Glossary

//I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.// ~Jorge Luis Borges

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=Glossary of Library Terms=

Library Speak from the State Library of Victoria website __http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/site/glossary.html__
A title which is published once a year. Summary of the essential points of an article or book. A list of references on a particular topic. It can be published as a book or be part of a scholarly paper.
 * Annual**
 * Abstract**
 * Bibliography**

Bibliographic databases
Bibliographic databases, or indexes, are collections of references to articles. They often include a brief summary of what the article is about. Number on a library item consisting of a series of numbers and letters (for example, B 920.092 H83H). The call number indicates the location of the item in the library. The first part of the call number is based on the Dewey classification scheme. Usually an electronic database system containing information describing items or collections of items held by the Library. Compact Disk Read-Only Memory. A computer disk on which information is stored. Reference made by an author to a source of information they have used, for example, another author's ideas or words. Refers to a standardised means of describing library collections and to a database of such collection descriptions. For example, conspectus level 2a means a collection contains ‘basic or introductory material’. Legal right of authors, and other owners of intellectual property, to control the use of their written or artistic work. Collection of records, usually stored on a computer or CD-ROM. System of numbers for arranging library materials according to subject.
 * Call Number**
 * Catalogue**
 * CD-ROM**
 * Citation**
 * Conspectus**
 * Copyright**
 * Database**
 * Dewey Classification**

Ejournal
An electronic publication that is published regularly, either solely or in addition to a printed version. Material such as pamphlets, newspaper cuttings, advertising brochures, how-to-vote cards, menus. The State Library has several ephemera collections, including the Riley & Ephemera Collection, Australian Art and Artists files and the Theatre Programmes Collection. Large-sized book. Shelved in a separate sequence from smaller-sized books. An electronic database that allows searching for articles in ejournals and ebooks where electronic copies of items are retrieved as a result of a search. They include the complete content of articles, which can usually be printed, emailed or saved. Printed version of an electronic or microform document, graphic, and so on. A State Library of Victoria term broadly used to describe items held in the Library’s Australian Manuscript, Pictures, Maps, Children’s Literature and Rare Books collections. All items in a library's collection. Books produced from moveable type in the early days of printing – before 1500AD.
 * Ephemera**
 * Folio**
 * Full-text database**
 * Hard copy**
 * Heritage Collections**
 * Holdings**
 * Incunabula**

Information databases
Collections of articles and article references that can be searched and browsed on a computer. See also Bibliographic databases and Full-text databases. Loan of material from one library to another for use by a reader. Arranged at the State Library of Victoria by the Library’s Document Delivery Service. International Standard Book Number/International Standard Serial Number. A unique number issued to a particular edition of a book (ISBN) or serial title (ISSN). Useful for identifying items with similar titles or serials that have changed names. Usually a periodical issued by an institution, corporation or learned society, containing current news and reports of activities and work in a particular field. A word or phrase that is relevant to the information being sought. Once entered into a database search facility, each database record is examined to find those documents containing that specific word or phrase. Legal right of some libraries to receive a free copy of each item published in the country or state. The State Library of Victoria is the Legal Deposit Library for Victoria. Shows a catalogue entry in Machine Readable Catalogue format. MARC is a code used by library cataloguers and is mainly of use to library staff. It provides the mechanism by which computers exchange, use, and interpret bibliographic information. Terms that refer to various formats for the storage of documents that have been photographed and reduced in size. Items are usually stored in this format in order to conserve space or to preserve materials that deteriorate rapidly. Examples of State Library materials stored on microform include newspapers, periodicals, journals and government documents. More commonly known as a ‘book’. A monograph is a publication complete in one volume or a finite number of volumes. Books and other items freely available for self-service use by library users. An item published at regular intervals. For example, magazines, journals, annuals. Non-printed or written, three-dimensional items held by the Library. Examples of realia in the Library's collection are Ned Kelly’s armour and Henry Lawson’s umbrella. Information held in a database that relates to a specific item. The part of the library’s holdings that contain a selection of materials such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, directories, or statistical sources as well as periodical indexes, and subject bibliographies. They generally provide brief information for the initial stages of research. Each of the Library's reading rooms and the Information Centre have their own reference collection containing material relevant to its subject focus. See ‘periodical’. High-density storage area for library material, usually accessible only to staff. A term that describes the subject of an item and assists a user to locate an item in a catalogue. In relation to monographs - one of the books of a work printed and bound in more than one book. In relation to periodicals - a series of issues of a periodical, usually covering one calendar year or other regular time frame. Desktop computer that gives access to the Library's catalogue, to databases on the Library computer network and to the Library's website.
 * Interlibrary loan**
 * ISBN/ISSN**
 * Journal**
 * Keyword**
 * Legal Deposit**
 * MARC view**
 * Microform/microfiche/microfilm**
 * Monograph**
 * Open access**
 * Periodical**
 * Realia**
 * Record**
 * Reference collection**
 * Serial**
 * Stacks**
 * Subject heading**
 * Volume**
 * Workstation**