Minutes of the December 8, 2004 TERMinators meeting

Present: Mark Dehmlow, Alan Krieger, Mary Lehman, Tom Lehman, Laurie McGowan, Kathie Ryan-Zeugner, Cheri Smith

Prior to the meeting Tom had mailed the group a 4-page document "Suggested Term Definition Changes" for 23 terms. In the meeting we addressed the following terms (shown with their newly agreed upon definition/status):

Abbreviations:

Collections of shortened words or phrases that represent the words or phrases in their entirety.

Alerting services:

Electronic updates that provide the latest information regarding library collections, including journal tables of contents and new acquisitions.

Arts and entertainment:

Lists and descriptions of movies, theater playlists, museums and cultural events of local interest.

Associations, societies and institutes:

Organizations of interest to academic programs at Notre Dame.

Audio recordings:

Resources consisting of musical, spoken, or other types of sounds.

Books, Electronic:

Electronic monographs.

Books, Print:

Monographs in paper format.

Books, Rare

[We agreed to drop this term.]

Calendars and holidays:

Lists of cultural, religious, civic or historical events, arranged by month and day, often with descriptive or background information.

Chants:

Repetitive, rhythmic utterances or songs.

Children's literature:

Works written for young persons.

Constants, formulae and tables:

Resources that feature unchanging numerical values, facts or principles expressed in mathematical symbols, and/or quantitative information presented in tabular form.

Consumer information:

Resources providing information about products, services or health.

Fiction:

Invented prose narratives.

Journals, Electronic:

Periodicals accessed via a computer.

Journals, Print:

Periodicals in paper format.

Respectfully submitted,
Mary Lehman