común
commonplace ; common ; popular ; run-of-the-mill ; shared ; standard ; ubiquitous ; collective ; crosscutting [cross cutting] ; pooled ; concerted ; everyday ; pervading ; ordinary ; communal ; prosaic.
Microfilm and microfiche formats are now commonplace in most libraries.
When the cataloguer turns to the description of a piece of music a common problem will be the absence of a title page to be used as the chief source of information.
Although the fifteenth edition met with some success, it was not generally popular.
Guides are almost always worth thinking of as the first type of bibliography to search when it is a quick check of run-of-the-mill bibliographical facts which is required.
A work of shared responsibility is one where the work has arisen from collaboration between two or more persons or corporative bodies.
Photographs are normally kept in drawers of standard filing cabinets, with folders or pockets, or both.
Worldwide, however, the printed book is still the most ubiquitous source of record = Worldwide, however, the printed book is still the most ubiquitous source of record.
'I'm really not trying to put anyone on the spot and, frankly, I'm not too surprised and only a little disappointed at your collective ignorance,' he commented.
The plan comprises over twenty projects addressing the partnership's three priority themes - access, empowerment and governance - and four crosscutting issues - youth, the media, gender and local (community-based) knowledge.
A group of 64 libraries realised substantial cost reductions by joining in a pooled fund to self-insure for unemployment compensation.
There is an obvious need for a concerted and deliberate study of US information policy-making.
We have too much invested, and the new systems too intimately integrated into the everyday operation of the library, for us to assume any longer that we can temper their influence on emerging standards.
While not addressing specific issues the rejoinder focuses on a few pervading themes.
Control is exercised over which terms are used, but otherwise the terms are ordinary words.
Excavation in Qumran suggests that the people were organised on a highly communal basis and adept in the art of pottery and bookmaking.
Take the prosaic problem of the great department store.
aura común
turkey vulture
The dominant scavengers at all locations were magpies, bald eagles, golden eagles, turkey vultures, red-tailed hawks, black bears, and probably elk and bison also participated in scavenging.
auxiliar común
common auxiliary
The common auxiliaries are so called because their schedules are auxiliary to the main tables and common in that they are available for the subdivisions of all classes.
bien común, el [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
common good, the
common wealth, the
How agreeable life could be if only people would stop mistrusting each other and learn to work for the common good instead of for their own personal aggrandizement.
Masons perceived themselves as engaged in the creation of a new man possessing the traits necessary for the maintenance of the social order and the improvement of the common wealth.
calderón común
pilot whale
Pilot whales are extremely social animals, living in pods that sometimes contain hundreds of individuals.
Cámara de los Comunes, la
House of Commons, the
After 1728, the initiative for investigating and remedying the state of the public records passed to the House of Commons.
compartir intereses comunes
share + common interests
All companies that compete share common interests.
comunidad de prácticas comunes
community of practice
Learning itself is an aspect of participation in communities of practice in which the human relationships between teachers and students are seen as fundamental.
común, lo [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
standard practice, the
In the nineteenth century it was the standard practice for British booksellers to allow discounts of from 5 to 20 per cent off the advertised figures.
común y corriente
unremarkable
This dish, billed as the house specialty, was just an unremarkable griddled steak topped with some green bell peppers and green onions.
crear un fondo común de conocimientos
pool + knowledge
This benefits the departmental unit by pooling knowledge and producing a higher level of cooperation and training.
crear un fondo común de experiencias profesionales
pool + expertise
This is a prototype online support Web based system pooling expertise which can be shared widely.
creencia común
common belief
And the common belief that the possession of the same surname allows you to use a family's arms has no legal or heraldic warrant.
demasiado común
all too common
Hence the all too common spectacle of a library trying - worse still, claiming - to do everything and not doing anything well enough to earn respect and thence support.
demasiado poco común
all too rare
The author argues that young adult involvement in choices about their library services is all too rare and sets out the reasons for this state of affairs.
Denominación Común de Productos Industriales (NIPRO) [Clasificación de productos industriales de acuerdo con la rama de la industria a la que pertenecen]
Common Nomenclature of Industrial Products (NIPRO)
The Common Nomenclature of Industrial Products (NIPRO) is a classification of industrial products constructed according to the NACE framework.
denominador común
common thread
The life of William Lowndes shows a common thread with that of Robert Watt in being far from a happy one.
en común
joint
jointly
Library schools must build bridges such as joint programmes and joint professorships that link them with their parent academic institution.
The International Agricultural Information System, AGRIS, is being compiled jointly by institutions of 117 countries and 14 international organisations.
en común con
in common with
In common with many other databases, MEDLARS (MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System) was primarily an offshoot from a printed indexing service.
encontrar cosas comunes
find + common ground
By discovering what they read teacher/librarian and pupil find common ground, a point of departure for the child, into the unfamiliar.
enfermedad poco común
rare disease
There was a new pharmaceutical policy enacted in 1983 known as the Orphan Drug Act designed to increase the availability of so-called 'orphan drugs' used to treat rare diseases.
espacio público común
commons
The commons anchors neighborhoods, downtown districts, and schools and links with other public facilities like cafés and museums = Los espacios públicos comunes ayudan a consolidar los barrios, los centros de las ciudades y las escuelas al mismo tiempo que facilitan la creación de vínculos con otros servicios públicos como cafeterías y museos.
experiencia profesional común
pool of expertise
Its relevance and quality benefit from the considerable pool of expertise available in the organisation.
faceta común
common facet
Common facets may be listed anywhere in the schedule order, because they are facets that, although only listed once can be applied anywhere in the citation order, as required to qualify the concept to which they apply.
focha común
Eurasian coot
common coot
This slaty dark bird, the size of a hen is called the Eurasian coot in England and common coot in India.
This slaty dark bird, the size of a hen is called the Eurasian coot in England and common coot in India.
fondo común
kitty
Some groups like to keep a 'kitty' to cover the costs of replacing any books that go astray.
fondo común de conocimientos
pool of knowledge
pool of expertise
A major challenge in the climate of change is that of maintaining an adequate and well balanced collection and of fostering a universal pool of knowledge.
Its relevance and quality benefit from the considerable pool of expertise available in the organisation.
fondo común de inversión
mutual fund
For the most part, hedge funds (unlike mutual funds) are unregulated because they cater to sophisticated investors.
fosa común
mass grave
This article describes a human rights investigation designed to identify bodies exhumed from mass graves in Bosnia.
fuera de lo común
eccentric
odd
unordinary
out of the ordinary
a cut above the rest
a cut above
School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.
There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
He developed an alternative and unordinary way of talking about out thoughts.
In the past, there was a tendency to label a person as abnormal simply because he or she possessed traits that were considered out of the ordinary.
To put it quite simply, the building is a cut above the rest with facilities fitted to the highest standards.
The article 'Is Redon a cut above?' critiques the work of Odilon Redon in light of a retrospective exhibition of his paintings, prints and drawings.
gente común
ruck
The book stands out among the ruck of contemporary fiction unmistakably as a work of artistic and literary excellence.
gente común, la
ordinary people
common people, the
For the majority of ordinary people the European Community remains a remote bureaucratic organization.
The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities - e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism - are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
gente común y corriente, la
common people, the
The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities - e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism - are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
hablar con sentido común
talk + sense
'Talking Sense' is one of those excellent and useful books that you can take up and put down when you have a spare minute = "Talking Sense" is one of those excellent and useful books that you can take up and put down when you have a spare minute.
hacer un frente común
stand up as + one
The really good news is that we can stand up as one and that all we have to do is make a noise about it.
harina común
all-purpose flour
plain flour
Self-rising flour is all-purpose flour with added salt and leavening (baking powder).
Self-raising flour is plain flour with raising agents added.
interés común
shared interest
And like any group, any clan, a company of children is cemented together by shared interests, which we frequently recognize as 'crazes'.
intereses comunes
community of interest
Communities of interest will only prosper if they share an economic model which makes sense.
lechuza común
barn owl
In spite of the fact that over 98% of roads are minor roads, over 90% of all barn owl road casualties are found dead on major roads (such as motorways and dual carriageways).
Lenguaje Común de Instrucción de EURONET
EURONET Common Command Language
This set of commands forms the basis for the EURONET Common Command Language, which is available for searching on some of the European hosts.
lengua oficial común [En una situación multilingüe, lengua común utilizada para comunicarse]
working language
Lacking a universal working language, information managers around the world cannot now deal reliably and efficiently with multilingual documentation.
lo poco común
rarity
rareness
This article provides a description of rare books and some criteria for their identification: rarity, monetary value, age, limited editions and association.
Their supposed rareness seems to be due to a bias of sampling.
lugar común de alimentación
feeding ground
The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.
lugar común de encuentro
meeting ground
There needs to be a more specific meeting ground within which an effective organisation linking needs and libraries can be established.
más común
mainstream
Some children may be constrained by a mainstream curriculum that does not match their ability level.
Mercado Común, el [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
Common Market, the
Euratom and the European Economic Community, usually referred to as the Common Market, joined the European Coal and Steel Community in the late fifties.
musaraña común
common shrew
Common shrews are one of Britain's and northern Europe's most abundant small mammals.
nombre común
common name
Common names are, for example, names of animals, tools, diseases, and chemicals.
normas comunes
standard practices
Despite a 20-year effort to develop a code for the description and cataloguing of art objects, the art world has not yet developed standard practices for these functions.
palabra común
common word
Certain words may fall into a short list of 35 common words such as analysis, which do not give rise to inversion within the cross-reference.
patrón común
ruling pattern
This article examines the distribution of abstracts on standard documents under various headings with a view to finding a ruling pattern.
persona común
ordinary person
The ordinary person's information needs are becoming more complex and expensive.
poco común
rare
unfamiliar
unusual
uncommon
unordinary
out of the ordinary
In practice critical abstracts are rare, and certainly do not usually feature in published secondary services.
We are used to background noise in air conditioned buildings but the introduction of additional and unfamiliar sounds from AV equipment may be disturbing.
If the book has an unusual shape then both the height and the width of the book will be given.
Early woodcut initials, coats of arms, etc., were sometimes made from wood cut across the grain, but the use of end-grain blocks remained uncommon until the later eighteenth century.
He developed an alternative and unordinary way of talking about out thoughts.
In the past, there was a tendency to label a person as abnormal simply because he or she possessed traits that were considered out of the ordinary.
práctica común
common practice
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.
práctica común, la [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
normal pattern, the
This article outlines an experiment that departs from the normal pattern that has been used by libraries to send orders electronically to a vendor.
proyecto en común
joint effort
The attention of information science associations should be drawn to the need for joint efforts in developing better tools for the control and conversion of natural and indexing languages in science and technology.
puntos comunes
common ground
PRECIS provides an exemplary illustration of the association and common ground between alphabetical indexing and classification.
que era común anteriormente
once-common
Thus some once-common ordinary watermarks - crown, foolscap, hand, etc. - disappeared.
que fue común antes
once-common
Thus some once-common ordinary watermarks - crown, foolscap, hand, etc. - disappeared.
qué poco común
how odd
One eminent librarian remarked upon how odd it was that the unpopular reference desk at a university library was set upon a dais.
resfriado común, el
common cold, the
The common cold, problems with tonsils and adenoids, and earache are discussed.
rorcual común
fin whale
Fin whales are found in all oceans of the world, though they seem to prefer temperate and polar waters to tropical seas.
salón común
common room
The school design consisted of five classrooms, two seminar rooms, and a resource room grouped around a common room.
sentido común
common sense
good judgement
judgement [judgment]
good sense
Answers to the basic questions could be produced on the basis of common sense, in each individual instance.
However, what is considered good judgement in one culture is often considered bad judgement within another culture.
In my judgment, these changes will come about in one of two ways.
Daniel used good sense in that he did not cause a confrontation over the matter but went to the eunuch and asked for permission to eat pulse and water.
ser algo común
be a fact of life
dominate + the scene
become + a common feature
be a part of life
be (a) common practice
Federal aid to help cope with the problem of information was not new and had been a fact of life in one way or another for a long time.
This may have something to do with the absence of CABx, who seem to have dominated the scene in other states.
Droughts are becoming a common feature, parching the land at least once every two years.
Scratches are a part of life when you have parquet floors.
It was a common practice to fill empty fuel oil tanks with sea water to ballast ships.
ser algo poco común
be the exception rather than the rule
Public libraries carrying the latest issues of popular comics titles are still the exception rather than the rule = Las bibliotecas públicas que poseen los últimos números de los tebeos más conocidos siguen siendo la excepción que confirma la regla.
ser común
be the case (with)
This has been the case with newspapers which suddenly find that their audiences are both growing older and dwindling in size and they are facing great difficulty appealing to the new electronic generation.
ser demasiado común
be all too common
Such conversion requires such extremely detailed project planning and execution that new system start-up problems are all too common.
ser una práctica común
be (a) common practice
It was a common practice to fill empty fuel oil tanks with sea water to ballast ships.
subdivisión común [En clasificación, subencabezamiento que se puede aplicar a muchas clases]
common subdivision
A common subdivision is a general category which can be applied to many classes.
subencabezamiento común
free-floating subdivision
The eighth edition introduction also included other useful listings, particularly the 'free-floating subdivisions' (common subdivisions), which formed a substantial part of the whole introduction.
tener Algo en común
have + Nombre + in common
share + Nombre + in common
This record is related to the previous article because it has four references in common with that article.
A class is a set of things which share some property, or characteristic, in common.
tener características en común
share + similarities
School libraries as they have evolved in recent times share certain similarities the world over.
tener cosas en común
share + common ground
The author discusses the extent to which education and librarianship share common ground.
tener en común
hold in + common
tread + common ground
The study aims to identify low use current journals that are held in common.
Libraries and education tread a great deal of common ground, e.g., continuing education, staff qualities, library use education for students, and adult literacy.
tener intereses comunes
have + common interests
Developing solar energy is another area 'where Israel and Canada may have common interests,' Allen said.
tener muchas cosas en común
have + many things in common
These solopreneurs have many things in common, most notably, they all show annual profits in the six figures.
título común [Título o parte de un título común a varias unidades bibliográficas que forman parte de un conjunto]
common title
The title or part of a title common to several bibliographical units which form part of a set is known as common title.
trabajar en común
interwork
pull together
It will be a long time before any terminal can interwork with any computer type although there has been some progress.
She tells a story of courage in which the crew and the mission control pull together to work the problem through.
trabajo en común
interworking
Key issues include the global interworking of different access systems on a common platform.
un fondo común de
a common pool of
The morphology of embryos in pairs of women producing embryos from a common pool of oocytes but fertilized by two different sperm sources was studied.
