politécnica

Ex: It has resulted in central government funding 'new blood' recruitment schemes for universities and polytechnics.

Ex: This article discusses the organisation of the proposed Open Polytechnic and the contribution of the Robert Maxwell publishing empire, as well as its implications for library resources.

Ex: Today, BLCMP offers services to nearly fifty member libraries including public libraries, university libraries polytechnic libraries and others.

Ex: From 1972-1975, Mr. Bierman was Systems Librarian and then Assistant Director for Planning and Research at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Universidad a Distancia — ≈ Open University

universidad laboral — polytechnic, technical school o institute (EEUU)

Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia — ≈ Open University

universidad popular — extramural classes pl, extension courses pl

Ex: Hugh C, Atkinson, Director of the university of Illinois Libraries, has consistently been in the forefront in applying automation to traditional library problems and services.

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.

a tres metros de distancia del suelo — three metres from o off the ground

• a distancia — from a distance

la Universidad a distancia — ≈ the Open University

• acortar las distancias — to shorten the distance

• ganar distancias — to get ahead, make progress

• guardar o mantener las distancias, mantenerse a distancia — to keep one's distance

• marcar distancias, el Atlético marcó distancias con el segundo clasificado — Atlético put some distance between itself and the second-placed team

quieren marcar distancias con la dirección del partido — they want to distance themselves from o set themselves apart from the party leadership

• salvando las distancias, es, salvando las distancias, el Picasso de nuestros días — he's the Picasso of today, give or take some obvious differences

distancia de despegue — (Aer) length of takeoff

distancia de seguridad — (Aut) safe distance

hay una insalvable distancia entre los dos partidos — there's an unbridgeable distance o gap between the two parties

una llamada de or a larga distancia — a long-distance call

a distancia: se situó a distancia para verlo en conjunto she stood back to see it as a whole; se veía a distancia one could see it from a distance; mantenerse a distancia to keep at a distance; en la distancia in the distance; guardar or mantener las distancias to keep one's distance; salvando las distancias: es como París, salvando las distancias — it's like Paris, up to a point (colloq)

una gran distancia los separa — a rift has opened up between them

una llamada de or a larga distancia — a long-distance call

a distancia: se situó a distancia para verlo en conjunto she stood back to see it as a whole; se veía a distancia one could see it from a distance; mantenerse a distancia to keep at a distance; en la distancia in the distance; guardar or mantener las distancias to keep one's distance; salvando las distancias: es como París, salvando las distancias — it's like Paris, up to a point (colloq)

una gran distancia los separa — a rift has opened up between them

Ex: One of the major problems to be overcome in this unique form of supranational government is that of remoteness.

enseñanza general básica — education course in Spain from 6 to 14

enseñanza programada — programmed learning, programed learning (EEUU)

Ex: Probably in most libraries instruction in library use and the use of information retrieval tools needs to be available in a number of different modes.