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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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natural language
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When choosing words or phrases to describe a document, article, book or other material's subject content, the indexer (individual creating an Index) can select any appropriate ...
reference librarians
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Reference librarians are specialists in the field of information retrieval. Generally they have a Masters degree in library and information science, and many have other graduate ...
online public access computer (opac)
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A catalog in electronic (machine-readable) format and able to be accessed online.
class number
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Top part of a call number which stands for the subject matter of the book.
citation
Library & information science; Library
A citation is a reference or footnote to an item (such as a book or periodical article); a citation contains the author, title, date of publication, and any other information ...
depository
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A library which receives the publications of a government or official body.
public domain
Library & information science; Library
Material in the public domain is not copyrighted and may be used freely for any legal purpose. Works may be in the public domain for several reasons. For example, the copyright ...
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