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- BARCODE
- Small white label with black vertical stripes
and numbers used for automated cataloging and circulation; a unique
identifier for each volume or piece.
- BIBLIOGRAPHERS
- Library staff whose responsibility includes
the selection of library materials in specific subjects or disciplines.
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Any list of books, journal articles, documents,
etc.; may be arranged alphabetically, chronologically, or logically.
- BINDERY
- A company or department in which books are bound or
rebound or where periodicals, serials, etc., are bound together resembling
hardbound books.
- BIOMEDICAL LIBRARY
- Annette
and Irwin Eskind Biomedical Library; a division of the library system housing materials in the
health sciences.
- BIP
- Books in Print; a publication or database from R.R. Bowker Company.
- BOOK REPAIR LAB
- The library's in-house facility for the
assessment and repair of damaged library materials. See
Preservation Team
for additional information.
- BROWSER
- A computer application program which interprets HTML and presents a final
Web page. It is used to navigate the World Wide Web. Examples are Netscape
Navigator, Internet Explorer, and Mosaic.
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