Library jargon: Student comprehension of technical language used by librarians

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 543-552

  Naismith, Rachael ^a   Stein, Joan ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000651962     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl_50_05_543     Document Type: Article

References (16)

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3. Ellis Mount, "Communication Barriers and the Reference Question, " Special Libraries 57:575-78 (Oct. 1966).
4. Ruth E. Fenske, "The Use of Jargon in Medical School Libraries, " Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 74:12-15 (Jan. 1986).
5. Bonnie Snow, "What Jargon Is Really Necessary When Teaching (And Learning) Online Skills?" Online 10:100-107 (July 1986).
6. Nathan M. Smith and Stephen D. Fitt, "Vertical-Horizontal Relationships: Their Application for Librarians, " Special Libraries 66:528-31 (Nov. 1975).
7. Linda Hower, Revising Functional Documents: The Scenario Principle, Communications Design Center Technical Report no. 10 (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University, 1980), p. 7.
8. David W. Green, "Writing, Jargon, and Research, " Written Communication 3:364-81 (July 1986).
9. Thomas N. Huckin, "A Cognitive Approach to Readability, " in New Essays in Technical and Scientific Communications: Research, Theory, Practice, ed. Paul V. Anderson, R. John Brockmann, and Carolyn R. Miller (Farmingdale, N. Y.: Baywood Pub. Co., 1983), p. 92.
10. Green, "Writing, " p. 371.
11. Rachael Naismith, "Establishing a Library Publications Program, " College & Research Libraries News 2:59-60+ (Feb. 1985).
12. William J. Jackson, "The User-Friendly Library Guide, " College & Research Libraries News 45:468-71 (Oct. 1984).
13. For a copy of the graded test, write to either of the authors at Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, Frew Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213.
14. Karen A. Schriver, Plain Language for Expert or Lay Audiences: Designing Text Using Protocol-Aided Revision, Communications Design Center Technical Report no. 43 (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University, 1987), p. 10.
15. The actual question, with number of responses, read: Interlibrary loan: (a) book purchase funds shared by more than one library - 2 (b) obtaining items from another library system through your library - 75 (c) the ability to check books out in person from a library other than your own - 15 (d) obtaining books or photocopies from other campus libraries - 8
16. Pamela Downing, "On the Creation and Use of English Compound Nouns, " Language 53:810-41 (Dec. 1977).