containing over 50 million records representing materials published since 1000 B.C. in over 400 languages in a variety of formats (books, manuscripts, newspapers, magazines, journals, etc). Updated daily. |
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| Monographs are either complete in one part or intended to be completed within a finite number of seperate parts. Any format of material (e.g., printed texts, maps, computer files, musical scores, microforms) can be issued as a monograph or a serial. |
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| serials are also issued in seperate issues or parts but have no predetermined conclusion. |
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| a serial publication issued less than 3 times a year, i.e. not often enough to be called a periodical. |
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| integrating resources are added to or changed by updates, but these updates are integrated into the resource itself instead of remaining seperate. The most common integrating resources are updating loose-leafs, updating databases, and updating Web sites. |
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