anticuado
antiquated ; backwater ; out of date [out-of-date] ; outdated [out-dated] ; stale ; old-fashioned ; outworn ; musty ; timed ; fossilised [fossilized, -USA] ; passé ; atavistic ; moth-eaten ; mothy ; dowdy ; fuddy-duddy ; daggy ; a bit/little long in the tooth.
Almost without exception these problems occurred in libraries with antiquated or inadequate ventilation without air-conditioning.
When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
It is for this reason that many special libraries have constructed their own indexing language; they have avoided being tied to a possibly out of date published list.
For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.
Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.
One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
This advertisement was part of a publicity campaign which was based on a presentation of Europe so outworn as to be almost meaningless.
Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.
Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.
The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.
By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.
Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.
So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.
This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
According to him, tea as a category has lacked innovation and upgradation in recent years and hence has a very fuddy-duddy image = According to him, tea as a category has lacked innovation and upgradation in recent years and hence has a very fuddy-duddy image.
What wearing daggy clothes is all about for me is feeling relaxed, knowing I can wear them around people I'm comfortable with.
Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.
estar anticuado
dated
Now, many of these libraries find that their systems are dangerously dated.
estar un poco anticuado
be some years old
Armstrong Sperry's 'Call It Courage' is now some years old but still to my mind an attractive and alive book.
quedarse anticuado
date
This again extends the search time but may not be a decisive factor where the stock soon dates, rendering older catalogues largely unused.
