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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread #116486 - 11/24/03 08:57 PM Annotations: a question   Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... I'd like to hear your opinions about annotations. It has been my experience that annotated copies of, say, the Bible, Mother Goose, and even Dracula have been texts with notes added to explain everything from etymology of certain terms used in the text to historical context. If I buy an annotated version of a novel, I expect to gain the benefit of someone's else's in-depth research. [I will get to the question in a second; I'm warming up here.] In the last couple of weeks, I've come across a usage of annotation that doesn't fit my own understanding of the term--and, yes, I've checked Webster's online and still don't like how the term was used. Here goes: Students were asked to copy out bibliographical information about a favorite novel, and then they were asked to write a 3-sentence 'summary' of the novel to go on a bibliographical card. The librarians called the '3-sentence summary' on the card itself an annotation--and that's what I don't see as an annotation at all. Would you use 'summary' and 'annotation' as synonyms here? I wouldn't--and I balk at using the term 'annotation'--however, I stand to be corrected if necessary. #116487 - 11/24/03 09:49 PM Re: Annotations: a question   Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka   Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Dunno, WordyWone. You'd better ask a librarian ... #116488 - 11/24/03 11:49 PM Re: Annotations: a question   Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 Zed Pooh-Bah Zed   Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada I've only ever used it as an attachment to a text not a summary of it. #116489 - 11/25/03 01:59 PM Re: Annotations: a question   Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 wow Carpal Tunnel wow   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Every job or profession has its jargon. #116490 - 11/25/03 02:52 PM Re: Annotations: a question   Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 birdfeed member birdfeed   member Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 Atlanta, GA "Dunno, WordyWone. You'd better ask a librarian ..." Well, I'm just a paraprofessional libraroid, but I can tell you that the word "annotation" isn't official jargon for anything in a cataloging record. However, a brief summary is part of an annotated bibliography, and a library catalog can certainly be considered a bibliography. It seems appropriate to me for the context. #116491 - 11/25/03 06:00 PM Re: Annotations: a question   Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Thanks, birdseed and wow. That pretty much explains the problem--and solution: terms of art. Birdseed's use of the phrase 'annotated bibliography' sent me to onelook.com--and that sent me to a librarians' lexicon. Here's the definition: "In a more general sense, any brief explanatory or descriptive comment added to a document, text, catalog entry, etc. In a critical annotation, the commentary is evaluative. Also refers to the process of annotating a document or an entry in a bibliography or catalog." Thanks again. Live and learn, my motto. #116492 - 11/25/03 06:10 PM Re: Annotations: a question   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Ummm. That's not "(annotating a document) or (an entry in a bibliography or catalog)", it's "annotating (a document) or (an entry in a bibliography or catalog)" #116493 - 11/25/03 07:30 PM Re: Annotations: a question   Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 81 Jenet journeyman Jenet   journeyman Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 81 Hmm, do you mean... Also refers to the process of annotating a document or an entry in a bibliography or catalog Also refers to: (the process of annotating a document) or (an entry in a bibliography or catalog) so either (i) a process, or (ii) an entry or Also refers to: the process of annotating: (a document) or (an entry in a bibliography or catalog) where you annotate (i) a document, or (ii) an entry but not Also refers to: the process of: (annotating: a document) or (an entry in a bibliography or catalog) since you can have (i) a process of annotating, but not (ii) a process of an entry #116494 - 11/25/03 07:36 PM Re: Annotations: a question   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Annotation also refers to the process of annotating a document or to the process of annotating an entry in a bibliography or (to the process of annotating an entry in a) catalog. 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