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TENTH EDITION HARROD’S LIBRARIANS’ GLOSSARY AND REFERENCE BOOK A Directory of Over 10,200 Terms, Organizations, Projects and Acronyms in the Areas of Information Management, Library Science, Publishing and Archive Management Compiled by Ray Prytherch HARROD’S LIBRARIANS’ GLOSSARY AND REFERENCE BOOK ...

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TENTH EDITION

HARROD’S LIBRARIANS’ GLOSSARY AND REFERENCE BOOK A Directory of Over 10,200 Terms, Organizations, Projects and Acronyms in the Areas of Information Management, Library Science, Publishing and Archive Management

Compiled by Ray Prytherch

HARROD’S LIBRARIANS’ GLOSSARY AND REFERENCE BOOK A Directory of Over 10,200 Terms, Organizations, Projects and Acronyms in the Areas of Information Management, Library Science, Publishing and Archive Management

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HARROD’S LIBRARIANS’ GLOSSARY AND REFERENCE BOOK

A Directory of Over 10,200 Terms, Organizations, Projects and Acronyms in the Areas of Information Management, Library Science, Publishing and Archive Management

Tenth Edition Compiled by RAY PRYTHERCH

© Ray Prytherch 2005 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. The author name has asserted his/her moral right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the author of this work. Published by Ashgate Publishing Limited Gower House Croft Road Aldershot Hampshire GU11 3HR England

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www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Harrod’s librarians’ glossary and reference book: a directory of over 10,200 terms, organizations, projects and acronyms in the areas of information management, library science, publishing and archive management. - 10th ed 1. Library science - Dictionaries 2. Information science Dictionaries 3. Publishers and publishing - Dictionaries 4. Book industries and trade - Dictionaries 5.Archives Administration - Dictionaries I.Prytherch, Raymond John II.Harrod, Leonard Montague III.Librarians’ glossary and reference book 020.3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Prytherch, Raymond John. Harrod’s librarians’ glossary and reference book : a dictionary of over 10,200 terms, organizations, projects and acronyms in the areas of information management, library science, publishing and archive management / by Ray Prytherch.—10th ed. p.cm ISBN 0-7546-4038-8 1. Library science—Dictionaries. 2. Information science—Dictionaries. 3. Publishers and publishing—Dictionaries. 4. Book industries and trade—Dictionaries. 5. Archives—Administration—Dictionaries. 6. Bibliography—Dictionaries. I. Title: Librarians’ glossary and reference book. II. Title. Z1006. H32 2005 020’.3—dc22 ISBN 978-0-7546-4038-7 (hbk) ISBN 978-1-4094-0124-7 (ebk.V) Typeset by P. Stubley, Sheffield Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin, Cornwall

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