Expurgo in english
pronunciation: aɪɪkspəndʒ part of speech: none








expurgar = discard ; weed ; withdraw ; deselect ; cull.
Example: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.Example: It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.Example: List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.Example: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.Example: The contents of an extract will often be culled from the results, conclusions or recommendations, i.e. the concluding segments, of the document.expurgo = relegation ; scrapping ; withdrawal ; expurgation ; weeding ; discarding ; deaccession ; deacquisition [de-acquisition] ; jettisoning ; deselection ; purge ; cull.
Example: The number of withdrawn books from academic libraries has fallen to about one third of the quantity in the 'pre Atkinson' period, whereas public library relegations have increased.Example: The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.Example: Also it is difficult to correct any errors in punching, and to make any modifications to the index, corresponding, for instance, to withdrawals.Example: We might connect stream, current, flux, flow and evolution as being manifestations of motion; expurgation, disinfection, refining, bowdlerization and whitewashing as being manifestations of cleaning.Example: Weeding is the process of removing materials which are no longer useful from a library collection.Example: The discarding of literature can only offer limited help in relieving the space shortage for seating.Example: These rules are concerned with access, deaccession, appraisals, preservation, and theft of books.Example: Most deacquisitions research is carried out in college and university libraries, since serious space problems exist in such libraries.Example: Part 1 deals with library processes, including selection, checking and claiming, cataloguing and jettisoning.Example: No, it is not the deselection of contentious literature about, say, politics or sex, that is at issue.Example: The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.Example: A cull of ruddy ducks in the UK has cut their numbers to just 120.more:
» expurgo de documentos = records disposition .
Example: And this study will examine how new technology actually is affecting records creation, recordkeeping, and records disposition.» expurgo de fondos bibliográficos = collection weeding ; stock weeding .
Example: This article discusses how to manage issues affecting public service such as building closures and collection weeding. Example: At Reading University library a working group analyzed the problem and considered the solution of stock weeding.» expurgo de publicaciones periódicas = periodical collection weeding .
Example: The article carries the title 'Periodical collection weeding in the academic library'.» expurgo por censura = bowdlerisation [bowdlerization, -USA] .
Example: We might connect stream, current, flux, flow and evolution as being manifestations of motion; expurgation, disinfection, refining, bowdlerization and whitewashing as being manifestations of cleaning.» expurgos = withdrawn material ; withdrawn books .
Example: Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials. Example: The number of withdrawn books from academic libraries has fallen to about one third of the quantity in the 'pre Atkinson' period, whereas public library relegations have increased.» fecha de expurgo = purge date [Fecha límite a partir de la cual se elimina un registro o un documento de una colección] .
Example: The deletion is done on the basis of the date on which each record was added to the data base and the purge date in each record.» plan de expurgo = weeding policy ; weeding project .
Example: The library could develop a weeding policy that will enable it to remove from the shelves those materials that have remained unused or little used for 25 years or more. Example: This article presents the results of a stock weeding project at Newcastle University Library in 1973.» política de expurgo = weeding policy .
Example: The library could develop a weeding policy that will enable it to remove from the shelves those materials that have remained unused or little used for 25 years or more.