LIS Abbreviations

A&I-Abstracting and Indexing

CRG – Classification Research Group

AACR2 -Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, Second Edition

AALL- American Association of Law Libraries

AASL- American Association of School Librarians

ABAA -Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America

 ACRL- Association of College & Research Libraries

 AGRIS – Agricultural Information System AHIP - Academy of Health Information Professionals

 AICTE - All India Council for Technical Education

 ALC - Americans for Libraries Council

 ALCTS - Association for Library Collections and Technical Services.

 ALISE - Association for Library and Information Science Education

 ALISE - Association for Library and Information Science Education

 ALOHA - Astronomy Librarians of Hawaii Association

 ALP – Advancement for Librarianship

 ANSI - American National Standards Institute

 APA - American Psychological Association

 ARL - Association of Research Libraries

 ARLIS/ANZ - Arts Libraries Society of Australia and NewZealand

 ARLIS/NA - Art Libraries Society of North America

ARLIS/UK & Ireland - Arts Libraries Society of the United Kingdom and Ireland

ARMA International - Association of Records Managers and Adminis trators International

 ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange

 ASIS - American Society for Information Science (and Technology)

 ASTED - Association for  advancement des Sciences et Techniques de la Documentation

 AV - Audio-Visual BALID - Bangladesh Association of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentations

 BCI - Bar Council of India

 BFM - Bibliographic File Maintenance

 BI - Bibliographic Instruction

 BIBCO - the monograph Bibliographic record Component of  the Program for Cooperative Cataloging

 BIP - Books In Print

 BL - British Library

 BNF - Bibliotheqe national de France BONET– Bombay Library Network

 BPL- Boston Public Library

 CAHSL- Connecticut Association of Health Sciences Librarians

 CALIBNET – Calcutta Network

 CAPS – Content, Abstract and Photocopy Service (INSDOC)

 CDA- Communications Decency Act

 CDC -Curriculum Development Committee

 CD-R -Compact Disc-Recordable

 CD-ROM -Compact Disc Read-Only Memory

 CD-RW -Compact Disc Re Writable

 CDS -Cataloging Distribution Service (Library of Congress)

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

 CEP -Continuing Education Program

 CILIP -Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

 CIP -Cataloging-In-Publication

 CLA- Canadian Library Association

 CLIR -Council on Library & Information Resources

 CNI- Coalition for Networked Information

 CONSER -Cooperative Online Serials (PCC component)

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

 CSIR -Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

 DCM Z1 -Descriptive Cataloging Manual Z1 ("Yellow Pages")

 DDB- die Deutsche Bibliothek (German National Library)

 DDS -Document Delivery Service

 DEC -Distance Education Council

 DELNET– Delhi Library Network

 DESIDOC -Defense Scientific Information and Documentation Center

 DEVSIS – Development Science Information System

 DIRKS - Design and Implementation of Record keeping Systems

 DMCA -Digital Millennium Copyright Act

 DOI- Digital Object Identifier

 DRC – Data Referral Center

 DRM -Digital Rights Management

 DRTC -Documentation Research and Training Center

 DVD-Digital Video Disc

 ENVIS – Environment Information System

 ERIC -Educational Resources Information Clearinghouse

 FDLP -Federal Depository Library Program

 FRBR - Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records

 GIF- Graphics Interchange Format

 GIS - Geographic Information Systems

 GPO-Government Printing Office

 GUI-Graphical User Interface

 HTML-Hyper Text Markup Language

 HTTP -Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

 HTTPS -Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure

 IALL- International Association of Law Libraries

 IAMSLIC - International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries 

 ICSSR - Indian Council of Social Science Research

 IE - Internet Explorer

 IFLA - International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

 III- Innovative Interfaces, Incorporated

 ILL – Inter Library loan

 IMLS - Institute for Museum and Library Services

 INFLIBNET – Information and Library Network (UGC)

 INSDOC - Indian National Scientific Documentation Center

 ISBD- International Standard Bibliographic Description

 ISC - Information for Social Change (Advocacy group : UK

 ISP - Internet Service Provider

 JAKE -Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment

 JPEG -Joint Photographic Experts Group

 JSTOR -Journal Storage

 LAB- Library Association of Bangladesh

 LCC - Library of Congress Classification

 LCCN- Library of Congress Control Number

 LCRI- Library of Congress Rule Interpretation(s)

 LCSH- Library of Congress Subject Heading Information Centers

 IASLIC - Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centers

 IATLIS - Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science

 IB - Information Behavior LCSH- Library of Congress Subject Headings, aka "The Big Red Books"

 LFF - Librarians For Fairness

 LISA - Library and Information Science Abstracts

 LISA - Library and Information Services in Astronomy

 LISbd - Librarians and Information Scientists, Bangladesh

 LITA- Library and Information Technology Association

 LOCKSS - Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe

 LTTE - Letter To The Editor

 MALS -Master of Arts, Librarianship

 MARC 21 Machine Readable Catalogue 21 Century

 MCI-Medical Council of India

 Medical Library Association

 MFHD-MARC Format for Holdings Data

 MLA -Modern Library Association

        Modern Language Association

        Music Library Association

 NAAC -National Assessment and Accreditation Council

 NACO -the Name Authority Component of the PC

 NAMTC -National Association of Media & Technology Centers

 NAR -Name Authority Record

 NASIG- North American Serials Interest Group 

 NASSDOC -National Social Science Documentation Center

 NCLIS - National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

 NCTE - National Council for Teachers Education

 ND - No Date

 NISC - National Information Services Corporation

 NISCAIR - National Institute for Science Communication and Information Resources

 NISO - National Information Standards Organization

 NLA - Nevada Library Association

 NN/LM - National Network of Libraries of Medicine

 NTIS - National Technical Information Service

 NUC National Union Catalog

 NYPL - New York Public Library

 OCLC - Online Computer Library Center

 ODLIS - Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science

 OED - Oxford English Dictionary

 OP - Out of Print

 OS - Out of Stock

 PC - Personal Computer

 PCC - Program for Cooperative Cataloging (Library of Congress)

 PDF - Portable Document Format

 PGDIT - Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology

 PLA - Pakistan Library Association

 PLG - Progressive Librarians Guild (Advocacy group : chiefly United States)

 PMOLIB - Prime Minister's Office Library

 PO - Purchase Order

 PPL - Peace Palace Library

 RA - Readers' Advisory

 RAK - Regeln für Alphabet ische Katalogisierung RDA-Resource Description and Access

 RDF- Resource Description Framework

 RFK- Regeln für die Formal katalogisierung

 RFP -Request For Proposal

 RIM -Records and Information Management

 RSS -Multiple, depending on the version

 RSWK -Regeln für den Schlagwortkatalog

 RUSA- Reference and Users Services Association

 SAA- Society of American Archivists

 SACO- the Subject Authority COmponent of the PCC

 SCCTP -Serial Cataloging Cooperative Training Program

 SCM -Subject Cataloging Manual (Library of Congress)

 SIC code -Standard Industrial Classification code

 SLA- Special Libraries Association

 SPARC -Scholarly Publishing and Academic ResourcesCoalition

 SRRT -Social Responsibilities Round Table (American Library Association)

 SSL- Secure sockets layer

 SuDoc- Superintendent of Documents

 T.P. -Title page

 TOC -Table Of Contents

 URI- Unifrom Resource Indicator

 URL- Uniform Resource Locator

 USA PATRIOT Act -Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools  Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act

 USB- universal serial bus

 VHS -Video Home System

 VLOG- Video (web-)log.

 VPN-Virtual Private Network