PUBLISHING TERMS

Headers, the line of text at the top of each page above the body text. Often, the verso running head is the book title, while the recto running head is the chapter title. See also Footers.

This definition is extracted from the book Getting Published: A Companion for the Humanities and Social Sciences by Gerald Jackson and Marie Lenstrup. It was first referred to in the blog Getting Published in a post on the first proofs.