| Acronym / Abbreviation |
Meaning |
Affiliation / Extent |
| AACR2 |
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition |
International |
| AAU |
Association of American Universities |
National |
| ACG |
all-campus groups |
SOPAG |
| ACIG |
Acquisitions Common Interest Group |
HOTS |
| ACRL |
Association of College and Research Libraries |
ALA |
| ADP |
American Discography Project |
UCSB Library |
| AEC |
art exhibition catalog |
|
| AFT |
American Federation of Teachers |
National |
| AG |
Administrative Group |
UCSB Library |
| ARK |
archival resource key |
|
| ALCTS |
Association for Library Collections and
Technical Services |
ALA |
| ALEPH |
integrated library system |
Ex Libris |
| API |
application programming interface |
|
| APM |
Academic Personnel Manual |
UC |
| ARL |
Association of Research Libraries |
International |
| ARMS |
Acquisitions and Resource Management Services |
UCSB Library |
| ARSC |
Association for Recorded Sound Collections |
|
| AUL |
associate university librarian |
|
| BI |
bibliographic instruction |
|
| CAAR |
Committee on Appointments, Assignments and Reassignments |
LAUC-SB |
| CAG |
Circulation Advisory Group |
SOPAG - RSC |
| CAMCIG |
Cataloging and Metadata Common Interest Group |
HOTS |
| CAP |
Committee on Advancement and Promotion |
LAUC-SB |
| CARL |
California Academic and Research Libraries |
ACRL |
| CatalAcq |
Cataloging and Acquisitions Services |
UCSB Library |
| CBS |
consortial borrowing software |
|
| CDC |
Collection Development Committee |
SOPAG |
| CDL |
California Digital Library |
UCOP |
| CEMA |
California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives |
UCSB Library -
Special Collections |
| CFP |
call for papers |
|
| CFT |
California Federation of Teachers |
AFT |
| CIC |
Committee on Institutional Cooperation |
Midwest, U.S. |
| CIG |
common interest group |
|
| CJK |
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean |
|
| CLA |
California Library Association |
State |
| CLIIR |
Committee on Library, Information, and Instructional Resources |
UCSB Academic Senate,
CRIR |
| CLIR |
Council on Library and Information Resources |
International |
| CLOCKSS |
Controlled LOCKSS
(see LOCKSS) |
International |
| CMS |
Cataloging and Metadata Services
|
UCSB Library |
| CMS |
course management software; citation management software |
|
| CNI |
Coalition for Networked Information |
International |
| CoUL |
Council of University Librarians |
UC Libraries |
| COUNTER |
Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources
|
International |
| CREATE |
Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology |
UCSB Music Dept |
| CRes |
Course Reserves |
UCSB Library |
| CRIR |
Council on Research and Instructional Resources |
UCSB Academic Senate |
| CRL |
Center for Research Libraries |
International |
| CSD |
Collection Services Division |
UCSB Library |
| CSL |
California State Library |
State |
| CTD |
call to discard |
|
| CTN |
Colección Tloque Nahuaque |
UCSB Library -
EGSL |
| CUE |
Coalition of University Employees |
UC |
| DACS |
Describing Archives: A Content Standard |
Society of American Archivists |
| DAM |
digital asset management
|
|
| DMP |
Data Management Plan
|
CDL |
| DOI |
digital object identifier
|
|
| DPR |
Digital Preservation Repository |
CDL |
| DSR |
Departmental Safety Representative |
UCSB - EHS |
| EAD |
Encoded Archival Description |
Library of Congress |
| EDI |
electronic data interchange |
|
| EDVR |
Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings |
UCSB Library |
| EGSL |
Ethnic and Gender Studies Library |
UCSB Library |
| EHS |
Environmental Health and Safety |
UCSB |
| EL |
Ex Libris |
International |
| ERES |
Electronic Reserves |
UCSB Library |
| ERMS |
electronic resources management system |
|
| ETDs |
electronic theses and dissertations |
|
| EVC |
Executive Vice Chancellor |
UCSB |
| EZID |
Easy ID
(long-term digital identifier) |
CDL |
| FAST |
Faceted Application of Subject Terminology |
OCLC |
| FRBR |
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records |
IFLA |
| GIC |
Government Information Center |
UCSB Library |
| HOPS |
Heads of Public Services |
SOPAG |
| HOS |
Heads of Systems (replaced by LTAG) |
SOPAG |
| HOSC |
Heads of Special Collections |
SOPAG - CDC |
| HOTS |
Heads of Technical Services |
SOPAG |
| IAG |
Interlibrary Loan Advisory Group |
SOPAG - RSC |
| ICOLC |
International Coalition of Library Consortia |
International |
| IHC |
Interdisciplinary Humanities Center |
UCSB |
| IL |
information literacy |
|
| ILL |
Interlibrary Loan |
|
| ILS |
integrated library system (e.g. ALEPH) |
|
| ISO |
International Organization for Standardization
|
|
| ISRAC |
Image Services Rollout Advisory Committee |
SOPAG - HOPS |
| ISTL |
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship |
ALA - ACRL -
STS |
| JSC |
Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections |
CDL |
| LAUC |
Librarians Association of the University of California |
UC |
| LAUC-SB |
Librarians Association of the University of California
- Santa Barbara |
UCSB Library |
| LC |
Library of Congress |
USA |
| LCGFT |
Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms |
Library of Congress |
| LCMPT |
Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus |
Library of Congress |
| LCSH |
Library of Congress Subject Headings |
Library of Congress |
| LHR |
local holdings record |
|
| LIT |
Library Instruction Team |
UCSB Library |
| LITA |
Library and Information Technology
Association |
ALA |
| LLAMA |
Library Leadership and Management Association |
ALA |
| LOCKSS |
Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe |
International |
| LOM |
learning object metadata |
|
| LTAG |
Library Technology Advisory Group (replaced Heads of Systems [HOS]) |
SOPAG |
| MAG |
Melvyl Advisory Group |
SOPAG |
| MARC |
Machine-Readable Cataloging |
International |
| METS |
Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard |
Library of Congress |
| MIL |
Map and Imagery Laboratory |
UCSB Library |
| MLA |
Modern Language Association |
National |
| MLA |
Music Library Association |
National |
| MODS |
Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard |
Library of Congress |
| MOL |
Melvyl Operations Liaisons |
SOPAG, CDL |
| MOT |
Melvyl Operations Team |
CDL |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding, Professional Librarians Unit,
American Federation of Teachers |
UC |
| MPLP |
more product, less process |
|
| NDIPP |
National Digital Information Infrastructure and
Preservation Program |
Library of Congress |
| NGDA |
National Geospatial Digital Archive |
UCSB and other partners |
| NGTS |
Next Generation Technical Services |
UC Libraries |
| NISO |
National Information Standards Organization |
National |
| NRLF |
Northern Regional Library Facility |
UC Libraries |
| OAC |
Online Archive of California |
California |
| OCA |
Open Content Alliance |
International |
| OCLC |
Online Computer Library Center |
International |
| OIT |
Office of Information Technology |
UCSB |
| OPAC |
online public access catalog |
|
| ORU |
organized research unit |
|
| OSC |
Office of Scholarly Communication |
UC |
| PAG |
Preservation Advisory Group |
SOPAG - CDC |
| PCC |
Program for Cooperative Cataloging |
Library of Congress |
| PID |
persistent identifier |
|
| PDA |
patron driven acquisition |
|
| PIR |
patron initiated request |
|
| POTs |
Power of Three groups |
UC Libraries -
NGTS
|
| PURL |
persistent uniform resource locator |
|
| RDA |
Resource Description and Access |
International |
| RL |
Resource Liaison |
CDL |
| RLF |
Regional Library Facilities (NRLF and
SRLF) |
UC Libraries |
| RLG |
Research Libraries Group (merged with OCLC) |
|
| RLUK |
Research Libraries UK |
United Kingdom |
| RPD |
Research and Professional Development Committee |
LAUC-SB |
| RSC |
Resource Sharing Committee |
SOPAG |
| RUSA |
Reference and User Services Association
|
ALA |
| SAA |
Society of American Archivists
|
|
| SCA |
Society of Californian Archivists
|
|
| SCIL |
Southern California Instruction Librarians |
CARL (Calif Academic and Research Libraries) |
| SCO |
Scholarly Communication Officers
|
SOPAG |
| SCP |
Shared Cataloging Program |
CDL |
| SEL |
Sciences-Engineering Library |
UCSB Library |
| SFX |
SFX (trademark) i.e. UCeLinks |
International |
| SLA |
Special Libraries Association |
International |
| SLASIAC |
Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee |
UCOP |
| SLFB |
Shared Library Facilities Board |
UC Libraries |
| SMCG |
Shared Monographs Coordinating Group
|
SOPAG - CDC |
| SNIP |
Source-Normalized Impact Factor per Paper
|
|
| SOPAG |
Systemwide Operations and Planning Advisory Group |
UC Libraries - CoUL |
| SPARC |
Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition |
ARL |
| SPIP |
shared print in place |
|
| SRLF |
Southern Regional Library Facility |
UC Libraries |
| SSHA |
Social Sciences and Humanities approval plan |
UCSB Library with
YBP |
| STAP |
Sciences and Technology approval plan (deactivated) |
UCSB Library with
YBP |
| STEP |
Summer Transitional Enrichment Program |
UCSB |
| SUSHI |
Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting
Initiative |
NISO |
| SWOT |
strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats |
|
| TF |
task force |
|
| TSAG |
Technical Services Administrative Group |
UCSB Library |
| UC3 |
University of California Curation Center
|
CDL |
| UCAC |
UC Archivists Council |
SOPAG - CDC |
| UC-AFT |
University Council - American Federation of Teachers |
UC |
| UCEN |
University Center |
UCSB |
| UCL |
University of California library planning groups -- see
organizational chart
|
UC Libraries |
| UCOLASC |
University Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication |
UC -
Academic Senate |
| UCOP |
University of California Office of the President |
UC |
| UCSEL |
University of California Science and Engineering Librarians |
UC Libraries |
| UL |
University Librarian |
|
| UPTE |
University Professional and Technical Employees |
CWA |
| VDX |
Virtual Document eXchange |
OCLC |
| VLE |
virtual learning environment |
|
| VPN |
virtual private network (see Using the VPN for Accessing the Library Databases) |
|
| VRA |
Visual Resources Association |
|
| WAS |
Web Archiving Service
|
CDL |
| WASC |
Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
|
| WEST |
Western Regional Storage Trust |
Western U.S. |
| WOM |
Committee on Welcoming, Orientation, and Mentoring |
LAUC-SB - CAAR |
| YBP |
Yankee Book Peddler
(book vendor for UCSB Library) |
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