![]() ![]() However, because ODLIS was first developed as an online resource available worldwide, with an e-mail contact address for feedback, users from many countries have contributed to its growth, often suggesting additional terms and commenting on existing definitions. The dictionary reflects North American practice. A newly coined term is added when, in the author's judgment, it is likely to become a permanent addition to the lexicon of LIS. The primary criterion for inclusion is whether a librarian or other information professional might reasonably be expected to know the meaning of the term in the context of his/her work. ![]() ODLIS is designed as a hypertext reference resource for library and information science professionals, university students and faculty, and users of all types of libraries. Since 2004, an additional 1,500 terms and definitions have been added. From 2002 to 2004, the dictionary was expanded to 4,200 terms and cross-references were added, in preparation for the print edition. In 2000, the dictionary was expanded to 2,600 terms and by 2002 an additional 800 terms had been added. In February, 2000, ODLIS was indexed in Yahoo! under "Reference - Dictionaries - Subject." It was also indexed in the WorldCat database, available via OCLC FirstSearch. In the fall of 1999, the glossary was expanded to 1,800 terms, renamed to reflect its expanded scope, and copyrighted. During the summer of 1999, several hundred terms and definitions were added, and a generic version was created, omitting all reference to specific conditions and practices at the Ruth Haas Library. In 1997, many more hypertext links were added and the format was improved in response to suggestions from users. In 1996, the text was expanded and converted to HTML format for installation on the WCSU Libraries Homepage under the title Hypertext Library Lingo: a Glossary of Library Terminology. ![]() ODLIS began at the Ruth Haas Library in 1994 as a four-page printed handout titled Library Lingo, intended for undergraduates not fluent in English and for English-speaking students unfamiliar with basic library terminology. Her primary academic interests are history of the book and publishing, history of political and social revolutions, and art history. degree (1998) in history from Western Connecticut State University. degree (1991) from the University of Washington, Seattle and an M.A. degree (1972) from Reed College in Portland, Oregon an M.L.I.S. Haas Library, Western Connecticut State University (WCSU) in Danbury, CT. Reitz, Arts and Humanities Bibliographer at the Ruth A. ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science was created by Joan M. Tremendous thanks and appreciation to all of you.| Authorship | History | Purpose | Future Plans | Acknowledgments | Use Restrictions | Since this dictionary went up, it has benefited from the suggestions of dozens of people I have never met, from around the world. The basic sources of this work are Weekley's "An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English," Klein's "A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language," "Oxford English Dictionary" (second edition), "Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology," Holthausen's "Etymologisches Wörterbuch der Englischen Sprache," and Kipfer and Chapman's "Dictionary of American Slang." A full list of print sources used in this compilation can be found here. This should be taken as approximate, especially before about 1700, since a word may have been used in conversation for hundreds of years before it turns up in a manuscript that has had the good fortune to survive the centuries. The dates beside a word indicate the earliest year for which there is a surviving written record of that word (in English, unless otherwise indicated). Etymologies are not definitions they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago. This is a map of the wheel-ruts of modern English.
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