LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

A&I - Abstracting and Indexing

ACRL - Association of College & Research Libraries

AHIP - Academy of Health Information Professionals

ALA - American Library Association

ASIS - American Society for Information Science (and Technology)

ASTED - Association pour l’avancement des Sciences ET Techniques de la

Documentation

AV - Audio-Visual

BFM - Bibliographic File Maintenance

BI - Bibliographic Instruction

BIBCO - the monographic Bibliographic record Component of the Program for

Cooperative Cataloging

BIP - Books In Print

BnF - Bibliothèque national de France

CD-R - Compact Disc-Recordable

CD-ROM - Compact Disc Read-Only Memory

CD-RW - Compact Disc Rewritable

CDS - Cataloging Distribution Service (Library of Congress)

CLIR - Council on Library & Information Resources

CNI - Coalition for Networked Information

CPSO - Cataloging Policy and Support Office (Library of Congress)

CV - Curriculum Vitae

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CDS/ISIS - Computerized Documentation Services Integrated Set of Information
System

DDC - Dewey decimal classification

DDS - Document Delivery Service

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

DIRKS - Design and Implementation of Recordkeeping Systems

DMCA - Digital Millennium Copyright Act

DRM - Digital Rights Management

DVD - Digital Video Disc

ERIC - Educational Resources Information Clearinghouse

FDLP - Federal Depotisitory Library Program

FRBR - Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records

GIF - Graphics Interchange Format

GIS - Geographic Information Systems

GPO - Government Printing Office

GUI - Graphical User Interface

HR - Human Resources

HTML - Hypertext Markup Language

HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol

HTTPS - Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

IALL - International Association of Law Libraries

IAMSLIC - International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and

Information Centers

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IB - Information Behavior

IE - Internet Explorer

III - Innovative Interfaces, Incorporated

ILL - Interlibrary loan

IMLS - Institute for Museum and Library Services

ISBD - International Standard Bibliographic Description

ISBN - International Standard Book Number

ISP - Internet Service Provider

ISSN - International Standard Serial Number

IT - Information Technology

JAKE - Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment

JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group

KWIC - Keyword in Context

KWOC - Keyword Out of Context

LAN - Local Area Network

LC - Library of Congress

LCC - Library of Congress Classification

LCCN - Library of Congress Control Number

LIS - Library and Information Science (common abbreviation)

LISA - Library and Information Science Abstracts

LISA - Library and Information Services in Astronomy

LITA - Library and Information Technology Association

LTTE - Letter To The Editor

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MALS - Master of Arts, Librarianship

MARC - MAchine Readable Cataloging

MFHD - MARC Format for Holdings Data

MIS - Master of Information Science

MLA

Medical Library Association

Modern Language Association

Music Library Association

MLIS - Master of Library and Information Science

MLS - Master of Library Science

MSLIS - Master of Science in Library and Information Science

MARC - Machine Readable Catalogue

MARC 21 Machine Readable Catalogue 21 Century

NACO - the Name Authority COmponent of the PCC

NAMTC - National Association of Media & Technology Centers

NAR - Name Authority Record

NASIG - North American Serials Interest Group

NCLIS - National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

ND - No Date

NISC - National Information Services Corporation

NISO - National Information Standards Organization

NLA - Nevada Library Association

NTIS - National Technical Information Service

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UC National Union Catalog

OCLC - Online Computer Library Center

ODLIS - Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science

OED - Oxford English Dictionary

OP - Out of Print

OPAC - Online Public Access Catalog

OS - Out of Stock

PC - Personal Computer

PDF - Portable Document Format

PIN – Personal Identification Number.

PO - Purchase Order

PPL - Peace Palace Library

RDA - Resource Description and Access

RDF - Resource Description Framework

RFP - Request For Proposal

RIM - Records and Information Management

RLG - Research Libraries Group

SIC code - Standard Industrial Classification code

SLA - Special Libraries Association

SMS reference - Short Message Service reference

SSL - Secure sockets layer

SuDoc - Superintendent of Documents

TOC - Table Of Contents

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T.P. - Title page

UDC - Universal Decimal Classification

URI - Unifrom Resource Indicator

URL - Uniform Resource Locator

USB - Universal Serial Bus

VHS - Video Home System

WLIC - World Library and Information Congress

VPN - Virtual Private Network

Vlog - Video (web-) log.

WAN - Wide Area Network

WWW - World Wide Web

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