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  2. Duke University Libraries - Wikipedia

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    Bostock Library, named for board of trustees member Roy J. Bostock, opened in the fall of 2005 as part of the University's strategic plan to supplement Duke's libraries.. It contains 87 study carrels, 517 seats, and 96 computer stations, as well as 72,996 feet (22,249 m) of shelving for overflow books from Perkins Library as well as for new collectio

  3. Online public access catalog - Wikipedia

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    At the same time, libraries began to develop applications to automate the purchase, cataloging, and circulation of books and other library materials. These applications, collectively known as an integrated library system (ILS) or library management system, included an online catalog as the public interface to the system's inventory. Most ...

  4. Library catalog - Wikipedia

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    During the late 18th century through mid-19th century, cataloguing on paper slips or cards gradually replaced ledgers and books as the main medium for library catalogs, and in the 20th it was long ubiquitous. The card catalog was a familiar sight to library users for generations. Computerized cataloguing developed gradually from the mid-20th ...

  5. Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library - Wikipedia

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    A narrator and monitor record a digital-audio book, or "talking book" for the Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library. The recording studio housed within Perkins School for the Blind's Library records and produces digital audio books—local titles for its main collection that are then shared with the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and custom audio ...

  6. Category:Duke University Libraries - Wikipedia

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    David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library; L. Lectionary 302; ... William R. Perkins Library ... This page was last edited on 21 August 2020, ...

  7. Why's it called that? Before a library carried her name ... - AOL

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    An appropriate book to read during Labor Day weekend would be "Frances Perkins: Champion of the New Deal." Of course, it can be found in the stacks of the Frances M. Perkins Branch of the ...

  8. Digital library - Wikipedia

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    The Biodiversity Heritage Library website, an example of a digital library. A digital library (also called an online library, an internet library, a digital repository, a library without walls, or a digital collection) is an online database of digital objects that can include text, still images, audio, video, digital documents, or other digital media formats or a library accessible through the ...

  9. Cataloging (library science) - Wikipedia

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    In library and information science, cataloging or cataloguing is the process of creating metadata representing information resources, such as books, sound recordings, moving images, etc. Cataloging provides information such as author's names, titles, and subject terms that describe resources, typically through the creation of bibliographic records. [1]