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I assume you’re referring to the difference between the glorious mustiness of a library and the glorious plasticy newness of a bookstore. That’s probably due to the fact that as paper ages, the cellulose within it decays, letting off that sweet, sweet book smell. Bookstore books haven’t had as much time to decay (unless it’s a used bookstore), leading to that different smell.

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ISBN means international standard book number. Each edition of a book gets a number. A paperback title gets a different ISBN than the hard cover. This is so when you order a book, you get exactly the one you want.

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ptomomeo the first, and patolomeo, demtrio

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A librarian works indoors, usually in a smoke-free, air-conditioned and quiet environment.

The work is light- no heavy lifting and no dangerous machinery and no dangerous chemical and fumes. There are no sales quotas and usually very little pressure to perform competitively. The work is beneficial to mankind and you can find a job in any part of the country. You rarely have to make quick decisions and if you make a mistake on the job it can be corrected without doing anyone irreparable damage.

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Library cess is the mechanism by which the state government collect revenue for the functioning of public libraries in the state.

Library cess is a kind of tax which is levied on the house/property tax, usually it ranges between 5%-10%.For instance, if you buy a land for 1 lakh of rupees and the property tax is 10% and the library cess over it is 5%.Then,the tax alone will amount to 10 thousand and cess will 5% of 10000,that is,500 rupees. Then the total amount you will have to pay is rupees 1,10,500 out of which rupees 500 will go in the budget of libraries.

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000 - Generalities

030 - Britannica (British Encyclopadeia)

100 - Philosophy and Psychology

150 - Psychology

200 - Religion

220 - Bible

300 - Social Sciences

327 - International relations

400 - Languages

413 - English dictionary

500 - Natural Science

561 - Paleobotany

600 - Applied Science & Technology

618 - Gynecology & other medical specialties

700 - Arts, Music, Sports

793 - indoor Games

800 - Literature

821 - English Poetry

900 - History & Geography

920 - Biography

100 - Philosophy and psychology

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Tracings" is terminology from the card catalog. Before the time of printed cards (in which each card contains all of the bibliographical information) there was a primary card that had along the bottom a list of all of the headings that would be entered into the catalog for that bibliographic item. These included added authors, series entries, and subject entries. This card served as the control card for the item; if the item were withdrawn from the library, this card would list all of the cards that would need to be removed from the catalog, so that the librarian could "trace" them through the catalog. In electronic catalogs, the term can be used to refer to the set of added entries in the bibliographic record.

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Teenage sexuality (Artie included) and the lasting power of love (think of forever between Michael and Katherine and the death of Katherine's grandfather)

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In very ancient times people kept track of their live-stock using pebbles.(Easier to count then the actual duck or sheep or cattle themselves.) It was easier to keep such pebbles in a bag or a cup for later reference. It has been suggested that one day an unfired clay cup was being used and the person using it found that the pebbles stuck (rather conveniently) to the sides, making sorting easier. From there the cup became a flat slab of clay (easier to get your hands around) and the impression that the pebbles made in the wet clay made a permanent record of the transaction of the day.

The pebbles became obsolete as it was found that a stylus could be used to make the impressions just as easily. The first books therefore were ledgers.

As hieroglyphics were invented to keep track of the different types of inventory and of the people associated with transactions, stories became possible to record.

The Egyptians replace clay with papyrus (much easier to carry around) and of course could be rolled-up. These were the first scrolls. A scroll however has to be rolled out beginning to end and people found that a pile of short scrolls were easier to reference than a single large, long one, so they actually began cutting scrolls up into shorter lengths (shudder) and affixing all pieces to only one post. This was the earliest 'spine' of books.

From here I'm sure how you can see further incremental improvements were made.

All these stages (except the wet clay cup) have been recorded as being in use as the more advanced portions of the world observed the more primitive portions. There are still today 'rancher' who keep track of their livestock using pebbles.

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Depends on what you mean by a library. The earliest collections of written materials are found in ancient Sumeria, but many of these are just piles of financial records; still, it's a start in the direction of "Hey, we ought to keep this stuff in case we need to look at it later.

" In my opinion, the first "real library" was the one at Nineveh, which was deliberately added to and maintained as a repository of knowledge in various subjects. Other famous libraries of the ancient world were those at Alexandria and Pergamum.

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'Library consortium' may be defined as "an association or group of libraries who come together to achieve the common goal of 'optimum users satisfaction' with the participation in a common activity and sharing the resources."

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Generally, yes, they are. However, Library Science, is it's own particular professional specialty and you may find some differences from one to the other based on the determination of the Librarian in Charge.

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A library can refer to the building in which is housed books, reference guides, magazines, and other sources of information on a huge variety of topics. It can also refer to a collection of books or information on a specific topic, such as: "I have a huge library of books on Brain Surgery".

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Quaid-e-Aazam Library in Lahore is the biggest library of Pakistan.

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No, not really.

A library card isn't a financial card, it's just a card that grants you borrowing privileges at a library (or libraries) and holds you liable for fines and/or fees if you don't return things on time or at all.

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Library is to book as book is to words.

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A library is a collection of information, sources, resources, and services: it is organized for use and maintained by a public body, an institution,or a private individual. In the more traditional sense, a library is a collection of books

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Libraries were centers of learning and ideas.

Educated people and thinkers often met at libraries to debate and talk about revolutionary ideas.

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A shelf list card is an old style catalog card from the master shelf list file of a particular library. Shelf list cards often held more information regarding issue of magazines and journals, number of copies, sources of gifts, etc. than the public really needed to know. The shelf list cards were kept in call number order, and not open for public use. The public catalog card versions were filed by author or other main entry, title, and subject.

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yes