N
- NAL WINDOW
- Network Application Launcher. The window on the computer
desktop that provides access to a staff member's software applications.
- NALA
- Nashville Area Library Alliance; a consortium of academic,
school, the Public Library of Nashville, and the Tennessee State Library
and Archives established to share collections.
- NASHVILLE LIBRARY CLUB
- NETFIX
- System for reporting technology problems to the
Library Technology Team.
- NETSCAPE
- See browser.
- NETWORK
- A series of wires and cables which connect a number of
computers. Data is exchanged between computers via these cables.
- NLM
- (1) National Library of
Medicine(Bethesda, Maryland);
(2) The
classification system devised by the NLM and used in the Biomedical Library
for books published after 1970.
- NON-EXEMPT (PERSONNEL)
- A status of employment as defined by the Wage and Hour
Division of the Department of Labor. Employees in this category are paid
overtime (time and a half for any hours worked over 40 in a week) and by
the hour.
- NT
- Windows N(ew) T(echnology). The operating system for desktop
computers currently
in use at the libraries.
- NUC
- National Union Catalog; a catalog issued by the Library of
Congress containing a record of titles cataloged at the Library of Congress
plus location of these titles in other libraries throughout the U.S. and
Canada.
- NYP
- Not yet published.
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