tarea
assignment ; duty [duties, -pl.] ; endeavour [endeavor, -USA] ; exercise ; job ; labour [labor, -USA] ; operation ; routine ; task ; work ; quest ; undertaking ; item of business ; job assignment.
The problems and assignments presented are real problems and assignments, and the people involved are real people, all suitably disguised to protect their identity.
Organisations often expect an information officer or librarian to prepare such abstracts as are necessary, in addition to performing various other information duties.
Eventually, it came to be recognized that the Classification Research Group's endeavours might be pertinent to the problem of alphabetical indexing.
As a concluding exercise, therefore, it would be helpful for you to try some examples of analysis and translation on your own.
To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.
An editor is a person who prepares for publication an item not his own and whose labour may be limited to the preparation of the item for the manufacturer.
With the advent of micro-computers even much smaller cataloguing operations can effectively be computerised.
Chain indexing is a simple mechanical routine for generating a limited number of index entries for a subject.
Further, menu screens will be necessary until the user has specified the task that he wishes executed or the information that he wishes to retrieve sufficiently for execution or retrieval to be effected.
The Classification Research Group (CRG) has been a major force in the development of classification theory, and has made a major contribution towards work on a new general classification scheme.
It is a quest without a satisfactory conclusion - a holy grail of librarianship.
Since the file from 1966-1975 contains some 2,500,000 references, a search of the complete data base is a fairly large-scale undertaking.
The Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association included various items of business such as: the ALA stand on UNESCO; a new dues schedule; grants; role of school librarians in ALA; new cataloguing tools; and standards.
Research suggests that employees who receive challenging job assignments do later in later jobs.
aceptar una tarea
take on + task
They were a kind of localized office for the city government and would take on routine tasks like receiving license applications, although main function was to provide information.
acometer una tarea
tackle + a task
If you are ready to tackle this task, then go for it, but look before you leap!.
afrontar una tarea
tackle + a task
If you are ready to tackle this task, then go for it, but look before you leap!.
aplicación a tareas bibliotecarias
library application
Library applications may require special arrangements in order to overcome certain difficulties posed by a pre-determined ranking order.
asignar una tarea
allot + task
set + task
give + task
assign + responsibility
task
As a rule, the smaller the library the greater the variety of tasks which are allotted to assistants.
Computers, on the other hand adhere to their initial instructions and execute these relentlessly until the task that is set is completed.
Students are frequently given specific tasks to complete which involve them making their own use of library materials.
Almost all practicing librarians have some assigned responsibilities that involve the training of other employees.
The National Archives of Namibia has been tasked to recover evidence of this historical past.
asumir una tarea
assume + duty
He was a descriptive cataloger at Princeton and was promoted to Acting Head Cataloger, and subsequently Head Cataloger at Princeton, the position he left before assuming his present duties at LC.
barra de tareas [Uso informático]
taskbar
Is it possible to unpin a program on your taskbar and turn it into a shortcut on the desktop or anywhere else?.
con una tarea especial
mission-oriented
We are now entering the third, or mission-oriented, era, in which demands for information may span a whole range of disciplines.
cumplir una tarea
accomplish + task
The goal may be of little value or of high scientific or cultural significance, but energy is put forth to accomplish a task.
dedicarse a + Posesivo + tareas cotidianas
go about + Posesivo + everyday life
The last thing we want as we go about our everyday life is that hot sweaty self-conscious feeling.
dedicarse a + Posesivo + tareas diarias
go about + Posesivo + everyday life
The last thing we want as we go about our everyday life is that hot sweaty self-conscious feeling.
delegar una tarea
delegate + operation
There exist punched-card machines in which separate operations are usually delegated to a series of machines.
desempeñar una tarea
carry out + task
cope with + task
perform + task
A manager is assigned to each department with sufficient authority to permit him or her to carry out assigned tasks.
The large library may find that the reclassification of a sizeable collection presents an undue burden, while the small library will have a proportionately small staff to cope with the task.
The effective application of a new technology to an existing procedure requires that we thoroughly understand the unique properties of the medium and relate them to the basic tasks to be performed.
ejecutar una tarea
execute + task
Further, menu screens will be necessary until the user has specified the task that he wishes executed or the information that he wishes to retrieve sufficiently for execution or retrieval to be effected.
emprender una tarea
go on + expedition
tackle + a task
Towards the end of the sixteenth century, about 1598, Sir Thomas Bodley was preparing to go on a book-buying expedition for the library.
If you are ready to tackle this task, then go for it, but look before you leap!.
encargado de las tareas domésticas
housekeeper
In Poland over 70 percent of married women are gainfully employed performing traditional female roles as wives, mothers and housekeepers, as well as the modern role of employee.
encargarse una tarea
undertake + task
The Working Group was charged with the specification of the procedures and studies needed to undertake the tasks.
encomendar una tarea a Alguien
assign + task
The documentation centre was assigned the task of organising a public service of legal information for legal experts.
endosar una tarea a Alguien
foist + Nombre + on + Alguien + as a duty
Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.
enfrentarse a una tarea
face + a task
This article examines the burdensome task archival appraisers face in dealing with the typically massive files created by major censuses and surveys.
en la tarea de
in the drive to
The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.
fijarse una tarea
set + Reflexivo + task
Librarians across the world should set themselves the lofty task of striving to create a global society in which people enjoy peaceful coexistence.
formación en diferentes tareas
cross-training [cross training]
multiskilling [multi-skilling]
Cross training is the process of teaching an individual new job skills in a position other than his or her normal one.
Cross-training or multiskilling involves training employees to be prepared to perform tasks outside their normal work activities.
hacer una tarea
do + assignment
As she stood by the secretary's desk waiting for her to terminate a telephone call, she continued to wonder why he has asked her to take his place and to do these assignments.
imponerse una tarea
task + Reflexivo
Canada has tasked itself with delivering e-government to its citizensby the year 2005.
imponer una tarea
task
The National Archives of Namibia has been tasked to recover evidence of this historical past.
imponer una tarea a Alguien
foist + Nombre + on + Alguien + as a duty
Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.
liberar de una tarea
relieve of + task
Its aim was the central organisation, acquisition, distribution and circulation of pictures to the libraries, relieving the libraries themselves of all tasks except lending routines.
multitarea
multitasking [multi-tasking]
More sophisticated systems allow more than one program to be run concurrently (sometimes called multi-tasking) and more than one user to operate the computer at one time.
ponerse una tarea
set + Reflexivo + task
Librarians across the world should set themselves the lofty task of striving to create a global society in which people enjoy peaceful coexistence.
programador automático de tareas
scheduler
The amount of time for running the scheduler is not necessarily known in advance = El tiempo necesario para ejecutar el programador automático de tareas no se siempre se conoce de antemano.
programador de tareas
task scheduler
One way to automate this process is by using the Task Scheduler.
realización de varias tareas simultáneamente
concurrent tasking
The author tests the supposed superiority of speech over keying, and the effects of concurrent tasking on the results.
realizar una tarea
accomplish + task
carry out + duty
conduct + task
implement + task
undertake + task
perform + duty
The goal may be of little value or of high scientific or cultural significance, but energy is put forth to accomplish a task.
The responsibility for manning the one telephone left at the disposal of a residue of callers fell to a single officer who had other duties to carry out to justify his keep.
Software is the programs or lists of instructions which are necessary to enable a computer system to conduct specific tasks.
Special prominence has been given to the appeals to implement this task, in which libraries have to play an influential part.
The Working Group was charged with the specification of the procedures and studies needed to undertake the tasks.
This is an attempt to describe the sort of person who could adequately perform the duties given in the job description.
realizar una tarea paso a paso
go through
If you went through the test without any need for revision, so much the better.
tarea abrumadora
daunting task
With so many styles and options available on baby cribs today, purchasing the perfect baby crib can be a daunting task.
tarea administrativa
administrative task
Reengineering involves eliminating repeated work spending less time with administrative tasks.
tarea ardua
uphill struggle
While I have received rave reviews for these courses I teach, I have an uphill struggle to fill them.
tarea asignada
appointed task
And then he had nicked himself shaving, so badly that the styptic pencil had failed immediately to do its appointed task, delaying him so that he had to wolf down his breakfast, the eggs of which had on them a crust which he hated.
tarea bibliotecaria
library operation
library task
library function
library duty
library process
Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
The project is concerned with the investigation of conditions of appointment for women librarians as well as the grades and salary scales assigned to library tasks.
The survey aimed to ascertain the degree of computerisation of any and all library functions in any type of school-related setting.
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.
Part 1 deals with library processes, including selection, checking and claiming, cataloguing and jettisoning.
tarea complementaria
follow-up activity
Follow-up activities are discussed as well as the need for more educational programs dealing with sand dunes and saltwater marshes.
tarea de aprendizaje [En educación, actividad o ejercicio que debe realizar el alumno para aprender algo]
learning activity
learning task
This article describes the application of the behaviouristic curriculum planning process in which learning activities are delivered to students through a linear planning process controlled by the detailing of behavioural objectives.
Subjects with various learning styles performed differently in some learning tasks.
tarea de ayuda humanitaria
relief effort
The government has announced it is stepping up relief efforts for the devastating floods that hit the northwest.
tarea de enormes proporciones
daunting task
With so many styles and options available on baby cribs today, purchasing the perfect baby crib can be a daunting task.
tarea del hogar
domestic duty
domestic task
Feminist organisations have been able to legitimate flexible working time thereby circumventing the formerly rigid hours of work which barred women from fulfilling their domestic duties.
Worldwide sales of robots designed to carry out domestic tasks tripled in 2002.
tarea de rescate
rescue effort
Rescue efforts in Haiti are said to be going slowly after Tuesday's earthquake left tens of thousands dead.
tarea de tontos
fool's errand
I'd like to explain that treating online poker as though it is a science based on mathematic principles is a fool's errand for most of us.
tarea difícil
hard task
The automated intermediary has the fundamentally hard task of determining what linguistically conveyed information adds up to.
tarea educativa [En educación, actividad o ejercicio que debe realizar el alumno para aprender algo]
learning activity
This article describes the application of the behaviouristic curriculum planning process in which learning activities are delivered to students through a linear planning process controlled by the detailing of behavioural objectives.
tarea encomendada
assigned task
Working on a report, statistics, or other assigned tasks while on duty must never cause a librarian to give short shrift to a question.
tarea escolar
homework
homework assignment
When a schoolboy, coming to the library with nothing better than grades in mind, discovers incidentally the fascination of books that have nothing to do with his homework.
This is and information service available for IBM and Macintosh computers with a modem to help students with homework assignments.
tarea falta de interés
chore
The maintenance of orderly shelf arrangement is often considered an unimportant chore.
tarea imposible
wild goose chase
The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.
tarea inútil
exercise in futility
They're exercises in futility, a waste of precious time.
tarea monumental
Herculean task
Herculanian task
The people from Afghanistan have decided to roll up their sleeves and start the Herculean task of the reconstruction of the national heritage.
It took more than two hundred stonecutters to finally finish the herculanian task of installing all of the marble in the State Capitol.
tarea muy difícil
uphill struggle
While I have received rave reviews for these courses I teach, I have an uphill struggle to fill them.
tarea orientada hacia la gente
people-oriented task
People-oriented tasks might include the relationship of the reference librarian to the library user, the attitude of the supervisor to subordinates, or the ability of the chief library manager to work with government or academic institutions.
tarea orientada hacia una actividad
activity-oriented task
An example of routine activity-oriented tasks in a library is the task of shelving books or preparing catalog cards.
tarea programada
scheduled task
These scheduled tasks can either be modified or deleted at any time.
tarea rutinaria
routine
mundane task
daily chore
Chain indexing is a simple mechanical routine for generating a limited number of index entries for a subject.
Bored out of her mind with the long hours and mundane tasks, she decided to give radio a try.
This resort guarantees to be the romantic and luxurious escape from the hectic work agendas and daily chores especially for honeymooners .
tareas bibliotecarias [Todos las labores que se realizan en una biblioteca como compra, pedidos, catalogación, clasificación, circulación, control, etc] [Todos las labores que se realizan en una biblioteca como compra, pedidos, catalogación, clasificación, circulación, control, etc]
library housekeeping routines
library housekeeping
library activities
library procedures
A variety of the software packages which are available will support library housekeeping routines, such as: cataloguing, acquisitions and ordering, serials control, circulation control and management information.
The evaluation and selection of a library software package, whether it be for library housekeeping, text retrieval or the creation of some other data base should be approached as a project.
Of these, about 25 are involved in traditional library activities (acquisition, cataloguing, management of periodicals, official documents, etc.).
Librarians can improve library service, operations and fiscal control through the application of computer technology and management science to library procedures.
tareas bibliotecarias complementarias [Todas aquellas actividades que desempeña una biblioteca que están indirectamente relacionadas con su misión principal de fuente de información, como la catalogación, las adquisiciones, el préstamo interbibliotecario, etc]
library support services
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.
tareas de extinción de incendios
fire-fighting
The article 'After the deluge: what next?' reports on a one-day workshop on disaster planning for libraries with particular emphasis on minimising damage caused by water resulting from floods or the aftermath of fire-fighting.
tareas del personal
staff duties
It is very important that staff duties, professional and non-professional, be noted.
tareas domésticas
housework
Five options of help with housework are investigated: domestic help, take-out meals, the microwave, the dishwasher, & the dryer.
tareas escolares
school work [schoolwork]
Most of them use the library for their school work, and the majority are not satisfied either with library collections or services.
tareas informáticas
computer work
I think that we must not push the progressive nature of computer work too far.
tareas relacionadas con la información
information operations
Increasing use of computers in libraries and information operations has forced library and information professionals to become familiar with the machine and its capabilities.
tener tarea para rato
have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre
have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre
'Well, Laura, it looks as if you have your work cut out for you!' remarked Lachaise, a knowing smile spreading over her face.
Time for a change, but whoever gets in, will sure have their job cut out for them thanks to good old Bush.
tener tarea por hacer
have tow on + Posesivo + distaff
An interesting old relic and reminder of old times, when the spinning-wheel was in daily use, is seen in the saying, 'I have tow on my distaff'.
