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 |
|
CKG |
Common Knowledge Group |
UC Libraries |
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 (California 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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