Scalable
Ability of a system (typically computer systems) to respond to growth.
School Services Centre
Centre that provides advisory information and support for school libraries. There are 14 through the country and they include the three collection centres in Auckland, Palmerston North and Christchurch. Also known as National Library Service centres.
Serials
Anything published regularly, such as magazines, journals or newspapers.
Software
Programmes and instructions that direct a computer. Contrast with hardware.
Special collection(s)
Collections of rare books and archive materials in a library, or collections centered around particular people or special interest topics. For example, the Dorothy Neal White Collection is a special collection focused on children's literature.
Stamp
A term in bookbinding. A finishing tool bearing figures or patterns in relief, used to impress designs into the covering material.
Strategy
Plan or method towards achieving a goal or objective.
Subject cataloguing
To describe what a book or other publication is about using subject terms.
Sublimation
The conversion of an element or substance from its solid state to its gas state without passing through the liquid stage (i.e. from ice to water vapour without turning into water in between).
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