DrLibSc's Important Abbreviations, Meaning and Dates in Library and Information Science

  DrLibSc's Important Abbreviations, Meaning and Dates in Library and Information Science

·         • Scopus: Abstract and citation database of research literature

·         • J-Store (1995): Journal Storage

·         • Emeralds: Full text Journal Publishers

·         • Science Direct: Full-text scientific database

·         • ERIC: Education Resources Information Center, is the world's largest digital library of

·         education literature

·         • J-Gate (2001): J-Gate is an electronic gateway to global e-journal literature

·         • Project MUSE (1993): Online database of more than 200 journals from nonprofit publishers

·         • EBSCO: Reference Databases

·         • Pubmed: Citations for biomedical articles from MEDLINE

·         • IndMed: A Bibliographic Database of Indian Biomedical Literature is an indexing of

·         medical and other biomedical journals from India not cover in Medline

·         • INIS: The INIS Database, contains over 3 million bibliographic records

·         • LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts is an international abstracting and

·         indexing tool designed for library professionals and other information specialists

·         • Genamics JournalSeek: Genamics JournalSeek is the largest completely categorized

·         database of freely available journal information available on the internet. The database

·         presently contains 95320 titles. Journal information includes the description (aims and

·         scope), journal abbreviation, journal homepage link, subject category and ISSN.

·         • Econlit: The American Economic Association’s electronic bibliography, EconLit, indexes

·         more than thirty years of economics literature from around the world. Compiled and

·         abstracted in an easily searchable format, EconLit is a comprehensive index of journal

·         articles, books, book reviews, collective volume articles, working papers and dissertations

·         • REPEC: Research Papers in economics. Collaborative volunteer effort to enhance the

·         dissemination of research in economics. The database contains information on more than

·         585,000 items

·         • OCLC Worldcat: A global catalog of library collections.

·         • Tamil Nadu (formerly Madras) Public Libraries Act. 1948

·         • Andhra Pradesh Public Libraries Act. 1960

·         • Karnataka Public Library Act 1965

·         • Maharashtra Public Libraries Act 1967

·         • West Bengal Public Libraries Act 1979

·         • Manipur Public Libraries Act 1988

·         • Kerala Public Libraries Act 1989

·         • Haryana Public Libraries Act 1989

·         • Mizoram Public Libraries Act 1993

·         • Goa Public Libraries Act 1993

·         • Gujarat Public Libraries Act 2002

·         • Orissa Public Library Act 2002

·         • Uttaranchal Public Libraries Act, 2005.

·         • Rajasthan Public Libraries Act 2006

·         • Delhi Public Library 1951

·         • DRTC, Bangalore 1962

·         • Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation 1972

·         • Connemara Public Library 1890

·         • Khuda Baksha Oriental Public Library 1891

·         • Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune 1917

·         • Rampur Raza Library, Uttar Pradesh 1774

·         • State Lenin Library, Moscow 1862

·         • National Library of India- 1835

·         • Bibliothec Nationale, Pris (National Library, France) 1440

·         • National Diet Library, Japan 1948

·         • National Library, Germany 1912

·         • Library of Congress, USA 1800

·         • Library Association (UK)-1877 now Known as Chartered institute of Library and

·         Information Professionals (From 2002) 1877 (now name changed in 2002 as CILIP)

·         • American Library Association- 1876

·         • Association of Special Libraries and Information Beureaux –ASLIB 1926

·         • IFLA-1929 1929 UBC-1974, UAP-1976

·         • Special Library Association(SLA) 1909

·         • FID 1982

·         • UNESCO 1945

·         • India Library Association 1933

·         • IASLIC 1955

·         • RRRLF 1972

·         • DDC by Melvil Dewey 1876

·         • Expansive Classification by C.A. Cutter- 1879

·         • Library of Congress Classification 1902

·         • Subject Classification by J. D. Brown 1906

·         • Colon Classification 1933

·         • Bibliographic Classification by H. E. Bliss 1935

·         • International Classification by F. Rider 1961.

·         • Library of Congress Subject Headings 1898

·         • Sears List of Subject Headings (SLSH) 1923

·         • AACR first published 1908

·         • MARC 1966

·         • AACR-I 1967

·         • CCF 1972

·         • ISBD 1974

·         • UNIMARC 1977

·         • AACR-II 1978

·         • Online Computer Library Centre (OCLC) 1967

·         • Research Library Group (RLG)-RLIN 1974

·         • Joint Academic Network (JANET)

·         • Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL) 1997

·         • China Academic Library & Information System 1998

·         • NICNET 1977

·         • CALIBNET 1986

·         • ERNET 1986

·         • INFLIBNET 1988

·         • DELNE 1992

·         • ADINET 1993

·         • MALIBNET 1993

·         • MYLIBNET 1994

·         • UGC INFONET 2002

·         • HELINET 2003

·         • Asia and Pacific Information Network (APIN)

·         • Information Society program for Latin America and The Caribbean (INFOLAC) 1986

·         • Global Network for Education in Journalism 1999

·         • Orbicom 1994

·         • UNESCO Network for Associated Library (UNAL)

·         • UNISIST Programme 1971

·         • CDS/ISIS 1985

·         • WINISIS Distributed

·         • SOUL 2000

·         • GREENSTONE 1997

·         • DSPACE 2002

·         • KOHA 2000

·         • NEWGENLIB 2007

·         • EPRINTS 2000

·         • Relational Indexing- J.E.L.Farradane 1950

·         • Coats Subject Indexing- E.J. Coats 1963

·         • PRECIS-Derek Austin 1974

·         • POPSI- G. Bhattacharya 1964

·         • Kaisers systematic Indexing 1911

·         • UNITERM- Martimer Taube 1953

·         • Science Citation Index 1974

·         • Social Science Citation Index 1973

·         • Arts & Humanities Citation Index 1978

·         • Roget’s Thesaurus 1852

·         • Andhra Pradesh Library Association, 1914

·         • Maharashtra Library Association, 1921

·         • Bengal Library Association, 1925

·         • Madras Library Association, 1928

·         • Karnataka Library Association, 1929

·         • Punjab Library Association, 1929

·         • Samastha Kerala Pustakalaya Samiti, 1931

·         • Bihar Library Association, 1936

·         • Assam Library Association, 1938

·         • Utkal Library Association, 1944

·         • Kerala Library Association, 1945

·         • Hyderabad Library Association, 1951

·         • U.P.Library Association, 1951

·         • Delhi Library Association, 1953

·         • Gujarat library Association, 1953

·         • Madhya Bharat Library Association, 1957

·         • Gomantak Library Association, 1961

·         • Rajasthan Library Association, 1962

·         • Jammu & Kashmir Library Association, 1966

·         • Tripura Library Association, 1967

·         • Manipur Library Association, 1987

·         • Mizoram Library Association, 1987

·         • Meghalaya Library Association, 1994

·         • Nagaland Library Association, 1996

·         • 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

·         • 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

·         • 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 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

·         • ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange

·         • ASIS - American Society for Information Science (and Technology)

·         • 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

·         Cataloging

·         • 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

·         • 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 ReWritable

·         • CDS - Cataloging Distribution Service (Library of Congress)

·         • CDS/ISIS - Computerised Documentation Services Intregated Set of Information System

·         • 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

·         • 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)

·         • CSIR - Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

·         • CV - Curriculum Vitae

·         • DCM Z1 - Descriptive Cataloging Manual Z1 ("Yellow Pages")

·         • DDB - die Deutsche Bibliothek (German National Library)

·         • DDC - Dewey Decimal Classification

·         • 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 Recordkeeping Systems

·         • DLIS - Department of Library and Information Science

·         • DLSc - Diploma in Library Science

·         • DMCA - Digital Millennium Copyright Act

·         • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

·         • DRC – Data Referral Centra

·         • 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 Depotisitory Library Program

·         • FRBR - Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records

·         • GIF - Graphics Interchange Format

·         • GIS - Geographic Information Systems

·         • GPO - Government Printing Office

·         • GUI - Graphical User Interface

·         • HR - Human Resources

·         • HTML - HyperText Markup 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

·         Information Centers

·         • IASLIC - Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centers

·         • IATLIS - Indian Association of Teachers in 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

·         • IFLA - International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

·         • III - Innovative Interfaces, Incorporated

·         • IIT - Indian Institute of Technology

·         • ILA - Indian Library Association

·         • ILL - InterLibrary 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

·         • ISBN - International Standard Book Number

·         • ISC - Information for Social Change (Advocacy group : United Kingdom)

·         • ISP - Internet Service Provider

·         • ISSN - International Standard Serial Number

·         • IT - Information Technology

·         • JAKE - Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment

·         • 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 Heading

·         • LCSH - Library of Congress Subject Headings, aka "The Big Red Books"

·         • LFF - LIbrarians For Fairnesss

·         • LIS - Library and Information Science

·         • LIS - Library and Information Science (common abbreviation)

·         • 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 - MAchine Readable Cataloging

·         • MARC - Machine Readable Catalogue

·         • MARC 21 Machine Readable Catalogue 21 Century

·         • MCI - Medical Council of India

·         • Medical Library Association

·         • MFHD - MARC Format for Holdings Data

·         • MIS - Master of Information Science

·         • MLA

·         • MLA - Modern Library Association

·         • MLIS - Master of Library and Information Science

·         • MLS - Master of Library Science

·         • Modern Language Association

·         • MSLIS - Master of Science in Library and Information Science

·         • Music Library Association

·         • 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

·         • 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

·         • OPAC - Online Public Access Catalog

·         • 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

·         • 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

·         • 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)

·         • SIC code - Standard Industrial Classification code

·         • SLA - Special Libraries Association

·         • SMS reference - Short Message Service reference

·         • SPARC - Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition

·         • SRRT - Social Responsibilities Round Table (American Library Association)

·         • SSL - Secure sockets layer

·         • SuDoc - Superintendent of Documents

·         • t.p. - Title page

·         • TOC - Table Of Contents

·         • UDC - Universal Decimal Classification

·         • UGC - University Grants Commission

·         • 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

·         • WAN - Wide Area Network

·         • WLIC - World Library and Information Congress

·         • WWW - World Wide Web

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