Important Abbreviations in Library Science

A&I: Abstracting and Indexing
AACR: Anglo-American Cataloging Rules.
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
ALA: American Library Association
ALC: Americans for Libraries Council
ALCTS: Association for Library Collections and Technical Services.
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
API: Application Programming Interface.
APIN: Asia and Pacific Information Network.

ARL: Association of Research Libraries
ARLIS/ANZ: Arts Libraries Society of Australia and New Zealand
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 Administrators International
ARPANET: Advanced Research Projects Agency Network.
ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASIS: American Society for Information Science (and Technology)
ASLIB: Association for Information Management, previously, the Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureau.
ASTED: Association pour l'avancement des Sciences et TEchniques de la Documentation
AV: Audio-Visual
BALID: Bangladesh Association of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentalists
BCI: Bar Council of India
BFM: Bibliographic File Maintenence
BI: Bibliographic Instruction
BIBCO: the monographic BIBliographic record COmponent of the Program for Cooperative
BIP: Books In Print
BL: British Library
BLISc: Bachelor of Library and Information Science
BnF: Bibliothèque nationale de France
BONET – Bombay Library Network
BPL: Boston Public Library
CAHSL: Connecticut Association of Health Sciences Librarians
CALIBER: Convention on Automation of LIBraries in Education and Research institutions.
CALIBNET: Calcutta Network
CAPS: Content, Abstract and Photocopy Service (INSDOC)
CAS: Current Awareness Service
CCF: Common Communication Format
CDA: Communications Decency Act
CDC: Curriculum Development Committee
CD-R: Compact Disc-Recordable
CD-ROM: Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
CD-RW: Compact Disc ReWritable
CDS/ISIS: Computerised Documentation Services Intregated Set of Information System
CDS: Cataloging Distribution Service (Library of Congress)
CEP: Continuing Education Programme
CILIP: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.
CIP: Cataloging-In-Publication
CLA: Canadian Library Association
CLIR: Council on Library & Information Resources
CLISc: Certificate Course in Library and Information Science
CLS: Certificate in Library Science
CMS: Content Management System.
CNI: Coalition for Networked Information
COMLA: Common Welth Library Association
CONSER: Cooperative ONline SERials (PCC component)
CPSO: Cataloging Policy and Support Office (Library of Congress)
CRG – Classification Research Group
CSIR: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

CURL: Consortium of University Research Libraries

CV: Curriculum Vitae
DCM Z1: Descriptive Cataloging Manual Z1 ("Yellow Pages")
DCMI: Dublin Core Metadata Initiative.
DDB: die Deutsche Bibliothek (German National Library)
DDC: Dewey Decimal Classification
DDS: Document Delivery Service
DEC: Distance Education Council
DELNET: DEveloping Library NETwork.
DESIDOC: Defense Scientific Information and Documentation Center
DEVSIS – Development Science Information System
DIRKS: Design and Implementation of Recordkeeping Systems
DLF: Digital Library Federation.
DLIS: Department of Library and Information Science
DLSc: Diploma in Library Science
DMCA: Digital Millennium Copyright Act
DNS: Domain Naming System.
DOI: Digital Object Identifier
Dr. S. R. Ranganathan: Dr. Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan.
DRC: Data Referral Centra
DRM: Digital Rights Management
DRTC: Documentation Research and Training Centre.
DVD: Digital Video Disc
ENVIS: Environment Information System
ERIC: Educational Resources Information Clearinghouse
FDLP: Federal Depository Library Program
FRAD: Functional Requirements for Authority Data.
FRBR: Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records.
FSF: Free Software Foundation.
FTP: File Transfer Protocol.
GIF: Graphics Interchange Format
GIS: Geographic Information Systems
GPO: Government Printing Office
GPRS: General packet radio service.
GSDL: Green Stone Digital Library software.
GUI: Graphical User Interface
HR: Human Resources
HTML: Hyper Text Mark Up Language.
HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol
HTTPS: HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
IALL: International Association of Law Libraries
IAMSLIC: International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and
IASLIC: Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centers
IATLIS: Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science.
IB: Information Behavior
ICSSR: Indian Council of Social Science Research
ICT: Information and Communication Technology
IE: Internet Explorer
IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
III: Innovative Interfaces, Incorporated
IIT: Indian Institute of Technology
ILA: Indian Library Association
ILL: Inter Library Loan
IMLS: Institute for Museum and Library Services
INDEST: Indian National Digital library in Engineering Sciences and Technology

INFOLAC: Information Society program for Latin America and The Caribbean

INFLIBNET: INFormation and LIBrary NETwork
INSDOC: Indian National Scientific Documentation Center
IP: Internet Protocol.
ISBD: International Standard Bibliographic Description
ISBN: International Standard Book Number
ISC: Information for Social Change (Advocacy group : United Kingdom)
ISO: International Organization for Standardization.
ISP: Internet Service Provider
ISSN: International Standard Serial Number
IT: Information Technology
JAKE: Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment
JANET: Joint Academic NETwork.
JOCLAI: Joint Council of Library Associations of India
JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group
JSTOR: Journal STORage
KWIC: KeyWord In Context
KWOC: KeyWord Out of Context
LAB: Library Association of Bangladesh
LAN: Local Area Network
LC: Library of Congress
LCC: Library of Congress Classification
LCCN: Library of Congress Control Number
LCRI: Library of Congress Rule Interpretation(s)
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings.
LFF: Librarians For Fairnesss
LIS: Library and Information Science
LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts
LISA: Library and Information Services in Astronomy
LITA: Library and Information Technology Association
LOCKSS: Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe
LTTE: Letter To The Editor
MALI: Medical Library Association of India.
MALS: Master of Arts, Librarianship
MAN: Metropolitan Area Network.
MARC 21 Machine Readable Catalogue 21 Century
MARC: MAchine Readable Cataloging
MCI: Medical Council of India
MFHD: MARC Format for Holdings Data
MIS: Master of Information Science
MLA: Modern Language Association
MLA: Modern Library Association
MLA: Music Library Association
MLIS: Master of Library and Information Science
MLS: Master of Library Science
MSLIS: Master of Science in Library and Information Science
NAAC: National Assessment and Accreditation Council
NACO: the Name Authority COmponent of the PCC
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
NCP: Network Control Protocol.
NCTE: National Council for Teachers Education
ND: No Date
NISC: National Information Services Corporation
NISCAIR: National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources.
NISO: National Information Standards Organization
NLA: Nevada Library Association
NN/LM: National Network of Libraries of Medicine
NSF: National Science Foundation.
NTIS: National Technical Information Service
NUC National Union Catalog
NYPL: New York Public Library
OAI: Open Archives Initiative.
OAI-PMH: Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting.
OCLC: Online Computer Library Centre.
ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science
OED: Oxford English Dictionary
OP: Out of Print
OPAC: Online Public Access Catalogue
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
PGDLAN: Post Graduate Diploma in Library Automation and Networking
PLA: Pakistan Library Association
PLANNER: Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North Eastern Region.
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 Alphabetische Katalogisierung
RDA: Resource Description and Access.
RDF: Resource Description Framework
RFID: Radio Frequency IDentification
RFK: Regeln für die Formalkatalogisierung
RFP: Request For Proposal
RIM: Records and Information Management
RIOTA: Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act
RLG: Research Libraries Group
RRRLF: Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation
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)
SDI: Selective Dissemination of Information
SIC code: Standard Industrial Classification code
SIS: Society for Information Science.
SLA: Special Libraries Association.
SLSH: Sears List of Subject Headings
SMS reference: Short Message Service reference
SPARC: Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
SRRT: Social Responsibilities Round Table (American Library Association)
SRU: Search / Retrieval via URL.
SSL: Secure sockets layer
SuDoc: Superintendent of Documents
TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol.
TOC: Table Of Contents
TP: Title page.
UBC: Universal Bibliographic Control.
UDC: Universal Decimal Classification
UGC: University Grants Commission
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
UNAL: UNESCO Network for Associated Library.
UNIMARC: Universal Machine Readable Catalogue
URL: Uniform Resource Locator.
USA PATRIOT Act: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools
USB: Universal Serial Bus
VHS: Video Home System
VLOG: Video (web-)log.
VPN: Virtual Private Network
WAN: Wide Area Network.
WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization.
WLIC: World Library and Information Congress
WWW: World Wide Web.