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Information and Library scince Glossary

 16-bit
 Software for MS-DOS or Microsoft Windows originally ran on the 16-bit Intel 8088 and 80286 microprocessors.
 32-bit
 32-bit programs are written for the Intel 80386 and more recent processors, and allow greater speed of execution.
 
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 Access Point
 A name, term, code, etc., under which a book or other item may be searched and identified in the catalog, [...]

Tips for Wanna-be Librarians

Few years back, a reputed librarian shared her from the exhibit halls at the ACRL ( Association of College and Research Libraries) Conference in Denver. At these time these tips seem invaluable, practiced and proved. Though changed in nature over the time. She shared- a modern perspective (for that era), highly [...]

Terminal Server Powered Workstaions For Libraries

Maybe a modern librarian doesn’t miss much the text-based computer terminals that only accesses the catalog, but your Systems department probably does. We still have few existing at our libraries; they’re like sneakers: quick, quiet, and when they stop working, you replace them. All good and simple things must become complex, and now that we’ve grown up, we have [...]

Some Tips To Manage A Small Library

Suppose you work at a company that sells educational materials and do most of your business through catalog. Your company’s business is running smoothly finance-wise and company has a library. Office environment is rather informal. There is no formal cataloging in place, people just sign things out from a clipboard. You [...]

Gap Between Technical and Public Services Librarians

Technical & Public service librarians are divided by imaginary line which indicates their professional polarization in the field of library science. The two groups are often seen as being mutually exclusive, in part due to prominent characteristics regarding personality differences.
The concept of the Technical Services librarian conjures up cliched images of the [...]

100 Years of Official Statistics:With special reference to the contribution of Sir Roland Wilson

Sir Roland Wilson’s abiding legacy was his insistence on the application of reason to public policy. For him, advice must be based on intellectual rigor. It was not enough for the argument to be logically consistent; the premise upon which the argument was based had to be realistic and practicable, rather than based on ideology [...]

Library Wins Innovation Grant to Develop Snap and Go Mobile Technology

Contra Costa County, CA – The Contra Costa County Library has been awarded a $60,000 Bay Area Library and Information Systems (BALIS) Innovation grant to create a mobile platform that will push new and existing library content and services — literally — into the hands of cell phone users. The “Snap & Go” project will [...]

Opening up Library Systems through Web Services and SOA

Can an integrated library system be open without being open source? I recently authored an issue of Library Technology Reports that explores the ways that an Application Programming Interface (API) can help libraries wring data and functionality out of their ILS, extend its functionality, and interact with other applications. This LTR issue provides an introduction [...]

Hispanic National Archives and information management of their web sites

By Celia Chaín and Navarro Amalia More Bleda
Abstract:
In this paper we want to find out, on the one hand, the characteristics of the Latin American national archives (mainly referring to installation, deposits and resources), and the other hand, the current situation Relating to the creation, development and maintenance of these institutions. For [...]

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AIS: Association for Information Systems

ALISE: Association for Library and Information Science Education

BAILER: British Association for Information and Library Education and Research

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