libro
book ; text.
A bibliographic data base comprises a set of records which refer to documents (such as books, films, periodical articles or reports).
The authors of this work have had experience behind both reference desks and classroom lecterns and have felt strongly the lack of an adequate text on the training and education of the reference librarian.
actitud ante los libros
set about books
Children in this state are in a crisis of confidence from which they must be relieved before their set about books can be refreshed and enlivened.
acto relacionado con el libro
book event
This article describes the thinking behind a new book event for countries in the Pacific region which will take place in May 93.
adicto a los libros
bookaholic
A self-professed 'bookaholic' and journalist submits that, be it ever so humble, there is no place like the library.
adquisición de libros
book supply
book purchasing
The easiest and most efficient method for book supply is to use a bookseller who provides all the books.
The effect would be a shift in book purchasing away from UK to US publishers.
almacén de libros
book-warehouse
James Lackington established a large and successful retail book-warehouse in 1780-98 with the motto 'Small profits do great things'.
amante del libro
book lover [booklover]
She was librarian who made users of the library particularly welcome and helped children become both book lovers and library lovers.
amor por el libro
book-fancying
The annals of bibliography afford many examples of the delirious extent to which book-fancying can go, when the legitimate delight in a book is transferred to a rare edition of a manuscript.
anuncio publicitario de un libro
advertising blurb
The human race has produced since the invention of movable type a total record, in the form of magazines, newspapers, advertising blurbs, correspondence.
arte del libro
bookmanship
Our thinking and our actions must be undivided so that we have no need to justify ourselves in esoteric bookmanship when the realities are all around us.
audiolibro [Libro grabado en soporte magnético para que los invidentes puedan escucharlos] [Libro grabado en soporte magnético para que los invidentes puedan escucharlos]
talking book
audiobook [audio book]
Non-musical sound recordings are to be found in abundance covering such items as poetry readings, plays, children's stories and 'talking books' for the blind.
However, the majority of audiobooks are available for blind readers only through independent libraries for the blind.
Ayuda Internacional de Libros (BAI)
Book Aid International (BAI)
This article describes a book gift ceremony to promote awareness among developing countries of the Book Aid International (BAI) (formerly Ranfurly Library Service) programme to provide books which are relevant to their needs.
bibliotecario encargado de libros raros
rare book libarian
The history of cathedral libraries shows that each is an integral part of the cathedral and of great importance to the ecclesiastical historian, liturgiologist, musicologist, student of the humanities, rare book librarian and bibliographer.
biblioteconomía relacionada con los libros raros
rare book librarianship
The author also mentions the rather dismissive attitude of many librarians towards rare book librarianship.
buzón para devolver libros
book-drop
The outside book-drop is open 24 hours for patrons to return library books.
cadena del libro, la
book chain, the
Publishers, distributors, booksellers, library suppliers and libraries are all links in the book chain and problems encountered in any one of these links have an impact of all the others.
caja para transportar libros
book bin
There is a need for libraries to include the cost of a move early on in the project plans, trouble experienced with new shelving, the use of book bins, and the fact that closure of the library during the move is not necessary.
capacidad para libros
book capacity
Statistics cover costs, book capapcity and seating capacity.
carrito de los libros
book truck
book trolley
There is also a student assistant and his tasks are highly routine - unwrapping current issues, stamping with ownership marks, placing on book trucks, etc..
This article gives examples of cases where readers borrow books that are more accessible, e.g. on a display or on the return book trolley.
catálogo de libros
booklist [book list]
Publications, such as book lists, and published lists of specific subject areas present in the stock of a library may assist the user to identify those parts of the stock which might be of particular interest to him.
catálogo de libros en venta
publication(s) list
Other types of bibliographical material include government publications lists of theses and indexes.
catálogo en forma de libro
bookform catalogue
book catalogue
However, the evolution from bookform catalogs and card catalogs to online catalogs will involve considerable and extensive changes in cataloguing rules.
The heritage of our card and book catalogs is bound to continue to exist, or coexist, with the online catalog for an indefinite time to come.
catálogo en forma de libro encuadernado
bound book form catalogue
Conventionally bound book form catalogues were difficult to amend and update.
catálogo impreso en forma de libro
printed book catalogue
Thus Panizzi, with a eye on the printed book catalog demanding stable entries, was led to rule that the works of an author should be entered under his earliest name which evoked the scorn of his critics.
ciencia del libro
bookmanship
Our thinking and our actions must be undivided so that we have no need to justify ourselves in esoteric bookmanship when the realities are all around us.
cinta adhesiva ancha para libros
book tape
Many extra circulations can be gotten from the judicious application of transparent book tape, staples, and other emergency repairs = Se pueden conseguir muchos más préstamos de cualquier tebeo reparándolo con cinta adhesiva ancha transparente especial para libros, grapas y otras arreglos de emergencia.
colección de libros
book collection
The article 'Breathe new life into your collection' describes how a book collection might be improved in order that its use may be maximised.
colección de libros de derecho en una prisión
prison law library
One of the problems to be anticipated once a prison law library has been established is the possible 'extortion' by jailhouse lawyers demanding compensation from fellow inmates they legally advise.
colección de libros de jardinería
gardening collection
The author offers advice on planting and weeding gardening collections for the various climatic zones of the USA.
colección de libros donados
gift collection
The title 'Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.
colección de libros raros
rare book collection
rare collection
In the early part of the 20th century donations were received from William K. Bixby which led to the foundation of the rare book collection.
These public libraries hold collections of provincial newspapers, unique extra-illustrated editions of county histories and rare collections acquired through bequests.
coleccionista de libros
book-collector
Fernando Columbus, the youngest son of Christopher Columbus, was a bibliophile, a book collector, and a proponent of a national library for Spain.
colocador de libros [Empleado de una biblioteca cuya función es la de devolver el material de biblioteca a su emplazamiento original en los estantes] [Empleado de una biblioteca cuya función es la de devolver el material de biblioteca a su emplazamiento original en los estantes]
book shelver
shelver
The article 'Public perceptions of librarians: book shelvers, nice ladies or information specialists?' suggests that the status and image of librarianship is inextricably bound up with its history as a female profession.
Almost all practicing librarians have some assigned responsibilities that involve the training of other employees: a shelver, a beginning clerical employee, or another professional.
comercialización del libro
bookselling [book selling]
Without going into too much detail and thus ending up writing a textbook on bookselling, it is important to note that in the United Kingdom there are two sorts of new books sold and these are called 'net books' and 'non-net books'.
comercio del libro [Término con el que nos referimos al conjunto de actividades de edición, impresión y venta del libro]
bookselling [book selling]
book trade [booktrade]
Without going into too much detail and thus ending up writing a textbook on bookselling, it is important to note that in the United Kingdom there are two sorts of new books sold and these are called 'net books' and 'non-net books'.
Nowadays there is a clear three-part division of the book trade into publishers, wholesalers, printers, and retailers, but in the hand-press period the functions of book traders overlapped to a much greater extent.
comercio del libro, el
book business, the
The book business is in crisis for reasons such as the glorification of mass popular entertainment.
compra de libros
book buying [book-buying]
book supply
book purchasing
Towards the end of the sixteenth century, about 1598, Sir Thomas Bodley was preparing to go on a book-buying expedition for the library.
The easiest and most efficient method for book supply is to use a bookseller who provides all the books.
The effect would be a shift in book purchasing away from UK to US publishers.
comprador de libros
book buyer
In Peter H. Mann, 'Books: Buyers and Borrowers', op. cit., chapter 3, 'The Book Shop and the book buyer'.
conciencia del libro
book-consciousness
For example, senior classes who have grown into book-consciousness infect junior classes with some of their enthusiasm.
confección de libros
bookmaking [book making]
Excavation in Qumran suggests that the people were organised on a highly communal basis and adept in the art of pottery and bookmaking.
con la extensión de un libro
book-length
The aim was to assess whether they had excess book-length material which they considered worthy of publication but could not afford to publish.
con una extensión similar a la de un libro
book-length
The aim was to assess whether they had excess book-length material which they considered worthy of publication but could not afford to publish.
creación de los índices de un libro [Proceso de confección de los índices que aparecen al final de un libro]
back-of-the-book indexing
back-of-book indexing
Though statistical techniques have a lot to offer for free-text data base systems, neither method has had much success with back-of-the-book indexing.
This article outlines some of the problems which confronted students attempting to master the skills of back-of-book indexing.
crisis de la industria del libro
book crisis
The article 'The book crisis: Africa's other famine' examines the question of the tremendous shortage of books and other teaching materials in nearly all African countries = El artículo "La crisis del libro: otra hambruna de †frica" estudia el problema de la tremenda escasez de libros y otros materiales educativos en casi todos los países africanos.
crisis del libro
book crisis
The article 'The book crisis: Africa's other famine' examines the question of the tremendous shortage of books and other teaching materials in nearly all African countries = El artículo "La crisis del libro: otra hambruna de †frica" estudia el problema de la tremenda escasez de libros y otros materiales educativos en casi todos los países africanos.
de la extensión de un libro
book-length
The aim was to assess whether they had excess book-length material which they considered worthy of publication but could not afford to publish.
depósito de libros
book depot
Government-owned book depots can help to solve some problems.
deshojar un libro
tear + book
Anyone who wilfully or wantonly and without cause writes upon, injures, defaces, tears or destroys any book, plate, picture, engraving, or statue belonging to the Library shall be punished to the full extent of the law of the State.
devorador de libros
book-eating
This non-toxic method eradicates book-eating insects by deep-freezing.
distribuidor de libros [Persona o compañía que compra y vende libros para las bibliotecas actuando de intermediario]
book dealer
Early American printers were often also book dealers and had access to monastic libraries whose holdings included books from various parts of the world.
donación de libros
gift collection
book endowment
book donation
book gift
The title 'Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.
The library began with a book endowment by Sebald Welser in 1581.
If book donations to developing countries do not take into account existing needs and conditions, their only use may be to feed the goats.
This article describes a book gift ceremony to promote awareness among developing countries of the Book Aid International (BAI) (formerly Ranfurly Library Service) programme to provide books which are relevant to their needs.
edición de libros
book publishing
Electronic publishing can never completely replace book publishing.
encuadernación de libros
bookbinding [book-binding]
Systematic training in bookbinding is a prerequisite to understanding book conservation.
en forma de libro
in book form
A map is usually printed but does not always appear in book form.
en formato de libro moderno [Expresión utilizada para referirse a la manera de publicar el libro moderno, constituido por hojas sencillas superpuestas y unidas por uno de los costados más largos]
in codex form
The author charts the history of books on clay tablets, papyrus and parchment scrolls, and in codex form.
especialista en conservación de libros
book conservation specialist
An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
estantería para libros
book racks
They have several models of book racks and book display stands that are great for displaying all kinds of books.
etiqueta identificadora del libro [En circulación, etiqueta identificadora del libro usada en el préstamo]
label
Each book is opened to reveal its label, and placed on the platen of the photocharging machine.
exposición de libros
book display
One of the things that he's known for doing well is creating interesting book displays.
expositor de libros
book display stand
They have several models of book racks and book display stands that are great for displaying all kinds of books.
fabricación de libros
bookmaking [book making]
Excavation in Qumran suggests that the people were organised on a highly communal basis and adept in the art of pottery and bookmaking.
feria del libro
book fair
This article describes the 3 largest international book fairs: in Frankfurt, the children's book fair in Bologna, and the American Booksellers Association annual convention which has a different venue every year.
ficha de préstamo del libro [En circulación manual, cartulina que contiene los datos básicos de un libro y que se guarda junto con el carnet de lector cuando el libro se retira de la biblioteca en préstamo]
book card [bookcard]
The date label in each book is stamped with the date of return; the book card is removed from each book and inserted into the reader's tickets (one book card per ticket).
formato libro
book form [bookform]
Book form was generally regarded as too inflexible for library catalogues, especially where the catalogue required regular updating to cater for continuing and gradual expansion of the collection.
Fundación de Libros Panafricanos
Pan-African Book Foundation
The Pan-African Book Foundation was established to further education by providing a depository of the written works of Africans and those of African descent.
gastos de libros
book expenditure
Only one of the 12 variables, book expenditures for adult services, showed a statistically significant difference in the relationships among the age-level services.
historia del libro
book history
This surprising study draws together the disparate fields of postcolonial theory and book history in a challenging and illuminating way.
historiador del libro
book historian
However, as book historians know, works are often shaped by economic and political forces.
ilustración de libros
book illustration
Colour printing from suites of wood blocks, used hitherto chiefly for separate prints, became common for book illustration in the 1840s and soon afterwards for the printed covers of yellow-backs.
ilustrador de libros
book illustrator
Planning began about 9 months before the exhibition, with the recruitment of a noted Swiss book illustrator to design the stand.
impresión de libros
book-printing
The use of hand-made paper for commercial book- and news-printing dropped away sharply during the 1820s, and it was scarcely seen after 1830 except in de luxe editions.
impresor de libros
bookmaker
The survey revealed a collection that was basically intact and reaffirmed the skill and craftmanship of the traditional Chinese bookmaker.
índice de libro [Documento secundario que presenta una lista ordenada de términos seleccionados de un documento con referencia a su localización]
book index
A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific names appear.
industria de la edición de libros
book publishing industry
The author examines the future of the book publishing industry and presents strategies for publishers to decrease risk and increase profit.
industria del libro
book industry
The book industry in this country is becoming increasingly commercialized, with an attendant lowering of critical standards.
industria del libro, la
bookmaking industry, the
To date, the UK bookmaking industry has been largely untouched by information technology.
interesado por los libros
book-conscious
When children come from book-conscious homes, this presents no difficulty.
interés por los libros
awareness of books
Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.
ISBN (Número Internacional Normalizado para Libros) [Elemento del área de número normalizado y de las condiciones de adquisición que recoge el código internacional que identifica una edición concreta de una obra publicada por un editor específico]
ISBN (International Standard Book Number)
In this section standard numbers, such as International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs) or International Standard Serial Numbers (ISSNs) are the first element to be recorded.
ladrillos y libros [Expresión utilizada para referirse tanto al edificio de la biblioteca como a su contenido y distinguirlo de la 'biblioteca virtual']
brick and book
Challenging the technocratic vision of 'virtual libraries' linking people to knowledge, librarians in Southern Africa say their 'brick and book' buildings will remain the primary information centres for communities for some time to come.
lector de libros
book reader
It is tempting to quote the tremendous successes of outstandingly popular authors such as Harold Robbins, James Herriot, Catherine Cookson and a relatively small number of other household names (to book readers).
libro antiguo
old book
antiquarian book
rare book
The future of old libraries lies not only in their history but in the presence of old books which are an indispensable source for research into the humanities.
The author offers some general reflections about book buying and bookselling in the field of antiquarian books in the UK in the 1980s.
Rare books, certain large size books, e.g. atlases and collections of photographs, expensive books, out of print and irreplaceable works can all come into the category of 'reference books'.
libro azul [Libro diplomático británico y estadounidense de cubiertas azules, en que el Gobierno publica documentos oficiales sobre asuntos de política extranjera]
Blue book
The reports to the committee in the British context of Parliament are the White papers and Blue books collectively known as Command papers.
Libro Blanco [Informe del gobierno en el que hace público sus ideas sobre un tema determinado antes de presentar un proyecto de ley en el parlamento]
White Paper
The UK Government's White Paper on the National Health Service (NHS) recommends a radical overhaul of the NHS in terms of its management.
libro científico
scientific book
scholarly book
The picture is fairly similar for technical and scientific books and also for fiction.
The general conclusion of the forum is that, while the scholarly book is not dead, it may be in a state of dormancy.
libro comercial [Libro dirigido al público en general como opuesto dirigido a un público especializado]
trade book
Some librarians have found opposition to the setting up of 'alternative rooms' containing 'movement publications and trade books on women's and gay liberation, the third world, imperialism, yoga, rock music, the draft, prisons, the counter-culture, communes, social change'.
libro como objeto
book-object
A reader's experience of a book is influenced by both the book-object itself, and by the patterns of meaning created quite intangibly in the reader's head.
libro con estructura plegable [libro con estructura plegable que se abre al abrirlo]
pop-up book
Ten workshops were held which included sizing, calligraphy, marbling, paper mending, limited edition binding techniques, sewing structures and 'pop-up' books.
libro con ilustraciones
picture book
Songs, poems, fingergames and picture books are shared with parents and their young children, from infancy to age 3.
libro conmemorativo
keepsake
To celebrate this anniversary the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section has prepared a keepsake.
libro con precio de venta fijado [Libro cuyo precio está fijado por el acuerdo sobre el precio mínimo de los libros]
net book
The Publishers' Association will then contact these suppliers and, provided their agreement is obtained, will issue a licence which will allow the suppliers to offer a discount of 10 per cent off net books.
libro con precio de venta no fijado [Libro cuyo precio mínimo de venta no está incluido en el acuerdo sobre precios mínimos de los libros]
non-net book
Without going into too much detail and thus ending up writing a textbook on bookselling, it is important to note that in the United Kingdom there are two sorts of new books sold and these are called 'net books' and 'non-net books'.
libro de arte
art book
One time he showed me a photograph in an art book of a woman's bare breasts and said 'Nice tits, uh?'.
libro de artista [Libro concebido y producido por un artista generalmente acompañado de imágenes] [Libro concebido y producido por un artista generalmente acompañado de imágenes]
livre d'artiste
artist's book
This article describes the work of fine book illustrators and designers which contributed to the livre d'artiste.
In this context artists' books are defined as 'books or booklets produced by the artist using mass production, in which the artist documents or realises art ideas or artworks'.
libro de casos prácticos
case book
Some case books take the approach of multiple exposure: if 1 case is good, then 101 must be better.
libro de citas
citator
Sources for guides and bibliographies, treatises, digests, citators, dictionaries, atlases, style manuals, periodicals, and on-line data are addressed = Se describen fuentes para localizar guías y bibliogafías, tratados, compendios, libros de citas, atlas, manuales de estilo, publicaciones periódicas e información en línea.
libro de cocina
book on cookery
cookbook
It may seem superficially that one book on cookery is just like another or that one modern spy novel is really no different from six others of that genre, but this is not so.
Locate book reviews of seafood cookbooks.
libro de codificación [Manual que describe la organización y el contenido de uno o más ficheros de datos]
codebook
A codebook is a manual that describes the organization and content of one or more data files.
libro de consulta [Nombre]
handbook
manual
Function key <F3> provides a handbook to the database.
It is hoped that a new ISDS manual and guidelines for bibliographic description will be published in 1986.
libro de consulta en sala
reserve room book
Reserve room books may be borrowed for two hours by undergraduates.
libro de contabilidad
ledger
This software includes separate programs for general ledger: accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll and inventory.
libro de contabilidad general
general ledger
Think of the accounting system as a wheel whose hub is the general ledger.
libro de cuentas
account book
Today, these account books help us understand more about the day-to-day life of colonists.
libro de derecho
law book
The article 'The role of legal bibliographies in law collection development: an overdue debunking' evaluates the merit of the works recommended in the AALS list of law books recommended for libraries.
libro de divulgación científica
popular science book
Problems with selecting popular science books are discussed including: bias; conflicting viewpoints; and the problem of bogus science masquerading as respectable science.
libro de ejercicios
workbook [work-book]
The forms they take may be leaflets, workbooks perhaps intended to accompany audio units, or narration developed to accompany tape/slide shows or video displays.
libro de empresa [Libro que una organización posee que recoge toda la normativa, las normas de procedimiento, objetivos, etc relativos a la misma]
organisation manual
This concept of service (broadened to include radio and television) is still emphasized in the organization manual used by the agency's 68 men and women.
libro de estudio
study book
This database contains the full text of a collection of 106 government study books as well as flags of all countries and anthems.
libro de familia
family register
household register
Family registers are issued to married couples only.
Applications should include a completed application form and household register and the applicable fees.
libro de firmas
guest book [guestbook]
Few users have signed their names on the guest book and only few readers write letters.
libro de historia
history book
Here are some of those lesser-known facts that you may be unfamiliar with and are seldom, if at all, mentioned in official history books.
libro de hojas de palmera
palm leaf book
This paper discusses the history, botanical structure, make-up, damage and storage of palm leaf books.
libro de honor
guest book [guestbook]
Few users have signed their names on the guest book and only few readers write letters.
libro de jardinería
gardening book
If he was interested in gardening books he wanted to see them all in one place, not scattered all over the library.
libro de la biblioteca
library book
Librarians and publishers must work together to establish standards for library books in the areas of binding quality and paper quality.
libro de literatura no ficticia
non-fiction book
A borrowing of a non-fiction book could be the autobiography of a near-illiterate footballer ghosted by a hack journalist.
libro de lujo
gift book
Edition binding in leather was offered as an alternative to cloth or printed paper boards for such things as poetical gift books, works of piety, and textbooks.
libro de mayor venta
bestseller [best seller/best-seller]
The part that books play in people's lives is well illustrated by the list of 'bestsellers' which appear on the inside of the back cover of the Bookseller each week.
libro de melodías
tunebook
The aim of the tunebooks was to improve the congregational singing of musically-illiterate churchgoers.
libro de navegación
book of navigation
He had access to a small library imported by sea and consisting of charts, books of navigation, some Portuguese books, Bible, and popish prayer books.
libro de notas
mark book
The list of books in the class collection was kept in a squared mark book.
libro de orígenes [Libro donde se registra los antecedentes y pedigrí de un animal]
studbook
Established in 1941, the collection includes American and European studbooks, periodical files dating back to the 1800s, a clipping file and fiction and poetry on horses.
libro de pastas amarillas
yellow-back
The typical yellow-back of the mid nineteenth century was a cheap edition of fiction in small crown octavo, retailing a 2 shillings, and its case was made of glazed coloured paper on strawboard.
libro de prácticas
resource book
This resource book presents 37 behavioral experiments that can be performed with commonly-found classroom animals including hamsters, gerbils, mice, goldfish, guppies, lizards, kittens, and puppies = Este cuaderno de prácticas contiene 37 experimentos conductistas que se pueden realizar con animales que comúnmente se usan en los laboratorios de las escuelas como los hámsters, jerbos, ratones, peces de colores, lebistes, lagartijas, gatitos y cachorros.
libro de préstamo vencido
overdue book
This article looks at one method, adopted by the Sheppard Memorial Library, Greenville, North Caroline, to cope with the problem of overdue books.
libro de recetas
recipe book
For this summer season, we're putting together a recipe book featuring the best cheesy recipes and would love your input.
libro de recuerdo
keepsake
To celebrate this anniversary the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section has prepared a keepsake.
libro de regalo
gift book
Edition binding in leather was offered as an alternative to cloth or printed paper boards for such things as poetical gift books, works of piety, and textbooks.
libro de registro [Libro en el que se asigna un número de registro a todo libro que se incorpora a la biblioteca y además se recoge algunos otros datos del mismo como pueden ser el autor, el título, el año de publicación etc] [Libro en el que se asigna un número de registro a todo libro que se incorpora a la biblioteca y además se recoge algunos otros datos del mismo como pueden ser el autor, el título, el año de publicación etc]
accessions register
accessions book
accessions ledger
Among the facilities provided by this automated system is the possibility of printing accessions registers.
Such a file is the accessions book in a library, or a file of data on magnetic tape, and to find entries by any but the chronological approach involves sequential scanning of the whole file.
The stock is listed numerically in an accessions ledger or card file so that if the accession number of an item is known one can consult the file, find details about the item and discover what its location is in the resource centre.
libro de registro de entrada y salida de cartas
letterbook [letter book]
This article presents the letterbooks of six New Zealand chief post offices, (early 1880s-late 1910s) and their value as social and administrative archives.
libro de reglas de un juego
rulebook
Johnson (2005) adds the additional argument that when playing such games, rather than reading the rulebook, gamers learn by doing.
libro de sermones
lectionary
The writers offer reflections on the revised common lectionary covering most of Lent, Holy Week, and several weeks after Easter.
libro de sobremesa
coffee-table book
Coffee-table books are books on themes such as cookery, gardening, do-it-yourself and, recently, slimming.
libro de texto [Documento didáctico que presenta el saber básico de un arte, una ciencia o una técnica]
school book
text
textbook [text book]
Certain classes of books, indeed, were normally sold bound: school books, classical texts, bibles and prayer books, devotional handbooks and standard collections of sermons.
The authors of this work have had experience behind both reference desks and classroom lecterns and have felt strongly the lack of an adequate text on the training and education of the reference librarian.
A textbook is a didactic document setting out basic knowledge of an art, science or technique.
libro de texto de una asignatura
set course book
Apart from the general catalogue, the library uses 7 supplmentary card catalogues (for desiderata, accessions, continuations, deficient series, set course books, standard professional and general text books) designed to facilitate the acquisition process.
libro de texto escolar
school text
Exports of school texts seem to do well, with a total contribution of 7.34 per cent to total turnover compared to 9.21 per cent from the home sales.
libro de viajes
travel book
travelogue [travelog, -USA]
He turned the idea down because he thought that too many travel books had been published already.
The book is a picturesque hybrid of travelogue, personal memoir, lyric rhapsody, art history, and cultural criticism.
libro educativo
educational book
The only books, therefore, which are normally sold 'non-net' are educational books sold in bulk to schools, for which suppliers are allowed to negotiate special prices.
libro electrónico
electronic book (e-book/ebook)
The electronic book (e-book) is already available commercially in Japan, and a British company is currently prototyping a handwriting recognition notepad.
libro encuadernado en tapa
hard book cover
hardback cover
hardback book
Most libraries now use plastic jackets on hard book covers and either laminate paperbacks or use one of the slip-on plastic jackets specially designed for paperbacks.
Many paperbacks actually stand up to this usage better than the flimsy hardback covers now being produced.
The agency also estimated that 54.5 per cent of households bought no paperbacks and 63.2 per cent of households bought no hardback books.
libro en rústica [Libro encuadernados con pastas blandas]
paperback
paperback book
paperbound book
trade paperback
pocketbook
This magazine gives quarterly figures of the UK publishing industry's turnover by book categories, by hardback and paperback and by home and export.
Prebinding of paperback books has been claimed to enable such books to last an average of 60 circulations compared to 10 circulations for ordinary paperbacks.
Government agencies have taken the trouble to create a standard format for their publications and generally tidy up their presentation until in physical appearance their reports look like a collection of pamphlets or paperbound books.
Technically speaking, trade paperbacks which reprint stories from an ongoing comic book title or previously published mini-series are not graphic novels at all.
This journal presented a variety of significant characteristics seen in today's publications beginning with the years in which the first 'pocketbooks' came off the presses.
libro esencial
bedside book
It should be a useful bedside book for American political leaders and many others.
libro fantasma [Imitación de un libro que se colocaba en el lugar que debería ocupar el original, el cual se retiraba de los estantes por razones de contenido o valor]
dummy book
It used to be common practice to keep certain books in the librarian's office or in a locked cupboard (eg books on sex), so a dummy book was place on the appropriate shelf.
libro ficticio [Imitación de un libro que se colocaba en el lugar que debería ocupar el original, el cual se retiraba de los estantes por razones de contenido o valor]
dummy book
It used to be common practice to keep certain books in the librarian's office or in a locked cupboard (eg books on sex), so a dummy book was place on the appropriate shelf.
libro físico [El soporte del documento como contrapuesto a su contenido]
physical book
This article presents a summary of the less aparent effects of these developments with an eye toward how these have reshaped contemporary conceptions of the physical book.
libro fotolitografiado
photolitho book
The early photolitho books of 1856-7 were again collections of reproductions of art photographs, but in 1858 there was an event of greater bibliographical significance: the production of a photolitho facsimile of a printed book.
libro frágil
brittle book
The initial priority of this ambitious effort is a cooperative microfilming programme to capture the contents of 3 million brittle books in 20 years.
libro genealógico [Libro donde se registra los antecedentes y pedigrí de un animal]
studbook
Established in 1941, the collection includes American and European studbooks, periodical files dating back to the 1800s, a clipping file and fiction and poetry on horses.
libro grabado en audio [Libro grabado en soporte magnético para que los invidentes puedan escucharlos] [Libro grabado en soporte magnético para que los invidentes puedan escucharlos]
talking book
audiobook [audio book]
Non-musical sound recordings are to be found in abundance covering such items as poetry readings, plays, children's stories and 'talking books' for the blind.
However, the majority of audiobooks are available for blind readers only through independent libraries for the blind.
libro hablado [Libro grabado en soporte magnético para que los invidentes puedan escucharlos] [Libro grabado en soporte magnético para que los invidentes puedan escucharlos]
talking book
audiobook [audio book]
Non-musical sound recordings are to be found in abundance covering such items as poetry readings, plays, children's stories and 'talking books' for the blind.
However, the majority of audiobooks are available for blind readers only through independent libraries for the blind.
libro homenaje [Colección publicada en honor de una persona o un organismo con ocasión de su aniversario u otro acontecimiento o en su recuerdo]
Festschrift [Festschriften, -pl.]
commemorative volume
memorial volume
Added entries under personal names are made in respect of persons with other relationships with the work, for example, addressees of a collection of letters, a person honoured by a Festschrift.
A memorial or commemorative volume is a publication in the form of a collection of essays, addresses, or biographical, bibliographical, scientific, or other contributions, often embodying the results of research, issued in honour of a person, an institution or a society, usually on the occasion of an anniversary celebration.
A memorial or commemorative volume is a publication in the form of a collection of essays, addresses, or biographical, bibliographical, scientific, or other contributions, often embodying the results of research, issued in honour of a person, an institution or a society, usually on the occasion of an anniversary celebration.
libro ilustrado [Libro concebido y producido por un artista generalmente acompañado de imágenes] [Libro que incluye imágenes para explicar, aumentar o embellecer el texto]
livre d'artiste
illustrated book
This article describes the work of fine book illustrators and designers which contributed to the livre d'artiste.
An illustrated book is a book that includes visual images to explain, augment, or embellish the text.
libro impreso
press book
printed book
I am not suggesting that teachers should be bibliographic bores, literary missionaries, who blurt out titles and press books on children at every possible moment.
Despite the deterioration of the manuscript or printed book because of fading inks, disintegrating bindings, foxing, cockling, or crumbling paper, we could still preserve the artifact with a variety of proven conservation and preservation techniques.
libro impreso en pastas duras
board book
Board books use hard cardboard both for the cover as well as the pages to make more durable.
libro infantil
children's book
This bibliography lists a selection of children's books on the theme of lying.
libro juvenil
young people's book
juvenile book
Other topics include the establishment of a pool of resources for promoting reading, like lists of recommended children's and young people's books, travelling exhibitions as well as events for reading animation.
The author looks at the market for juvenile books drawing attention to the fact that it has been hurt by mergers and acquisitions in both the UK and USA.
libro litográfico
lithographed book
Attention is given to the visual attributes of these early lithographed books and to the ways in which they differ from those of letterpress books.
libro litúrgico
liturgical work
Enter a liturgical work under the heading for the church or denominational body to which it pertains.
libro más vendido
bestseller [best seller/best-seller]
blockbuster
The part that books play in people's lives is well illustrated by the list of 'bestsellers' which appear on the inside of the back cover of the Bookseller each week.
Should we ignore the major trade publishers for almost everything except genre fiction, blockbusters, popular self-help, celebrity biographies and exposés?.
libro miniatura [Libro de dimensiones muy reducidas]
miniature book
Miniature books are not as common now as they used to be.
libro muy manoseado
dog-eared book
She was forced to deliver her own babies in a rat-infested dungeon with nothing but a dog-eared book on pregnancy to help her.
libro narrativo
fictional book
When a library member asks for a fictional book he usually frames his request in this way: 'I am looking for a book by Victor Canning'.
libro para empollar [Libro que presenta la información que el alumno necesita para aprobar un examen de una manera fácil de memorizar]
crammer
Obviously one must here distinguish between 'scholarly' texts, middle-range texts and what might be referred to derogatorily as 'crammers' (books intended to help students to pass examinations with the minimum amount of effort).
libro parlante [Libro grabado en soporte magnético para que los invidentes puedan escucharlos] [Libro grabado en soporte magnético para que los invidentes puedan escucharlos]
talking book
audiobook [audio book]
Non-musical sound recordings are to be found in abundance covering such items as poetry readings, plays, children's stories and 'talking books' for the blind.
However, the majority of audiobooks are available for blind readers only through independent libraries for the blind.
libro prohibido
banned book
Banned books were not returned until 1979, after having been microfilmed.
libro raro
rare book
Rare books, certain large size books, e.g. atlases and collections of photographs, expensive books, out of print and irreplaceable works can all come into the category of 'reference books'.
libro reservado
reserved book
The issue terminal also incorporates a warning light in case a reserved book has slipped through the system and found its way on to the shelves.
libros
book material
Despite the present financial straits of developing countries, she argues in favour of long-term plan for the acquisition of relevant rare book material.
libro sagrado
sacred book
sacred scripture
This part provides detailed schedules mainly for use in the classification of Indian classics and sacred books.
Sacred scriptures are entered under uniform title as main entry.
Libros Americanos en Rústica en Venta [Publicación de la Agencia Estadounidense del ISBN que recoge los libros encuadernados en rústica publicados en los Estados Unidos y actualmente en venta (o vivos) ordenados por autor, título y materia Adjunta incluye una lista de las editoriales con sus direcciones Es una herramienta indispensable para libreros u otros interesados en conseguir un libro encuadernado en rústica publicado en los Estados Unidos]
Paperbound Books in Print
Whilst books bound in paper covers are not excluded from British Books in Print, a separate Paperbacks in Print (London, Whitaker, 1960 annual) is published and it has a counterpart in the United States Paperbound Books in Print (New York, Bowker, annual).
Libros Británicos en Rústica en Venta [Publicación de la Agencia Británica del ISBN que recoge los libros encuadernados en rústica publicados en el Reino Unido y actualmente en venta (o vivos) ordenados por autor, título y materia Adjunta incluye una lista de las editoriales con sus direcciones Es una herramienta indispensable para libreros u otros interesados en conseguir un libro encuadernado en rústica publicado en el Reino Unido]
Paperbacks in Print
Whilst books bound in paper covers are not excluded from British Books in Print, a separate Paperbacks in Print (London, Whitaker, 1960 annual) is published and it has a counterpart in the United States Paperbound Books in Print (New York, Bowker, annual).
Libros Británicos en Venta [Publicación de la Agencia Británica del ISBN que recoge los libros publicados en el Reino Unido y actualmente en venta (o vivos) ordenados por autor, título y materia Adjunta incluye una lista de las editoriales con sus direcciones Es una herramienta indispensable para libreros u otros interesados en conseguir un libro publicado en el Reino Unido El equivalente en España es "Libros Españoles en Venta"]
British Books in Print
Whilst books bound in paper covers are not excluded from British Books in Print, a separate Paperbacks in Print (London, Whitaker, 1960 annual) is published and it has a counterpart in the United States Paperbound Books in Print (New York, Bowker, annual).
Libros de Texto para Africa (TAP)
Textbooks for Africa (TAP)
This article describes a new project entitled Textbooks for Africa (TAP) launched by the Ranfurly Library Service with the support of the British Council (BC) and the Overseas Development Administration.
libros en venta [Publicación de una agencia de ISBN que recoge los libros publicados en un país determinado y actualmente en venta (o vivos) ordenados por autor, título y materia Adjunta incluye una lista de las editoriales con sus direcciones Es una herramienta indispensable para libreros u otros interesados en conseguir un libro publicado en un país determinado]
books in print
Another interesting data base is BOOKS-INFO, a file of bibliographic data on books in print, from Brodart Inc.
libro sonoro [Libro grabado en soporte magnético para que los invidentes puedan escucharlos] [Libro grabado en soporte magnético para que los invidentes puedan escucharlos]
talking book
audiobook [audio book]
Non-musical sound recordings are to be found in abundance covering such items as poetry readings, plays, children's stories and 'talking books' for the blind.
However, the majority of audiobooks are available for blind readers only through independent libraries for the blind.
libros sobre curiosidades [Libros y escritos sobre temás poco comunes]
curiosa
The article 'Canine curiosa in special collections' describes the special collections of books on dogs at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
libro táctil
tactile book
It is also a way of providing much-needed, high quality tactile books for distribution around the EU.
libro táctil de dibujos [Libro que relata una situación o historieta a base de dibujos en relieve y dirigido especialmente a niños que tienen problemas visuales]
tactile picture book
The author made her 1st tactile picture book for partially-sighted children 18 years ago.
libro tipográfico
letterpress book
Attention is given to the visual attributes of these early lithographed books and to the ways in which they differ from those of letterpress books.
libro trofeo de guerra [Libros que se llevaron los rusos a su país de las bibliotecas alemanas durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial]
trophy book
Unfortunately the process on both sides has become sluggish and is playing into the hands of the antiquarian book trade, which is now dealing in trophy books on a large scale.
libro verde
green paper
The green paper on the financing of the public library service forces librarians to look closely at the choices facing them on how libraries of the future are to be funded.
lista de libros
booklist [book list]
Publications, such as book lists, and published lists of specific subject areas present in the stock of a library may assist the user to identify those parts of the stock which might be of particular interest to him.
lista de libros enviados a encuadernar
bindery list
Other reports that are generated are bindery lists and order lists for the subscription agency = Otros informes que se generan son listas de libros enviados a encuadernar y listas de pedidos para la agencia de suscripciones.
lomo del libro
book spine
This article describes how Naval War College Library set about restoring the print to book spines that were damaged by smoke or soot during a fire, or during the cleaning process which followed.
máquina de coser libros
book-sewing machine
Wire staplers were first introduced in about 1875 in default of satisfactory book-sewing machines (which were not fully developed until 1882).
máquina de escribir libros
book-writing machine
During his stay in Laputa, Captain Gulliver was very impressed by a book-writing machine which produced fragments of sentences which were dictated to scribes and later pieced together.
maquina de grapar libros
book-stapling machine
Consequently the book-stapling machines were generally replaced by sewing machines by the late 1880s; the stapling of pamphlets, however, had come to stay.
mercado del libro, el
book market, the
Much of the negative reaction may be caused by not designing a plan suitable for the book market and the needs of research libraries.
movimiento de libros
bookshift
She admitted she hadn't read the article 'Planning and executing a major bookshift o bookmove using an electronic spreadsheet'.
mundo del comercio del libro
book-trade life
To speak of books as 'new products for the market' sounds crassly commercial, but is nevertheless a hard fact of book-trade life.
mundo del libro, el [Expresión generalmente acompañada del artículo]
book world, the
Selection of books for review sometimes causes controversy as to why some are reviewed and others not and the reviews themselves can create minor storms in the book world if it is felt they are prejudiced or spiteful.
mutilación de libros
book mutilation
Book theft and multilation represent a major problem for libraries.
no debes juzgar un libro por el color de sus hojas
don't judge a book by its cover
The old saying 'Don't judge a book by its cover' is very appropriate in our lives today - it is very important not to judge a person because of what you assume they are like.
no debes juzgar un libro por el color de sus pastas
don't judge a book by its cover
The old saying 'Don't judge a book by its cover' is very appropriate in our lives today - it is very important not to judge a person because of what you assume they are like.
novelas o libros que se compran en el supermercado
self-help
Should we ignore the major trade publishers for almost everything except genre fiction, blockbusters, popular self-help, celebrity biographies and exposés?.
obsesionado con los libros
bookaholic
A self-professed 'bookaholic' and journalist submits that, be it ever so humble, there is no place like the library.
obseso con los libros
bookaholic
A self-professed 'bookaholic' and journalist submits that, be it ever so humble, there is no place like the library.
parásito del libro [Todo tipo de insecto que afecta a la integridad física de un documento]
book insect
Freezing is effective in eliminating injurious book insects.
piojo de los libros [Insecto que se sustenta del moho que crece sobre el papel húmedo]
booklouse [booklice, -pl.]
This article identifies five types of crawling insects which commonly infest libraries: booklice, bookworms, cockroaches, silverfish and termites.
posesión de libros propios
book ownership
Everything points to the importance of book ownership as both a reflection of, and a formative influence on, a family's attitude to reading.
presentación de libros
book talk [booktalk/book-talk]
The library may provide equipment for community-sponsored programs such as book talks, speaker series, tax assistance, voter registration, and so on = La biblioteca puede disponer del material necesario para apoyar los programas patrocinados por la comunidad como por ejemplo presentaciones de libros, ciclos de coferencias, asesoría fiscal, inscripción en el censo electoral, etc.
prestamista de libros
book lender
A university which requires the deposit of only two or three copies is unlikely to be an enthusiastic book lender.
préstamo de libros
book lending
checking out books
Rules and conditions concerning book lending are the most important items in a library's statute book, binding the reader by specific obligations in the process of borrowing books.
Many people believe that librarian activity centers around checking out books.
prestar un libro
check out + book
The purpose of this study was to determine if a correlation existed between the classes of books checked out and the classes of books used in the library.
presupuesto para la compra de libros
book funds [bookfunds]
Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction.
presupuesto para libros
book budget
Or still others think they have the library figured out, probably because of recent cuts in the book budget they read about in the campus newspaper.
proceso técnico del libro [Tareas relativas a la preparación de documentos desde su entrada a la biblioteca hasta su disposición en los estantes] [Tareas relativas a la preparación de documentos desde su entrada a la biblioteca hasta su disposición en los estantes]
book preparation
book processing
The stages of book preparation, known as processing, can be tabulated as follows: check of book with invoice; quick collation; accessioning or stock recording; classification; cataloguing; lettering on spine; labelling; final check of all processes before shelving.
The article 'Looks like the ball is in our court - library support services from vendors' describes how vendors have responded to cuts in library staff by offering more services, such as book processing, cataloguing, and acquisitions plans.
producción de libros
book production
book publishing
Children's book production has expanded during the last 15 years.
Electronic publishing can never completely replace book publishing.
promoción de libros
book promotion
Many authors and special guests are glad to help in this way in the cause of book promotion particularly when they live locally.
quema de libros
book burning
The article has the title 'Thermochemically activated oxidation: Mother Nature's book burning'.
que no es libro de texto
non-textbook
In the past decade or so, much stalwart work has been done in order to provide non-textbook reading material for primary school children.
recensión de libros
reviewing
Having made this prefatory warning, it has also to be said that many teachers successfully contrive to make reviewing an enjoyable and useful ingredient in their book and reading programs.
relacionado con la promoción de libros
book-promotional
Book-promotional displays should occupy key sites in the building = Los expositores dedicados a la promoción de libros deberían ocupar sitios claves del edificio.
relacionado con los libros
book-related
The library needs to be developed as the focal point of the community, a place where the public can drop in for all kinds of activities, not necessarily book-related or 'cultural'.
reproducción ilegal de libros
book piracy
The rapid growth in the student market in Pakistan and the dependence on imported books has resulted in large scale book piracy, or unsanctioned reprinting.
reserva de libro
book reservation
The author describes the planned operation of the new online public access catalogue (OPAC) and the seat and book reservation system = El autor describe cómo funcionará el nuevo catálogo de acceso público en línea (OPAC) y el sistema de reserva de libros y puestos de lectura.
reserva de libros
reserve book room
The library has purchased all of the modules, including: acquisitions; circulation control; cataloguing; periodicals control, reserve book room and online public access catalogue (OPAC).
reservar libros
reserve + books
The reader has to reserve books on display and wait till the entire display is dismantled.
retirar un libro en préstamo
check out + book
The purpose of this study was to determine if a correlation existed between the classes of books checked out and the classes of books used in the library.
rincón del libro
book corner
Every classroom and both of our halls have a book corner, where the children can sit for periods of quite reading.
robo de libros
book stealing
book theft
In imposing penalties for book stealing libraries are particularly helpless.
Book theft and multilation represent a major problem for libraries.
sacar un libro en préstamo
borrow + a book
While there are features of public libraries which are to be cherished - the role as a community meeting place, a place to borrow books, a safe haven - we must look for new opportunities.
sala de libros raros
rare book room
The use of clear armoured glass walls gives excellent visual supervision in the Rare Book Room and in the Manuscript and Local History Reading Room.
saldo del libro de cuentas
account book balance
Ascertain that the beginning and ending account book balances agree with bank statement balances and that any differences can be reconciled.
sección de libros en rústica [En un supermercado, estantes que contienen libros en rústica]
paperback rack
Looking along the paperback racks at a large departmental store one is confronted by many titles in paperback which rarely are mentioned in a review in the general press.
seleccionador de libros [Persona que se dedica a consultar diferentes fuentes de novedades con objeto de adquirir nuevo material]
book selector
Whether it is current enough in its production to be called a book selector's tool is an open question.
selección de libros
book selection
Library duties discussed include book selection and counter work of various types = Las tareas bibliotecarias que se discuten incluyen la selección de libros y el trabajo de mostrador de diversos tipos.
sello para libros
book stamp
Peripheral equipment such as barcode wands, desensitizers, and book stamps should be within easy reach of the operator.
ser como un libro abierto
be an open book
read + Nombre + like a book
When she was young and her heart was an open book, she used to say, 'Live and let live'.
That girl could read me like a book, no matter how hard I tried to disguise my feelings.
ser un libro abierto
be an open book
read + Nombre + like a book
When she was young and her heart was an open book, she used to say, 'Live and let live'.
That girl could read me like a book, no matter how hard I tried to disguise my feelings.
servicio de libros a domicilio
homebound service
The library provides a range of services to its community, including homebound service, story hours, film series, literacy tutoring, income tax assistance, art shows, to name a few.
servicio relacionado con los libros
book service
Alex Wilson sides with the librarians who say 'concentrate your book service first and foremost on existing users because expenditure on attracting those with a low motivation is much more costly and likely to be mostly unsuccessful'.
sistema antirrobo de libros [Sistema que se instala a la salida de una biblioteca para detectar la salida ilegal de libros]
book security system
library security system
This article examines the use of adhesive security strips, data transfer media like video and audio cassettes and diskettes, microfilm equipment and book security systems.
Library security systems, it appears, do not affect disks that are taken through in the normal way, though the disks should not be placed in or near the checkout unit or left close to the exit barriers.
sistema de detección de libros
book detection system
Preventative measures range from rearrangement of shelves and counters, through book detection systems to general public relations.
sociedad sin libros [Expresión que se aplica a aquellos países del tercer mundo en donde apenas si existen libros]
bookless society
According to Zell, 'Many parts of Africa now present a picture of a 'bookless society''.
soporte de libro
book support
Make use of book supports on shelves to prevent books toppling over or falling to the floor.
stand de libros
bookstall [book stall]
I have myself seen, in a northern market, a bookstall where the stall-holder had over a dozen old shoeboxes under the counter in which each month the ten new titles were placed so that the customers could buy the whole new range gradually over the coming month.
suministro de libros
book supply
The easiest and most efficient method for book supply is to use a bookseller who provides all the books.
traslado de libros
bookmove
She admitted she hadn't read the article 'Planning and executing a major bookshift o bookmove using an electronic spreadsheet'.
vale canjeable por un libro
book token
The shop may have its own 'book tokens' - gift vouchers that people can buy and which are redeemable only at the school bookshop.
venta de libros
bookselling [book selling]
Without going into too much detail and thus ending up writing a textbook on bookselling, it is important to note that in the United Kingdom there are two sorts of new books sold and these are called 'net books' and 'non-net books'.
