American Library Association (ALA) Library-Related Acronyms and Initialisms
California Digital Library (CDL) Glossary of Digital Library Terms
UC Academic Senate Acronyms Glossary
UC Library Groups A to Z
ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science
| Acronym / Abbreviation | Meaning | Affiliation / Extent |
|---|---|---|
| AACR2 | Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition | International |
| AAU | Association of American Universities | National |
| ACRL | Association of College and Research Libraries | American Library Association (ALA) |
| AEC | art exhibition catalog | |
| AFT | American Federation of Teachers | National |
| AG | Administrative Group | UCSB Library |
| ALA | American Library Association | National |
| ALMA | Alma Cloud-Based Library Platform Service | Ex Libris |
| API | application programming interface | |
| APM | Academic Personnel Manual | University of California (UC) |
| ARES | Automating Reserves (product of Atlas Systems, Inc.) | |
| ARK | archival resource key | |
| ARL | Association of Research Libraries | International |
| ARSC | Association for Recorded Sound Collections | |
| AUL | associate university librarian | |
| BI | bibliographic instruction | |
| CAAR | Committee on Appointments, Assignments and Reassignments | LAUC-SB |
| CAP | Committee on Advancement and Promotion | LAUC-SB |
| CARL | California Academic and Research Libraries | Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) |
| CBS | consortial borrowing software | |
| CDL | California Digital Library | University of California, Office of the President (UCOP) |
| CEDI | Committee on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion | UCSB Library |
| CEMA | California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives | UCSB Library – Special Research Collections (SRC) |
| CFP | call for papers (alternatively, call for participation) | |
| CFT | California Federation of Teachers | American Federation of Teachers (AFT) |
| CIC | Committee on Institutional Cooperation (now the Big Ten Academic Alliance) | Midwest, U.S. |
| CIG | common interest group | |
| CJK | Chinese, Japanese, and Korean | |
| CKG | Common Knowledge Group | UC Libraries |
| CLA | California Library Association | State |
| CLIIR | Committee on Library, Information, and Instructional Resources | UCSB Academic Senate, Council on Research and Instructional Resources (CRIR) |
| CLIR | Council on Library and Information Resources | International |
| CLOCKSS | Controlled LOCKSS (see LOCKSS) | International |
| CMS | course management software; citation management software; content management system | |
| 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 Strategies Department (UCSB Library department) | UCSB Library |
| CSL | California State Library | State |
| CTD | call to discard | |
| CTN | Colección Tloque Nahuaque | UCSB Library – Ethnic & Gender Studies (EGS) Collection |
| CUE | Coalition of University Employees | University of California (UC) |
| DACS | Describing Archives: A Content Standard | Society of American Archivists |
| DAHR | Discography of American Historical Recordings | UCSB Library |
| DAM | digital asset management | |
| DDS | Division of Digital Strategies | UCSB Library |
| DLD | Digital Library Development (UCSB Library department) | UCSB Library |
| DLE | Division of Learning & Engagement | UCSB Library |
| DMP | Data Management Plan | |
| DOC | Direction and Oversight Committee | UC Libraries |
| DOI | digital object identifier | |
| DPR | Digital Preservation Repository | |
| DREAM Lab | Data, Research, Exploration, Access, Methods Lab (UCSB Library department) | UCSB Library |
| DRRSC | Division of Research Resources & Scholarly Communication | UCSB Library |
| DSR | Departmental Safety Representative | UCSB – Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) |
| EAD | Encoded Archival Description | Library of Congress |
| EDI | electronic data interchange | |
| EDVR | Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings | UCSB Library |
| EGS | Ethnic and Gender Studies Collection | 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) | California Digital Library (CDL) |
| FAST | Faceted Application of Subject Terminology | OCLC |
| FRBR | Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records | IFLA |
| ICOLC | International Coalition of Library Consortia | International |
| IHC | Interdisciplinary Humanities Center | UCSB |
| IL | information literacy | |
| ILL | Interlibrary Loan | |
| ILS | integrated library system (e.g. Alma) | |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization | |
| ISTL | Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship | Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) – Science and Technology Section |
| JSC | Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections | California Digital Library (CDL) |
| LAUC | Librarians Association of the University of California | University of California (UC) |
| LAUC-SB | Librarians Association of the University of California – Santa Barbara | UCSB Library |
| LC (or LOC) | 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 | American Library Association (ALA) |
| LLAMA | Library Leadership and Management Association | American Library Association (ALA) |
| LOCKSS | Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe | International |
| LOM | learning object metadata | |
| MARC | Machine-Readable Cataloging | International |
| METS | Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard | Library of Congress |
| MLA | Modern Language Association | National |
| MLA | Music Library Association | National |
| MODS | Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard | Library of Congress |
| MOL | Melvyl Operations Liaisons | California Digital Library (CDL) |
| MOT | Melvyl Operations Team | California Digital Library (CDL) |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding, Professional Librarians Unit, American Federation of Teachers | University of California (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 |
| OA | open access | |
| OAC | Online Archive of California | California |
| OCA | Open Content Alliance | International |
| OCLC | Online Computer Library Center | International |
| OIT | Office of Information Technology | UCSB |
| ORU | organized research unit | |
| OSC | Office of Scholarly Communication | University of California (UC) |
| 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 |
| PRIMO | Primo Library Discovery Service | Ex Libris |
| PURL | persistent uniform resource locator | |
| R&E | Research & Engagement (UCSB Library department) | UCSB Library |
| RDA | Resource Description and Access | International |
| RDS | Research Data Services (UCSB Library department) | UCSB Library |
| ReADS | Resource Acquisition and Discovery Services (UCSB Library department) | UCSB Library |
| RL | Resource Liaison | California Digital Library (CDL) |
| RLF | Regional Library Facilities (NRLF and SRLF) | UC Libraries |
| RLUK | Research Libraries UK | United Kingdom |
| RPD | Research and Professional Development Committee | LAUC-SB |
| RUSA | Reference and User Services Association | American Library Association (ALA) |
| SAA | Society of American Archivists | National |
| SCA | Society of Californian Archivists | State |
| SCIL | Southern California Instruction Librarians | CARL (California Academic and Research Libraries) |
| SCP | Shared Cataloging Program | California Digital Library (CDL) |
| SEL | Sciences-Engineering Library (now Sciences and Engineering Collections) | UCSB Library |
| SILS | UC Systemwide Integrated Library System | UC Libraries |
| SLA | Special Libraries Association | International |
| SLASIAC | Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee | UC Libraries |
| SLFB | Shared Library Facilities Board | UC Libraries |
| SNIP | Source-Normalized Impact Factor per Paper | |
| SPARC | Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition | ARL |
| SPIP | shared print in place | |
| SRC | Special Research Collections (UCSB Library department) | UCSB Library |
| SRLF | Southern Regional Library Facility | UC Libraries |
| SSHA | Social Sciences and Humanities approval plan | UCSB Library with YBP |
| STEP | Summer Transitional Enrichment Program | UCSB |
| SUSHI | Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative | NISO |
| SWOT | strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats | |
| T&L | Teaching & Learning (UCSB Library department) | UCSB Library |
| TF | task force | |
| UC3 | University of California Curation Center | California Digital Library (CDL) |
| UC-AFT | University Council – American Federation of Teachers | University of California (UC) |
| UCEN | University Center | UCSB |
| UCLAS | University of California Libraries Advisory Structure | UC Libraries |
| UCOLASC | University Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication | University of California (UC) – Academic Senate |
| UCOP | University of California Office of the President | University of California (UC) |
| UL | University Librarian | |
| UPTE | University Professional and Technical Employees | Communication Workers of America (CWA) |
| 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 (no longer active) | California Digital Library (CDL) |
| WASC | Western Association of Schools and Colleges | |
| WEST | Western Regional Storage Trust | Western U.S. |
| YBP | Yankee Book Peddler (book vendor for UCSB Library) |