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Term | Definition |
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edeposit | Provision, by publishers, of copies of electronic publications to the Library; the Library is entitled to copies of electronic publications under legal deposit provisions in the Copyright Act, and also through Premiers Circulars and other government agreements |
eresource | Electronic publication or database of electronic publications |
granularity | Level of detail in a set of data; more granular collection data will describe individual items within a collection, for example, while less granular data will only provide a description of the collection as a whole |
Libraries Australia | A service providing information about items held by Australian libraries, used by Australian libraries for automated cataloguing and inter-lending; see librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au |
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 |
mine content | The use of computer systems to identify patterns in large data sets |
performance | The proficiency of an agency or authority in acquiring resources economically and using those resources efficiently and effectively in achieving planned outcomes |
performance targets | Quantifiable performance levels or changes in level to be attained by a specific date |
petabyte | 1,000 terabytes |
seed-list harvesting | The use of a large list of URLs to collect copies of many websites at once, rather than selecting websites individually |
terabyte | 1,000 gigabytes |
Trove | A national discovery service implemented by the Library in November 2009, providing a single point of access to a wide range of traditional and digital content from Australian collections and global information sources |