Library & information science

Library & information science

A multidisciplinary field that focuses on the practices, tools of management, information technology, education, and other perspectives to libraries; the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources; and the political economy of information.

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database

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A structured set of information, stored in a book, disk, computer, etc.

recall

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# A request by a library to a borrower for the return of a borrowed item before the due date. # To request a borrower to return a borrowed item before the due date. # A patron may ...

reference materials

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A selection of library materials used by reference librarians and information assistants to help people find information or do research. Reference collections contain many sources ...

e-journal

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A Periodical that is available in an electronic or computerized form such as on the Web or on CD-ROM. An abbreviated term for electronic journal.

authority file

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The computerized list of subject, series, and name headings used in the Online Catalog.

analytic

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A bibliographic record for a part of a publication, such as a part of a book, or an individual volume of a multi-volume work or monographic series, where each volume has its own ...

printer

Library & information science; Library

This term has two meanings: 1) A machine that prints the output from a computer to paper, or 2) A person or company that produces the printed copy of a book or other item.