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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reprint

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# A new impression of an edition. # A new edition from a new setting of type for which an impression of a previous edition has been used as copy. # A separately issued article, ...

scanner

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A machine that digitizes the markings from a piece of paper or a page, creating an electronic image of the original.

descriptor

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A simple word or phrase used as a subject.

uniform title

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The title used for cataloging purposes when a work has appeared under more than one title (such as translations into several languages), or when the work being cataloged is of a ...

record

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A single document in a database. In an electronic index, a record consists of a citation (with or without an abstract) for a single periodical article.

copy card

Library & information science; Library

A small plastic card that can be purchased and used in library photocopiers and laser printers on campus. (However at this time they do NOT work in Microfiche/film ...