Academic Libraries Glossary
128 terms total — 24 showing — Last updated 15 Sep 2026
Subject Liaison
A librarian assigned to work with a specific academic department or subject discipline to understand research and teaching needs, provide targeted information resources, and support scholarly communication. They serve as the primary contact between the library and their designated subject area.
License Agreement Negotiation
The collaborative process between librarians and vendors to establish terms, pricing, and usage rights for digital resou...
License Negotiation
The process of discussing and establishing the specific terms, conditions, and pricing for accessing digital resources,...
Licensing Agreement
A legal contract specifying terms of use, access rights, and restrictions for digital or electronic resources that libra...
Link Resolver
A technology tool that identifies citations and creates dynamic links from bibliographic references to full-text content...
manuscript
An author's written work submitted for publication before it undergoes formal editing and typesetting. It represents the...
MARC Record
A standardized digital format (Machine-Readable Cataloging) used to encode bibliographic and item-level information abou...
metadata
Structured data that describes, explains, or provides information about other data. In academic libraries, it enables di...
Metadata Creation
The process of generating descriptive, structural, and administrative information about digital and physical resources t...
Metadata enrichment
The process of enhancing bibliographic records by adding supplementary information such as subject headings, abstracts,...
Metadata schema
A standardized framework that defines the structure and elements used to describe and organize information resources in...
Monograph
A scholarly work that treats a single subject comprehensively, typically published as a single volume. In academic publi...
Moving Wall
A publisher practice where the oldest issues of a journal become freely accessible after a specified delay period, while...
Open Access
A publishing model that makes scholarly research freely available online without subscription barriers. Readers can acce...
Open access mandate
An institutional or funder requirement that research outputs must be made freely available to the public without subscri...
Open Access Publishing
A publishing model that makes scholarly articles freely available to readers without subscription barriers, often funded...
Open Access Repository
A digital archive that provides free, unrestricted access to scholarly works and research outputs without subscription b...
Openness and Transparency Policy
A framework establishing institutional commitment to providing clear information about library operations, collection de...
ORCID
A persistent digital identifier that uniquely distinguishes researchers and connects them with their scholarly contribut...
Patron Advisory Board
A formally organized group of library users who provide feedback, recommendations, and strategic guidance to library lea...
Peer Review
A quality control process where experts in a field evaluate scholarly work before publication. The process ensures acade...
Peer Review Process
The scholarly evaluation method where experts in a subject field examine academic manuscripts or research before publica...
Persistent Identifier
A standardized, unique digital code assigned to online resources that remains stable and unchanging even if the resource...
preprint
A version of a scholarly paper that precedes formal peer review and publication. It is typically shared publicly to rece...
Preprint Server
A digital repository where researchers deposit manuscripts prior to or alongside formal peer review and publication, ena...