Raster - The rectangular area of a display screen actually being used to display images. The raster is slightly smaller than the physical dimensions of the display screen. Also, the raster varies for different resolutions. For example, VGA resolution of 640x480 on a 15-inch monitor produces one raster, whereas SVGA resolution of 1,024x768 produces a slightly different raster. Most monitors are autosizing, meaning that they automatically use the optimal raster depending on the monitor's size and the video adapter's resolution. In addition, most monitors have controls that allow you to move the raster, resize it, and even to rotate it. (Webopedia: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/r/raster.html)
Rate adjustment - A change in the price of a serial subscription previously billed by a vendor or publisher.
RDF (Resource Description Framework) - The Resource Description Framework, or RDF, is designed to support the many different metadata needs of vendors and information providers. The Resource Description Framework (RDF) integrates a variety of web-based metadata activities including sitemaps, content ratings, stream channel definitions, search engine data collection (web crawling), digital library collections, and distributed authoring, using XML . See also Metadata, Dublin Core, and XML. (W3C, World Wide Web Consortium: http://www.w3.org/RDF)
Recon - See Retrospective conversion.
Refereed journal - A journal in which articles have been assessed for suitability and merit by peers of the authors. Also known as a Peer reviewed journal.
Rejection rate - A statistic, usually represented in a percentage, indicating the number of manuscripts, out of the total number submitted for publication in a journal that have been rejected or returned to the author for revision.
Related web sites - Web site related either to a print or an electronic resource; it may link to table of contents, index, discussion forum, or supplementary material. Remedies - The special rights a party has when another party defaults or breaches a contract. Remedies include lawsuits or injunctions to stop an action that may harm a party. (Licensing Digital Information: Definitions of Words and Phrases Commonly Found in Licensing Agreements: http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/definiti.shtml)
Remote access - The ability to access and use digital information from a location off-site from where the information is physically located. (Licensing Digital Information: Definitions of Words and Phrases Commonly Found in Licensing Agreements: http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/definiti.shtml)
Remote site - Computer access via the World Wide Web from a location other than the main campus, institution, or building. See also World Wide Web.
Remote user - User who accesses programs and data from a location other than the main campus, institution, or building.
Renewal date - The date on which authorization was granted to continue a subscription for a specified period of time. The renewal date may be the date a subscriber returns a renewal list to a vendor or publisher, the date a subscriber pays a renewal invoice, or the date a subscriber or vendor pays a publisher.
Renewal invoice - An invoice whose payment authorizes continuing a serial subscription.
Renewal list - A list provided by a vendor or publisher of a customer's subscriptions. The customer, after verifying the titles to be included, returns the list to the vendor or publisher, who then prepares a renewal invoice for those subscriptions the customer wishes to continue.
Renewal notice - A reminder, usually from a publisher, that a subscription is about to expire and payment is required to continue it.
Replacement - 1. Substitution of another copy of an item for one no longer in a library. 2. The copy of an item substituted, or to be substituted, for another copy no longer in a library. [ALA Glossary]
Reprint - 1. A new impression of an edition. 2. A new edition from a new setting of type, for which an impression of a previous edition has been used as a copy. 3. A separately issued article, chapter, or other portion of a previously published larger work, usually a reproduction of the original but sometimes made from a new setting of type. See Qffprint. [ALA Glossary]
Reshipment (reship) - A method of delivery often used for continuations whereby the vendor first receives a publication from the publisher then mails it, along with an invoice, to the customer. See also Drop shipment.
Resource Description Framework - See RDF.
Resumed numbering - Upon a serial's resumption of publication, the continuation of the same numbering sequence that existed before suspension of publication.
Resumed publication - Following a discontinuance or suspension, the return to a serial's publication schedule.
Retail price - See List price.
Retrospective conversion - The process of converting to a machine-readable form the records in a manual or nonmachine-readable file that are not converted through day-to-day processing. [ALA Glossary] Often referred to as Recon. See also Database conversion.
Returns - Any books or serials returned by a library to the supplier. Materials may be returned because they are not wanted, were damaged in shipment, or were shipped in error.
Review journal - A periodical comprised of submitted and invited articles that analyze and distill current trends or provide a state-of-the-art summary of a particular area of study or research.
Revised edition - A new edition with the main text of the original changed and corrected, and sometimes with additions that supplement or bring it up to date. [ALA Glossary] Rider - Addendum to a license agreement adding another title or product to an already existing license agreement. (Pat's definition, no source)
Rights management - Refers to methods currently being developed to manage the intellectual property rights associated with digital information available on the Internet. Information providers are currently developing protocols that will facilitate real-time communication between owners and users or licensees, and the systems that will automate rights management. See also Licensees. (Daniel J. Gervais, "Electronic Rights Management and Digital Identifier Systems". JED: The Journal of Electronic Publishing: http://www.pressumich.edu/jep/04-03/gervais.html. Steven L. Dogan, "Copyright in Cyberspace: Rights Management, and Copyright: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act: http://www.cyberspacelaw.org/dogan/dogan5.html).
Rich Text Format – See RTF.
Robot - A program that runs automatically without human intervention. Typically, a robot is endowed with some artificial intelligence so that it can react to different situations it may encounter. Two common types of robots are agents and spiders. (Webopedia: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/r/robot.html)
Rolling-year subscription - A subscription supplied on a consecutive 12-month basis beginning in whichever month the order is entered; typically used among newsletter, trade, and professional periodical publishers.
RTF (Rich Text Format) - A standard formalized by Microsoft Corporation for specifying formatting of documents. RTF files are actually ASCII files with special commands to indicate formatting information, such as fonts and margins. Other document formatting languages include the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), which is used to define documents on the World Wide Web, and the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), which is a more robust version of HTML. (Webopedia: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/r/rich_text_format_RTF.html)