Week 3

Tools and Terminology

"Man is a tool-using animal... Without tools he is nothing" (Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881).
"Words are the best medium of exchange of thoughts and ideas between people" (William Ross).

Tools

Tools fall into three categories. First, there are the physical tools used for library functions such as book repair, shelving, circulation, photocopying. You will encounter a great deal of this kind of tool when you take the Practicum class, working in a library.

Second, there are reference materials used by library staff, such as the LC Classification books, notes on the circulation rules, signage, etc.

Third, there are the communication tools, such as email and the Web which allow us to ask questions of others, search for user needs, and communicate with other professionals.

Tools

A few of the different types of tools are listed in the following links:

American Society for Indexing A good example of a professional organization.

Archive of a Library-Oriented Listserv How would this help an LTA?

LC Research Tools How would this help an LTA?

Bobby a site for making WWW access easier for handicapped users. How would this help an LTA?

State Library Professional Training

TexShare Be sure to read Mission Statement; Facts at a Glance; and F.A.Q.'s. How would this help an LTA?
Also, see TexShare Consortium

Region 20 Education Service Center Read the link about Region 20 and the link listing their products and services. How would this help a school librarian, for instance?

Innovative Interfaces As an example of a vendor, here is the one PAC uses: Millenium. Explore the site. Note events listed on the home page bottom right. Click on Millenium and then on Campus Computing. Explore. Notice the RSS feed link at the bottom. Explore this.

A Simple Book Repair Manual Would this help you?

Terminology

Library Jargon

Online Dictionary for LIS

Check out these defintions
Bibliographic Citation;
Call Number;
Dictionary;
Journal;
Magazine;
Online catalog;
Periodical;
Periodical Holdings List;
Range;
Stack;
Style Manual;
Subject Heading;
Thesaurus

Acquisitions Department Glossary Be sure to check out the following definitions:
Acquisition Work;
ALA;
Archives;
Audiovisual;
Autobiography;
Back Title;
Bibliographic Record;
Bibliography;
Bk;
Book bindings;
Book jacket;
BIP;
Boolean operators;
Circa;
Collection Development;
Copy cataloging;
Copyright;
Cutter number;
Dust jacket;
End paper;
Fiscal year;
Gift plate;
Half-title page;
ILL;
LCC;
Listserv;
MARC;
Non-fiction;
OCLC;
OPAC;
OP;
Plate;
Record;
SBIP;
Set;
Spine;
Technical services;
Weeding

Modern Printing Glossary Check the following definitions:
Buckram
Cloth
Crown
Dog-eared
Edition
Gutter
Hard-back
Illustration
Jacket
p, pp

Glossary of Book Terms Check out these:
Dust Jacket
Fading
Festschrift
Fore-edge
Hinge
Illustration
Leaf, leaves
Library binding
Loose-leaf
Margin
No Date (nd)
Provenance

Early Books Glossary Glance over and note useful terms.

Quiz

Once you have completed all the readings for this week, please return to Canvas, click on the Quizzes link, and take the quiz. If you are not satisfied with your score, take the quiz over again. This can be done multiple times.

Once you have taken the quiz and achieved a grade with which you are satisfied, return to Canvas and address the Discussions topic for the week.

Prof. Colby Glass, MLIS