desfasado
out of date [out-of-date] ; outdated [out-dated] ; outmoded ; superseded ; outworn ; musty ; out of sync ; overaged ; out of touch with + reality ; fossilised [fossilized, -USA] ; byzantine ; moth-eaten ; mothy ; stale ; a bit/little long in the tooth.
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that many special libraries have constructed their own indexing language; they have avoided being tied to a possibly out of date published list.
For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.
With computerization some libraries took the opportunity to replace outmoded abstracts bulletins with SDI services.
Nonetheless, shelves fill up and eventually must be relieved of duplicated, superseded or obsolete books.
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.
The article 'Reading: an activity out of sync' emphasizes the need for the librarian and the teacher to work together to ensure that pupils are taught about a wide range of quality literature titles and authors.
Bielefeld University is replacing its overaged mainframe data processing systems in the library.
Some librarians seem to be out of touch with reality.
The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.
Those elderly bureaucrats and their byzantine procedures are cherished by the customers, who tend to be uninterested in the arcane details of 'digital,' and so are relentlessly passé themselves.
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.
Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.
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 desfasado
be out of touch
David Cameron's point-blank refusal to fire him shows how out of touch his government is.