Integrated library system:

An integrated library system (ILS), also known as a library management system 

(LMS),[1][2] is an enterprise resource planning system for a library, used to track

items owned, orders made, bills paid, and patrons who have borrowed.An ILS usually comprises a relational database, software to interact with that database, and two 

graphical user interfaces (one for patrons, one for staff). Most ILSes separate software functions into discrete programs called modules, each of them integrated with a unified interface.

Integrated library system modules:

Acquisitions (ordering, receiving, and invoicing materials)

Cataloging (classifying and indexing materials)

Circulation (lending materials to patrons and receiving them back)

Serials (tracking magazine and newspaper holdings)

OPAC (public interface for users)

Special Libraries Association (SLA):

Founded in 1909, SLA has an international membership of information professionals

employed in special libraries serving business, research, governments, universities,

newspapers, museums, and institutions that use or produce specialized information.

SLA publishes the monthly magazine Information Outlook. Click here to connect to

the SLA homepage. See also: Dana, John Cotton.

Spine label: 

A small typed or printed label affixed to the lower spine of a book or other

bibliographic item at the time it is processed, displaying its location symbol and call

number, for use in reshelving and to assist the user in retrieving the item from the

shelf once its call number has been found in the library catalog.

Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML):

Established in 1986, SGML is an ISO standard governing the rules for defining tag

sets that determine how machine-readable text documents are formatted. Not

dependent on a specific computer system or type of software, SGML is widely used

in preparing machine-readable text archives. The HTML code used to create Web

pages is an SGML language that uses a fixed set of predefined tags. XML is a subset

of SGML in which the tags are unlimited and not predefined.

Standards:

Criteria established by professional associations, accrediting bodies, or agencies of

government for measuring and evaluating library services, collections, and programs

(example: Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education

published in 2000 by the Association of College and Research Libraries). Also refers

to any code of rules or procedures established by national and international library

organizations to govern bibliographic control, such as the MARC record format, CIP,

and the ISBN/ISSN adopted by the publishing industry.

State-of-the-art:

A product, system, or design that represents the most advanced degree of technical

achievement in its field at the present time. In the construction of new facilities,

libraries typically strive for state-of-the-art design and technology, but must often

settle for what is financially feasible.

Subject bibliography:

A list of resources (books, articles, reports, etc.) on a specific topic, usually compiled

by a librarian or researcher with specialized knowledge of the subject, to acquaint

other researchers with the existing literature. A retrospective subject bibliography

may be selective or comprehensive within a designated publication period. A current

subject bibliography quickly becomes outdated unless updated, usually in

supplements. Book-length subject bibliographies may be shelved in the reference

section of the library. Compare with reading list.

Supplied title:

The title provided by the cataloger in the bibliographic description of an item lacking

a title proper on the chief source of information (title page or a substitute). A supplied

title may be 1) a word or phrase found elsewhere in or on the item, 2) taken from a

reference to the work found in another source, or 3) composed by the cataloger based

on an assessment of the scope and content of the work.

Symposium:

A group of experts gathered together to discuss a topic (or topics) of mutual interest,

often of a theoretical or philosophical nature, as in Plato’s Symposium. In ancient

Greece, music and drinking were traditional accompaniments at such gatherings,

which were restricted to males of the household. Plural: symposia.

Synopsis:

A concise written description of the plot of a long narrative work (novel, play, opera,

epic poem, etc.), giving a quick, orderly overview of the whole, usually prepared by a

person other than the author. As a general rule, academic libraries do not purchase

reference works that specialize in providing synopses (example: Masterplots) because

they are too easily used by students to avoid reading assignments. Synonymous with

plot summary. Compare with abstract and summary.

Tag:

A three-character numeric code in the range of 0XX-9XX with XX=01-99, used in

the MARC record to identify the kind of data contained in a field. The numbering

system allows fields to be grouped by function in hundreds. In fields requiring

authority control, the second and third character positions in the tag indicate parallel

content. According to Betty Furrie, approximately ten percent of all MARC tags are

used in most bibliographic records; the other ninety percent are used infrequently

(Understanding MARC Bibliographic Machine-Readable Cataloging). For books, the

most frequently used tags are:

010 tag - Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN)

020 tag - International Standard Book Number (ISBN) and terms of availability

040 tag - cataloging source

050 tag - Library of Congress call number

100 tag - personal name main entry (primary author)

130 tag - uniform title main entry

240 tag - uniform title

245 tag - title and statement of responsibility (title proper, name of part/sectionof work, remainder of title, etc.)

246 tag - varying form of title (cover title, parallel title, spine title, portion oftitle)

250 tag - edition (edition statement, other information about edition)

260 tag - publication, distribution, etc. (imprint)

300 tag - physical description (collation)

440 tag - series statement added entry (title)

500 tag - general note

504 tag - bibliography note

505 tag - formatted contents note

520 tag - annotation or summary note

600 tag - personal name subject added entry

610 tag - corporate name subject added entry

650 tag - topical subject heading

651 tag - geographic name subject added entry

700 tag - personal name added entry (joint author, editor, illustrator)

710 tag - corporate name added entry (other than subject or series)

800 tag - series personal name added entry

830 tag - series uniform title added entry

Also refers to a character string attached to a portion of text in an HTML document,

usually at the beginning and end, to identify elements of the file, specify formatting,

or establish a link. To see the tags in this hypertext dictionary, click on "View" or its

equivalent in your Web browser and then select the option "Page Source" or "View

Source."

Tag group:

The three-digit content designators (called tags), used to identify fields in the MARC

record, are grouped by function in hundreds as follows, with XX in the range of

00-99:

0XX tags - Bibliographic control numbers and coded information

1XX tags - Main entries

2XX tags - Titles, edition, imprint

3XX tags - Physical description, etc.

4XX tags - Series statements

5XX tags - Notes

6XX tags - Subject added entries

7XX tags - Added entries other than subject or series; linking fields

8XX tags - Series added entries and holdings

9XX tags - Fields for local use

TIFF:

An acronym for Tagged Image File Format, a widely supported data format

developed by Aldus and Microsoft for storing black-and-white, gray-scale, or color

bitmapped images on a personal computer. Files in TIFF format are compressed and

usually have the extension .tif or .tiff added to the filename.

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