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Term |
Definition |
Balanced Scorecard |
A strategic management tool |
bots |
Software applications that run automatic tasks over the internet |
Libraries Australia |
A service providing information about items held by Australian libraries, used by Australian libraries for automated cataloguing |
logarithmic scale |
A scale of measurement in which equal distances on the scale represent equal ratios of increase; for example, with logarithmic scale to the base of 10, the numbers 10, 100 and 1,000 are shown as equal distances on the graph |
outcomes |
The results, impacts or consequences of actions by the |
PANDORA |
Australian web archive established by the Library in 1996; |
performance |
The proficiency of an agency or authority in acquiring resources economically and using those resources efficiently and effectively |
performance targets |
Quantifiable performance levels or changes in level to be |
petabyte |
1,000 terabytes |
quality |
Relates to the characteristics by which customers or stakeholders judge an organisation, product or service |
Reimagining Libraries |
An initiative of National and State Libraries Australasia, in which |
terabyte |
1,000 gigabytes |
Trove |
A national discovery service implemented by the Library in |