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Important Library and Information Science abbreviations (a-z).
AACR: Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules.
ALCTS : The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services
AJAX : Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
ANSI : American National Standards Institute
API : Application Programming Interface.
ARL : Association of Research Libraries.
ARPANET: Advanced Research Projects Agency Network.
ASIS: American Society for Information Science.
ASLIB: Association for Information Management, previously, the Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureau.
ASTINFO : Regional Network for the exchange of information and experience in science and technology in Asia and the Pacific
BLAISE : British Library’s Automated Information Service
BIS : Bureau of Indian Standards
CALIBER: Convention on Automation of LIBraries in Education and Research Institutions.
CAS: Current Awareness Service
CCF: Common Communication Format
CILIP: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.
CMS: Content Management System.
COPSAT : Current Online Patent in Science and Technology
COUNTER : Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources
CPM : Critical Path Method
DCMI: Dublin Core Metadata Initiative.
DDS: Document Delivery Service
DELNET: Developing Library NETwork.
DLF: Digital Library Federation.
DMAIC: Define, Measure, Access, Improve and Control
DNS: Domain Naming System.
DRTC: Documentation Research and Training Centre.
ENIAC : Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator
ESS : Electronic Spread Sheet
EUAL : End User License Agreement
FAIFE : Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression
FRAD: Functional Requirements for Authority Data.
FRBR: Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records.
FSF: Free Software Foundation.
FTE : Full-Time equivalent
FTP: File Transfer Protocol.
GPRS: General Packet Radio Service.
GSDL: Green Stone Digital Library Software.
GUI : Graphic User Interface
HTML: Hyper Text Mark Up Language.
HTTP: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.
IASLIC: Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centers.
IATLIS: Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science.
ICOLC : International Coalition of Library Consortia
IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.
ILL: Inter Library Loan
INDEST: Indian National Digital library in Engineering Sciences and Technology
INFLIBNET: INFormation and LIBrary NETwork
IP: Internet Protocol.
ISBD: International Standard Bibliographic Description.
ISO: International Organization for Standardization.
ISP: Internet Service Provider.
ISSN : International Standard Serial Number.
JANET: Joint Academic NETwork.
JOCLAI : Joint Council of Library Associations of India
LAN: Local Area Network.
LCSH – Library of Congress Subject Heading
LIPHIS - Linked Phrase Indexing System) was developed by T.C. Craven
LOCKSS : Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe
MALI: Medical Library Association of India.
MAN: Metropolitan Area Network.
MARC : MAchine Readable Catalogue.
MEDLARS : Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System
METS : Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard
MIPS : Million Instructions Per Second
NCP: Network Control Protocol.
NISCAIR: National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources.
NSF: National Science Foundation.
OAI-PMH: Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting.
OCLC: Online Computer Library Centre.
OPAC: Online Public Access Catalogue
OWL : Web Ontology Language
PCM : Pulse Code Modulation
PERT : Program Evaluation and Review Techniqu
PLANNER: Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North Eastern Region.
RDA: Resource Description and Access.
RFID : Radio Frequency IDentification
RRRLF: Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation
SCONUL : The Standing Conference on National and University Libraries
SDI: Selective Dissemination of Information
SIS: Society for Information Science.
SOUL : Software for University Libraries
SRU : Search / Retrieval via URL
SYNTOL : Syntagmatic Organisation Language
TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol.
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
UNIMARC: Universal Machine Readable Catalogue
URL: Uniform Resource Locator.
UTF : Unicode Transformation Format (16 bit to 7/8 bit character conversion)
VDU : Visual Display Unit
VGA : Video Graphic Adopter
VLSI : Very Large Sale Integration
WADEX : Word and Author Index
WAN: Wide Area Network.
WCDMA : Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization.
WORM : Write Once Ready Many
WPI : World Patents Index
WWW: World Wide Web.
YAHOO : Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle
ZBB : Zero Base Budgeting
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