nonbook

non·book

(nŏn′bo͝ok′)

A book having little or no literary merit or substance, often published to exploit a fad.

adj.

Of, relating to, or being something other than a book, such as microfilm or microfiche in a library.

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nonbook

(ˌnɒnˈbʊk)

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) literature a book with little or no substance or merit, often faddish in nature

adj

relating to library materials that are not books, such as magazines or microfiche

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non•book

(ˈnɒnˌbʊk)

n.

a book compiled of materials that are generally without any literary or artistic merit.

[1955–60]

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Others disproportionately affect what part III of the original Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR) called (and which are still sometimes collectively referred to) as "nonbook materials," a motley mix of manuscripts, maps, moving-image materials, music, sound recordings, and two-dimensional images.

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He discusses general aspects of the two fields and their role in the institution; managing a rare book department; archives; the physical materials of the collection and terminology; physical layout and operations; fundraising; security; legal issues; how to use and compile bibliographies; book collecting and handling; outreach; preservation, conservation, restoration, and disaster planning; special collections departments in the digital age; and other issues, such as nonbook collection items, department protocols, administrative and fiscal oversight, staffing and human relations issues, development activities, and solicitation of gifts.

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It is only recently that audiovisual material, first labeled as nonbook material (the only way to define it was in contrast with books), earned the right to be stored in a controlled environment, next to the books, and to be regarded as worthy of permanent preservation.

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Chapter 1 provides "Essential Background" as it examines the core elements of resource description for nonbook resources.

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For instance, the University of South Florida's Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies provides "Archive Management" and "Nonbook Cataloging" though its School of Information.

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(135) If the primers are excluded (as chapmen's ware, which was not handled by the Stationers), the number of shipments that include nonbook merchandise decreased each year except for 1520/1.

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They are feeding the resentment of practitioners to an education reform agenda that draws its inspiration from nonbook sources and is advancing despite the hostility stirred by such books.