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With a valid McAllen Public Library card, or a valid card from any participating library in the Hidalgo County Library System, patrons may borrow and request items. Other services provided by MPL include Ask a Librarian, interlibrary loan, obituary requests, services for patrons with disabilities, study rooms, test proctoring, and tours.
South Texas College (STC) is a public community college in the Rio Grande Valley region of South Texas. It is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Bachelor of Applied Technology, Associate of Applied Science, Associate of Arts, and Associate of Science degrees. As of fall 2023 ...
A short-title catalogue (or catalog) is a bibliographical resource that lists printed items in an abbreviated fashion, recording the most important words of their titles. The term is commonly encountered in the context of early modern books, which frequently have lengthy, descriptive titles on their title pages .
The card catalog at Yale University's Sterling Memorial Library Another view of the SML card catalog The card catalog in Manchester Central Library Finding aids are utilized to assist information professionals and help researchers find materials within an archive [1] The Card Catalog at the Library of Congress. A library catalog (or library ...
Newer generations of library catalog systems, typically called discovery systems (or a discovery layer), are distinguished from earlier OPACs by their use of more sophisticated search technologies, including relevancy ranking and faceted search, as well as features aimed at greater user interaction and participation with the system, including tagging and reviews.
The term layer indicates that the software is modular and can be used to emphasize the separability of catalog search and browse functionality from an integrated library system (ILS). [3] The distinction between discovery layer , interface , and system is not rigorous and the terms are sometimes used as synonyms.
Work on the ISTC began in 1980 under the leadership of the British Library's Lotte Hellinga. Frederick R. Goff's Incunabula in American Libraries (1973) was the first pre-existing catalog to be keyed into ISTC's database. Besides providing the catalog's first 12,900 entries, Goff's system for classifying information about incunables formed the ...
Charles M. Robinson III (May 25, 1949 – September 18, 2012) was an American author, illustrator, and adventurer. [1] He was a history instructor with South Texas College in McAllen, Texas, until early 2012 and was a member of the 2010 Oxford Round Table.