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Public Access Catalog, OPAC; See: ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOG.

1. System of numbers or letters used to indicate the order of the pages in a book. 
2.  That part of the physical description that states the number of pages contained in a book.

Pamphlet Box. Box used to support pamphlets or loose periodical issues on shelves.  Usually made out of cardboard, but also available in metal, which are called Princeton Files.

The title proper in another language recorded in the title and statement of responsibility area.

Portion of a work in one or more volumes issued by a publisher as the work is completed for publication. It is distinguished from a fascicle by being a unit rather than a temporary portion of a unit.

A feature of INNOPAC whereby a library user can execute a search in one library CATALOG and re-execute the same search in a different library catalog, if that library is a pre-defined "partner." CSUL's partners include U.Colorado, Boulder, University of Northern Colorado, Auraria, and other Colorado libraries that use INNOPAC.

Library user.

See GRIFFIN, PAT

The performance management program mandated by the State of Colorado, and instituted by Colorado State University in 2001, which addresses the policies and procedures for classified personnel job performance planning and evaluation as well as associated merit salary increases.

Pay for Performance @ CSU

A term used by INNOPAC to describe the file where invoice and other financial data is collected after it is entered by ACQUISITIONS SERVICES staff through ordering and receiving functions.  INNOPAC supports 4 pay files so that 4 different staff can work at any one time.  When accounting staff "post" payfiles, INNOPAC updates the fund files, the order records, Payment History file, and the vendor file. 

Short for personal computer or IBM PC and is a small, relatively inexpensive computer designed for an individual user. The first personal computer produced by IBM was called the PC, and increasingly the term PC came to mean IBM or IBM-compatible personal computers, to the exclusion of other types of personal computers, such as Macintoshes.

Portable Document Format is a file format developed by Adobe Systems. PDF captures formatting information from a variety of desktop publishing applications, making it possible to send formatted documents and have them appear on the recipient's monitor or printer as they were intended. To view a file in PDF format, you need ADOBE ACROBAT READER, a free application distributed by Adobe Systems.

See POSITION DESCRIPTION QUESTIONNAIRE.

A special type of journal where articles are reviewed and selected by other academics and researchers prior to publication. Peer-reviewed journals are often called research or refereed journals because they typically contain research results and reviewed articles for a specific scholarly field or discipline and have undergone a formal review process. Peer-reviewed journals are an excellent example of SCHOLARLY SOURCES of information.

PERIODICAL

Publication that is issued at regular intervals two or more times a year and which contains articles on various subjects. Intended to continue indefinitely. Usually denotes a "magazine;" e.g. Time.

1. Index to a group of periodicals, generally issued regularly and usually cumulated annually. 
2. Index to a volume, several issues or a set of periodicals, usually issued once annually and bound at the end of the volume.

See LIBRARIES PERSONNEL.

Copy image made by a photo-reproduction process.

Term used to refer to pagination, size, and color of an item.

Single unit of library material. Generic term is used loosely to describe items, both bound and unbound (the latter generally of a cumulative nature) that are undergoing processing in the TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISION.

A password created by users of the SAGE system. (PIN=Personal Identification Number)

Create your PIN

Phases of Integrated Problem Solving.

Label on the back of each periodical issue indicating title, date, date of receipt, and CSU Libraries ownership.

Updates to a title that is inserted in a pocket inside the back cover which are usually superseded. 

See PDF

An official record of the assignment made to a STATE CLASSIFIED position.  The primary use is to place a position in the proper classification and pay level.

See INTERNATIONAL POSTER COLLECTION . 

Payment in advance of receipt of ordered item.

1. Printing issued in advance of book or periodical publication.  2. Printing of a speech, lecture, or paper issued before its formal delivery.

The preservation of (organic bodies) from decaying or spoiling; to keep in perfect or unaltered condition; maintain, unchanged.

Section of PRESERVATION SERVICES responsible for CONSERVATION treatment, replacement of pages and selecting materials for commercial rebinding. 

Unit of the Libraries responsible for the PRESERVATION of the collection, making certain it is housed under the best possible conditions, and for determining what materials need special facilities or restoration to prevent their deterioration.  The Unit consists of STACKS, the PRESERVATION LAB, the BINDERY, and MARKING.

Preservation Services

See PAM BOX.

Cataloging database of OCLC.  See INNOPAC PRISM.

Software program that allows the user to capture screens and save them as graphic files by pressing the "Print Screen" key on the computer keyboard.

See ORDER PACKET.

See BUILDING PROCTOR.

Invoice received for checking and approval prior to receiving the forma INVOICE. It is used as a checklist for serials renewals and then returned to the VENDOR for authorization to renew.

This $7.2 million fundraising campaign started in 1994; the campaign accomplished two goals: to renovate and add to the existing MORGAN LIBRARY; and to start the MORGAN LIBRARY ENDOWMENT. The following contributed to the "PROMISE FULFILLED" campaign. There are areas of MORGAN LIBRARY named after them to recognize their generosity:

• The Griffin Foundation, Inc. – Pat Griffin Wing– Entire west wing, 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd floors.
• Ken & Myra Monfort – Recognized with a Framed Certificate outside of the FRONT OFFICE – Suite 110
• Boettcher Foundation Reading Room– West side, 1^st floor.
• Adolph Coors Foundation Courtyard– Courtyard area, 1^st floor.
• Harold H. Short Family Reading Room– West side, 3^rd floor.
• US West Electronic Information Center – ELECTRONIC INFORMATION CENTER – 1^st floor –
  also recognized with a Framed Certificate next to the ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ROOM.
• Joseph Phelps Gallery – The front entrance area located between the Courtyard and the electronic gates on the 1^st floor.
• Richard L. Robinson and Edward A. Robinson Gallery – Area located under the Sculpture, above the front entrance on the 3^rd floor.
• The Robert S. Everitt Family Gallery – Area located above the front entrance on the 2^nd floor. FIRST NATIONAL BANK GALLERY – Area located just east of the electronic gates next to
  INTERLIBRARY LOAN SERVICES – This area is also used for the ARTS IN THE LIBRARY SERIES EXHIBITS – 1^st floor.
• Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Gallery – Area located just outside of the elevator doors on the 2^nd Floor.
• Gates Family Foundation Gallery – Area located at the north gallery above the front entrance on the 3^rd floor.
• Kenneth Kendal King Foundation Gallery – Area located at the southeast end of the 2^nd floor.
• Tointon Family Gallery – Area located at the southeast end of the 3^rd floor.
• Helen K. And Arthur E. Johnson Foundation Gallery – Area located just outside of the elevator doors on the 3^rd floor.

An automated service provided by OCLC whereby MARC records are delivered and holdings set for purchased titles identified by a library's participating material vendors. Libraries may request that titles arrive shelf-ready with a call number and physical processing.

Rubber stamp used to identify all Library materials owned by CSU.

A global catalog based at the COLORADO ALLIANCE OF RESEARCH LIBRARIES in Denver, CO.  The actual system is a Triple I product similar to SAGE .  Prospector pulls together the library catalogs of 16 different Colorado libraries and the University of Wyoming for ease in searching.  Users are also able to request materials from other library sites much the same way that CSU patrons can request items from S.O.S. 

Prospector

Software which acts as a conduit for communicating with external sources.  Uses for proxies may include retaining the INTERNET Protocol (IP) address when connecting to services which are restricted to specific IP addresses.

Name assumed by authors to conceal or obscure their identity.

Public Service Flyer – Compiled by MATERIAL SELECTORS in various subject areas.

OPAC; See ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOG.

Division of the libraries composed of the following departments:  ACCESS SERVICES, INTERLIBRARY LOAN and document delivery, REFERENCE SERVICES(collection management, information and reference, instruction, outreach and staff training), and government documents specialist.

A directory on Guppy, one of the Libraries' servers, available from any public station for users to temporarily store their documents.

1. Work issued to the public in the form of a document, periodical, or book. 2. Act of issuing such a work.

See SALES PRODUCT CATALOG (SPC).

Person, corporate body, or firm responsible for issuing a work.

Series of books whose only link may be the collective title assigned by the publisher.

BO – back ordered
NYP – not yet published
OP – out of print
OS – out of stock
OSI – out of stock indefinitely
TOP – temporarily out of print
TOS – temporarily out of stock

An official University order issued to a VENDOR by the PURCHASING DEPARTMENT for the supply of products and/or services.  All PURCHASE ORDERS must go through the PURCHASING DEPARTMENT except for library materials (monographs and serials), which are issued by ACQUISITIONS SERVICES.

The department within the University which is authorized by the State to conduct purchasing operations and to ensure compliance with State policies and regulations.

Agreement with a VENDOR where they send us materials according to predefined profiles in which the library keeps all materials received. 

Short for persistent URL, a type of URL that acts as an intermediary for a real URL of a WEB resource. When you enter a PURL in a browser, the browser sends the page request to a PURL server which then returns the real URL of the page. PURLs are persistent because once a PURL is established, it never needs to change. The real address of the web page may change but the PURL remains the same. PURLs are managed by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).