February 2018


The ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science is exactly what the name says it is: a dictionary of library terms. Words, phrases and acronyms are listed for your browsing or searching pleasure. You will find the everyday to the more arcane terms such as 8mm, Kallitype, KB, rhumb line, rpm, zine.

BIBFRAME? EAD? MARC 21 forms? MARCXML? PREMIS? Z39.50? ISO 639-2? need to know more?

The Standards page from the Library of Congress is a good resource that has links to the standards for Resource Description Formats, Digital Library Standards, Information Resource Retrieval Protocols and Information Resource Retrieval Standards.