Producer
Vendor
Acquisitions
Rare Books
e-Resources
100
A unique 10-digit standard number assigned to identify a specific edition of a book or other monographic publication issued by a given publisher, under a system recommended for international use by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1969.
What is the ISBN?
100
Any individual, company, or agency, other than a publisher, that provides products and/or services to a library or library system for a fee. A distinction is normally made between books (booksellers, dealers, jobbers, etc.) and serials (subscription agents, continuation dealers, etc.).
What is a vendor?
100
The process of deciding which materials should be added to a library collection, usually made on the basis of reviews and standard collection development tools by librarians in specific subject areas, based on their interests and fields of specialization, or by members of the teaching faculty in their disciplines.
What is selection?
100
A book so difficult to find that only a few copies are known to antiquarian booksellers. Those that do exist seldom appear on the market and are consequently coveted.
What is a rare book?
100
A system of information technology components (hardware and software) and services designed to distribute and control the rights to intellectual property created or reproduced in digital form for distribution online or via other digital media, in conjunction with corresponding law, policy, and business models.
What is digital rights management?
200
Under U.S. copyright law, the act of distributing copies of a creative work to the public by sale, lease, rental, or lending. Also refers to a work capable of being read or otherwise perceived (book, audiorecording, videocrecording, CD-ROM, etc.), issued by a publisher for sale to the general public, usually in multiple copies and sometimes in multiple editions.
What is Publication?
200
In acquisitions, an order for library materials that remains active because it could not be completely filled by the seller at the time it was placed, usually because one or more items are temporarily out of stock. Synonymous with outstanding order or back order.
What is an open order?
200
Standard numbers used by the acquisitions department of a library to identify a specific bibliographic item on a purchase order.
What is are ISBN and ISSN?
200
Although the term is sometimes used synonymously with vendor or jobber, it is usually reserved for specialists who deal in out of print titles, rare books, periodical back issues, etc.
What is a dealer?
200
The activities involved in the business of preparing, processing, producing, protecting, and preserving information content in electronic form, whether the result is delivered in print or electronic format (e-journal, e-book, Web document, etc.)
What is digital publishing?
300
The date on which copies of a creative work are officially offered for sale to the public.
What is publication date?
300
Preprinted form sent by a publisher or vendor providing blank spaces for the customer to fill in the names or titles of items to be ordered used in online sales (e-commerce).
What is a "shopping cart"?
300
In acquisitions, the official record authorizing a publisher, jobber, dealer, or vendor to deliver materials or services at a set price, becomes a contract once it is accepted by the seller. Also includes name and address of seller, name and address of ordering agency, description and quantity of items ordered, price per item, discount or credit terms, fund to be charged, time for completion, shipping terms, and delivery address and instructions.
What is the purchase order?
300
A term used in the antiquarian book trade to indicate that a book retains the binding in which it was first issued, which may show definite signs of wear if the volume is an old one Synonymous with primary binding.
What is original binding?
300
Practice of digitizing materials originally produced in nondigital formats (print, film, etc.) to prevent permanent loss due to deterioration of the physical medium.
What is digital preservation?
400
A person or corporate entity that prepares and issues printed materials for public sale or distribution, normally on the basis of a legal contract, granted certain exclusive rights in exchange for assuming the financial risk of publication and agreeing to compensate the author, usually with a share of the profits.
What is a publisher?
400
Automated customer services such as management reports, electronic transmission of bibliographic or invoice data, specialized development of online catalog software and library management systems.
What are vendor services?
400
A percentage deducted from the price of any product or service, for example, the reduction in the rate paid for telecommunication services by schools and public libraries under the federal E-rate program. Various types include: Cash, Continuation,Convention, Library, Prepayment, Pre-publication,Professional or courtesy,Quantity, Short, Trade discount or long.
What is a discount?
400
All the copies of the edition of a book or other publication printed and issued at the same time, before any other printings. Subsequent printings from the same set of type are considered new impressions but are still part.
What is a first edition?
400
A library in which a significant proportion of the resources are available in machine-readable format (as opposed to print or microform), accessible by means of computers. The digital content may be locally held or accessed remotely via computer networks.
What is a digital library?
500
A publication no longer obtainable through regular market channels because the publisher's inventory is exhausted, with no prospect of another printing in the foreseeable future.
What is out of print (OP)?
500
In acquisitions, an order placed with a publisher, jobber, or dealer for a specific title and number of copies, specifying a maximum price and time limit for delivery, not to be exceeded without prior approval of the ordering library, for materials requested by individual selectors responsible for collection development.
What is a firm order?
500
In library acquisitions, an amount charged against a budgetary fund to cover a prior commitment to purchase materials, equipment, services, or supplies, removed once full payment is made or the order is canceled, tracked by the library to prevent over-expenditure.
What is encumbrance?
500
Production by a commercial service of single copies or small quantities of rare, out of print, or difficult to find publications in response to orders from individual customers, as opposed to supply from inventory.
What is on-demand publishing?
500
Systems developed to assist librarians in the control of licensed third-party resources published electronically (databases, e-books, e-journals, etc.), including license management, renewal, legal use, access management, and collection development.
What is electronic resources management ERM?
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