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Index of Archival, LIS & Public History Terminology
Use recognized archival terminology. When non-specialized terms are needed, use the Library of Congress authorized subject headings (LCSH) and appropriate thesauri when possible. Both nouns and verbs are used; please clarify usage when necessary within the entry.
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- AACR
- AACR2
- AACR2R
- AAT
- aboutness
- abstracts
- academic library
- access
- access points
- access restrictions
- access services librarian
- accession
- accession register
- accreditation
- accretion
- acetate
- acetate tape
- acid migration
- acid neutralizing paper
- acid-free paper
- acidification
- acquisitions
- adaptive technologies
- administrative records
- administrative value
- adult services librarian
- AJAX
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- analog
- Anglo American Cataloging Rules
- annotated bibliography
- application servers
- APPM
- applets
- appraisal
- appraise
- archival administration
- archival advocacy
- archival assistant
- archival bond paper
- archival education
- archival educator
- archival ethics
- archival institution
- archival photo binder or album
- archival practice
- archival reference
- archival science
- archival theory
- archival tissue paper
- archival value
- archives
- archivists
- Archivist of the United States
- arrangement
- artifact boxes
- Ask a Librarian
- ASP
- assistant archivist
- Assistant Archivist of the United States
- assistant curator
- assistant library director
- atmospheric contaminants
- audio materials
- authenticity
- automated library systems
- AV
- avatar
- backing piece
- backlog
- badge
- barcode
- benchmark weights
- bibliographical description
- bibliographic databases
- bibliographic records
- bibliographic utilities
- bibliographies
- bibliometrics
- binders
- binding
- black box
- blank leaves
- blogs
- books
- book binding
- book cradle
- book illustration
- book mobile
- book presses
- book repairs
- book weights
- bookmarklet
- booktruck
- Boolean logic
- Boolean operators
- Boolean searches
- born digital
- bots
- box/folder list
- browsers
- browsing
- budgeting
- building and architectural history
- business records
- button
- CA certification
- call numbers
- call slips
- calligraphy
- card catalog
- Cascading Style Sheet
- case study
- catalog librarian
- cataloging and classification
- CD-ROM
- censorship
- centralized archives
- chat reference
- Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
- children's librarian
- CIP
- circulation
- citation analysis
- clamshell boxes
- classification systems
- co-browsing
- codex
- codicology
- collaborative tagging
- collation
- collections
- collections development policy
- collective memory
- collocation
- Colon Classification (CC)
- colophone
- compact shelving
- competitive intelligence
- conservation
- content analysis
- content standards
- continuous custody
- controlled vocabularies
- copies
- copy cataloging
- copyright
- correspondence
- cost-benefit analysis
- cotton tying tape
- course management systems
- crawlers
- cross-referencing
- crosswalks
- CSS
- cubic feet
- cultural landscapes
- curator
- curatorial assistant
- curricular support
- Cutter numbers
- cuttering
- cyberarchivist
- cyberspace
- cybrarian
- data dictionaries
- databases
- DCRMB
- DDC
- de-acidification
- de-acidification spray
- deaccession
- decentralized archives
- Deeds of Gift
- Delphi studies
- deposit agreements
- depositories
- description
- descriptive biblography
- Dewey Decimal Classification
- DHTML
- diacritics
- diaries
- dictionaries
- digital access
- digital cameras
- digital curation
- digital desktop
- digital divide
- digital images
- digital initiatives
- digital initiatives librarian
- digital libraries
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
- digitization
- digital presentations archiving
- digital reference service
- digitization standards
- disability access
- disaster planning
- disposition
- dissertation
- DNS
- documents
- document cases
- document cleaning pad
- document delivery
- document stability
- documentary editing
- documentation strategy
- DOM
- donor
- Dublin Core
- duplicate records
- DTD
- dust mites
- DXHTML
- e-book
- e-mail archiving
- e-mail attachment archiving
- e-mail policy
- E-rate program
- E-reserves
- EAC
- EAD
- EAD Working Group (EADWG)
- edge wear
- electronic delivery
- electronic records
- electronic texts
- embargo
- encapsulation
- Encoded Archival Description
- encoding standards
- encyclopedias
- envelopes
- Environmental Care Index
- environmental controls
- ephemera
- equal access
- etching
- evidential value
- exemplars
- exhibit
- exhibit cases
- faceted
- faceting
- faculty
- Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act
- fair use
- federal depository library
- FERPA
- ferrotyping
- fiber content
- file folders
- file transfer
- film
- film cans
- filmoplast tapes
- filtering software
- financial appraisal
- finding aids
- fixed location
- flash photography
- flat storage box
- flatbed scanners
- FOIA request
- foldering
- folders
- folksonomies
- folios
- fonds
- formats
- forme
- foxing
- French Revolution
- FTP
- fungi
- gatekeeper
- gatherings
- genealogist
- geneaology
- gilding
- gilt
- gloves
- government documents
- government documents librarian
- grant writing
- grants
- guest books
- guides
- halftone
- hand held scanners
- handpress
- HAPLAR
- health sciences librarian
- high resolution scans
- Higher Education Act of 1965
- hinging papers
- HIPPA
- HIPSA
- historians
- historical research
- history of the book
- holdings
- HTML
- human-computer interface
- humidity
- hydration
- hygrometer
- hypermedia
- ILL
- illuminated manuscript
- image databases
- information
- information architecture
- information commons
- information literacy
- information packages
- information policy
- information retrieval
- information seekers
- information-seeking behaviors
- information superhighway
- informational value
- indexing and abstracting
- indices
- instant messaging
- instant messaging archiving
- institutional memory
- institutional records
- instructional design
- integrated library systems
- integrity
- intellectual control
- intellectual freedom
- intellectual property
- Intensity of Care Index
- interface design
- interfaces
- interleaving
- internet
- internship
- interviews
- intrinsic value
- inventories
- IP
- iron gall ink
- ISBD
- ISBN
- ISO 15489-1
- ISSN
- J2EE
- Japanese paper
- Java
- JavaScript
- JAXB
- JAXP
- JDOM
- JPEG
- JPG2000
- keyword searching
- knowledge
- knowledge management
- laboratory notebooks
- Land Grant Act of 1862
- large format
- law librarian
- leaves
- legal cutody
- lettering
- LC Classification
- LCNAF
- LCRIs
- LCSH
- librarians
- librarianship
- library
- Library 2.0
- Library Bill of Rights
- library director
- library educator
- library management
- Library Services & Technologies Act (LSTA)
- life cycle of records
- light meter
- lignin
- lignin-free
- linear feet
- linen tape
- link resolvers
- linking
- listserv
- literacy
- literary property
- literary rights
- literature database
- literature review
- lithograph
- lobbying
- local history
- Lotka's law
- low resolution scans
- lux
- machine-readable finding aids
- macroappraisal
- MADS
- magnetic tapes
- main entry
- manuscript boxes
- manuscript curators
- manuscript illustration
- manuscript repairs
- manuscript repositories
- manuscripts
- map librarian
- maps
- MARC
- MARCXML
- mashups
- media center
- Meissner-Greene processing method
- memory
- MeSH
- metadata
- metadata harvesting
- metadata standards
- metadata syntax
- metatags
- methodology
- METS
- microfilm
- microfilm storage boxes
- microform
- microphotography
- Minnesota Method
- mission statement
- MLIS
- MLS
- MODS
- module
- molds
- MoReq2
- Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862
- movable type printing
- moving images
- multimedia
- museum cases
- mySQL
- national archives
- natural sciences librarian
- NCIPA
- negative boxes
- newspapers
- newspaper boxes
- newsprint
- nitrate-based films
- non-aqueous
- non-archival
- non-circulating
- non-record materials
- non-reversable
- normalization
- notebooks
- notes
- objectives statement
- OCR
- octavo
- offset
- OLA certification
- online finding aid
- ontologies
- OACBPG
- OAI
- OAIS
- OPACs
- open access journals
- open architecture software
- openID
- open source software
- operations research
- oral history
- oral history interviewing
- organizational chart
- original cataloging
- original documents
- original order
- outsourcing
- outreach
- oversize materials
- ownership
- oxidation
- page holder
- page-turning software
- paleography
- paper conservator
- paper enclosures
- paper finding aid
- paper hinges
- paper wrappers
- Paperwork Reduction Act
- parchment
- Paris Principles
- pathfinders
- patron
- peer reviewed journals
- PERL
- Permalife bond paper
- permanence
- permanent adhesive
- permanent value
- personal papers
- petabyte storage
- phase box
- photo box
- photocopying markers
- photographic negatives
- photographs
- photosensitive
- PHP
- PLA certification
- plasticizer
- plate
- plugin
- podcasts
- polyester enclosures
- polyester film rolls and sheets
- polyethylene bags and photo envelopes
- polypropylene enclosures
- polyvinyl acetate
- polyvinyl chlorate (PVC)
- post-custodial era
- practicum
- PRAXIS
- pre–scripted IM responses
- preservation
- preservation paper
- presidential records
- press
- primary value
- printing
- printing press
- private funding
- processing
- programming
- project archivist
- propriatary software
- provenance
- psychrometer
- public funding
- public historian
- public history
- public library
- qualifiers
- quarto
- queries
- questionnaires
- rag content
- rag paper
- rare book ID strips
- RBMS Thesauri
- RDF
- RFID
- readers advisories
- reading room policies
- ready reference questions
- reference interview
- remote storage
- realia
- record copies
- record creators
- record groups
- record storage carton
- records
- records centers
- Records Disposal Act of 1943
- records management
- records management program
- records management systems
- records manager
- records retention and dispositions schedules
- records survey
- recto
- reference books
- reference librarian
- reference materials
- reference policies
- reference process
- reference request
- reference service
- reference tools
- registers
- registration
- Rehabilitation Act
- relational database design
- relative humidity
- relative location
- Relax NG
- religious archivists
- remote reference
- repository
- research
- research-oriented questions
- researcher
- reserves
- resource discovery
- respect des fonds
- respondents
- restoration
- restrictions
- results list
- retrieval systems
- rice paper
- right of first sale doctrine
- robots
- Romanization
- Ruby on Rails
- Rule of Three
- salons
- Sarbanes-Oxley
- SAX
- scanner
- scanning
- scanning standards
- school library media center
- science librarian
- scoring
- scrapbooks
- screencasts
- scribe
- scriptlet
- search strategies
- Sears
- Second Life
- secondary values
- secure FTP sites
- Section 508
- security
- semantic web
- sepia toned prints
- servlets
- sequencing databases
- serials
- serials librarian
- series
- service
- SGML
- sheets
- shelf lists
- shelving
- signatures
- silica gel
- sleeves
- slides
- slip case
- snail mail
- snippet
- social software
- software licensing
- sound archives
- sound recordings
- spacers
- spatulas
- special collections
- Special Collections Records & Encoded Archival Description interface (SCREAD)
- special collections librarian
- special library
- spiders
- spray mount
- SQL
- stacks
- stakeholders
- standardization
- statement of responsibility
- Stationers' Company
- stereographs
- storage
- storage best practices
- strategic goals
- style manuals
- subgroups
- subject bibliographers
- subject headings
- subject searching
- subject specialists
- Subversion (programming)
- support
- surrogate records
- survey
- synchronous, real–time technologies
- systems librarians
- tables of contents
- tag clouds
- tags
- tattletape
- taxonomies
- TCP/IP
- technical services
- technical services librarian
- technical expertise requirements
- technological obsolescence
- teen librarians
- TEI
- TEI Lite
- telescoping boxes
- telnet
- tenure
- text messaging
- text messages archiving
- textbooks
- Textual Encoding Initiative (TEI)
- theft
- thermohygrometers
- thesauri
- theses
- TIFF
- tipping in
- title pages
- transfer rights
- translations
- transliterations
- truncations
- types
- typefaces
- typography
- tyvek enclosures
- UDC
- Unicode
- uniform titles
- uniqueness
- universal access
- URI
- URL
- usability
- usability engineering
- usability testing
- usability studies
- use
- use restrictions
- user-friendly
- user studies
- users
- USA PATRIOT Act
- USMARC
- UV filters
- UV light
- vellum
- vendors
- verso
- video surveillance
- videoconferencing
- virtual reference service
- VOIP
- volunteer staff
- watermarks
- Web 2.0
- web forms
- web page archiving
- webcasts
- weeding
- widgets
- wikis
- work marks
- workflows
- Young Adult (YA) librarian
- XHTML
- XML
- XML namespaces
- XML schemas
- XML Working Group
- XPath
- XQuery
- XSL
- XSL-FO
- XSLT
- Z39.50 protocol
Search the Library of Congress Name Subject Headings (LCSH) Database
http://authorities.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First
Search the Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)
http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/aat/
