signatura
direction line ; signature.
It became usual in the mid sixteenth century to complete each page with the first word of the following page set as a catchword at the end of the direction line.
During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries printers got over the resulting difficulties by adding (usually adjacent to the colophon) a summary of the signatures called the register.
área de signatura topográfica
shelf list area
The shelf list area in the upper right corner contains the shelf list number.
explicación de las signaturas
statement of signing
The formula will be completed with a statement of signing, described below, which indicates which leaves are signed and which are not.
letra de signatura [Letra a modo de signatura que antiguamente se colocaba al pie de los pliegos para indicarle al encuadernador el orden que éstos debían seguir]
signature-letter
It was usual for duplicated signature-letters to be set out in full, but English printers in the eighteenth century preferred to set 3A for Aaa, 6A for Aaaaaa, etc..
mención de las signaturas
statement of signing
The formula will be completed with a statement of signing, described below, which indicates which leaves are signed and which are not.
signatura topográfica [Conjunto de símbolos (letras, números, signos) que indican la localización de un documento dentro de una colección] [Conjunto de símbolos (letras, números, signos) que indican la localización de un documento dentro de una colección] [Conjunto de símbolos (letras, cifras, signos) que indican la situación de un documento en una colección o depósito] [Conjunto de símbolos (letras, números, signos) que indican la localización de un documento dentro de una colección]
call mark
call number
shelf list number
shelf mark
shelf notation
shelf number
So, the full call mark for a general book on cookery would be FOO 641.5.
The call number (or shelf-list number) is the number (usually unique) by which a document is requested.
The local copy file is indexed by call number or shelf list number.
A catalogue entry consists of a set of elements including the bibliographic entry and the shelf-mark assigned in accordance with the rules adopted by the organization concerned.
Shelf notation: notation which is to be inscribed on the spine of books may be required to be shorter than the notation which is used in catalogues, indexes, databases and bibliographies.
The shelf number is the set of symbols (letters, figures, signs) to indicate the location of a document in a collection or stock.
signatura topográfica de Cutter [En la ordenación topográfica, combinación alfanumérica de la primera, dos primeras o tres primeras letras del autor o título de un libro que sirve como elemento de ordenación en los estantes] [En la ordenación topográfica, combinación alfanumérica de la primera, dos primeras o tres primeras letras del autor o título de un libro que sirve como elemento de ordenación en los estantes]
Cutter mark
Cutter numbers
Cutter marks are best used for the ordering of serial items in the alphabetical order of their titles.
Arranging the periodicals by Cutter numbers within a broad classification by subject is preferred to any other type of arrangement = Es preferible ordenar las revistas según las marcas de Cutter dentro de una clasificación general por materias a cualquier otro tipo de ordenación.
signatura topográfica local
local call number
For example, a local LC classification number is usually entered in the 090 field, and a local Dewey number in the 092 field.
título de la signatura [Título de una obra que a veces se incluía como parte de la signatura de un folio]
docket title
If there is no title-page, the following sources may be used: colophon, half-title, other preliminaries, caption, title, docket title, etc.
