Relashionship of concepts and terms «reference and biblographic actvities» and «reference and biblographic services»

Abstract

Historical evolution of the concept «reference and bibliographic work» as well as «reference and bibliographic services» found in scientific works and state industry standards has been analyzed. It is recommended to use the term «reference and bibliographic activities» that includes reference and search aids, bibliographic products as well as usage of reference and bibliographic resources to meet user’s information requests.

Keywords

• libraries, library and information science, information and reference work, information and reference services, reference-searching aids, reference-bibliographical aids, users, terminology.