hospital librarian

Ex: Librarians have recognized the relationship between Reader's Advisory service and bibliotherapy as it is practiced in a medical setting and through the patient libraries of hospitals.

Ex: Hospital librarians should assist in the development of library inspection guidelines for surveyors.

biblioteca ambulante — mobile library, bookmobile (EEUU)

biblioteca circulante — [de préstamo] lending library; [ambulante] circulating library

Ex: A library is no longer constrained to choose either a classified or a dictionary catalogue.

Ex: In particular we are concerned with those techniques which are of interest to librarians and information workers.

Ex: That is a kind of, I would submit, bibliothecal arrogance on our part, a kind of intellectual elitism, if you will.

director(a) de departamento — (Univ) head of department

director(a) de funeraria — undertaker, funeral director, mortician (EEUU)

director(a) de interiores — (TV) studio director

Ex: Anthony read the handwritten note he found in his mailbox from the principal of the high school at which he had been employed as head of the school media program for one month.

Ex: As head of a committee, and being recognized as such, it's perfectly all right with me if I'm called the chairman rather than the chairwoman.

• al servicio de, un agente secreto al servicio de la Corona — a secret agent in the service of the Crown

• estar de servicio — to be on duty

estar de servicio de guardia — (Mil) to be on guard duty

• estar fuera o libre de servicio — to be off duty

• prestar servicio — [gen] to work; (Mil) to serve

servicio a bordo — [en avión] in-flight services pl ; [en barco, tren] services on board pl

servicio de limpieza — cleaning services pl

servicio de orden — [en manifestación] stewards pl, marshals pl

servicios mínimos — minimum service sing, skeleton service sing

servicio social (sustitutorio) — community service ( performed in place of military service)

• estar en servicio — to be in service

• entrar en servicio — to come o go into service

• fuera de servicio — out of service

• poner en servicio — to put into service

está previsto poner en servicio una segunda pista de aterrizaje — there are plans to open a second runway, there are plans to put a second runway into operation o service

• hacer un flaco servicio a algn — to do sb a disservice

faltan dos servicios — we are two places o settings short

• escalera de servicio — service staircase

• puerta de servicio — tradesman's entrance

romper el servicio de algn — to break sb's serve o service

servicio permanente or de 24 horas — round-the-clock o 24-hour service

me prestó un servicio inestimable — she did me a really good turn o a very great service

les agradecemos los servicios prestados — we would like to thank you for all your work o help

han puesto en servicio el nuevo andén — the new platform is now in use o is now open

¿cuándo entra en servicio la nueva estación depuradora? — when is the new purifying plant coming into operation o service?

habitación or cuarto de servicio — servant's quarters (frml), maid's room

servicio de té — tea service o set

servicio permanente or de 24 horas — round-the-clock o 24-hour service

me prestó un servicio inestimable — she did me a really good turn o a very great service

les agradecemos los servicios prestados — we would like to thank you for all your work o help

han puesto en servicio el nuevo andén — the new platform is now in use o is now open

¿cuándo entra en servicio la nueva estación depuradora? — when is the new purifying plant coming into operation o service?

habitación or cuarto de servicio — servant's quarters (frml), maid's room

servicio de té — tea service o set

Ex: Such things as the minimum room temperature within one hour of starting work, the adequacy of light and ventilation, toilet provision, fire regulations and exits are all well covered in considerable detail.

Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS contains a so-called 'help' capability.