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ACRONYMS
AACR
Anglo-American Cataloging Rules
ACM
Association for Computing Machinery
AHA
American Historical Association
A&LD
Arts and Letters Daily
AMS
American Mathematical Society
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
ARL
Association of Research Libraries
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interface
ATM
asynchronous transfer mode
CCF
circulation control facility
CD-ROM
compact disk read-only memory
CDS
Cataloging Distribution Service
CEO
chief executive officer
CIC
Committee on Institutional Cooperation
CIO
chief information officer
CIP
Cataloging in Publication
CLIR
Council on Library and Information Resources
CNRI
Corporation for National Research Initiatives
COINS
Copyright Office In-Process System
COPICS
Copyright Office Publication and Interactive Cataloging System
CORC
Cooperative Online Resource Cataloging project
CORDS
Copyright Office Electronic Registration, Recordation, and Deposit System
CPSO
Cataloging Policy and Support Office
CRS
Congressional Research Service
CSDGM
Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
CSTB
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board
DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DCES
Dublin Core Element Set
DCMI
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
DFG
Digital Futures Group
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
DTD
document type definition
EAD
encoded archival description
ECIP
Electronic Cataloging in Publication
EDI
electronic data interchange
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FGDC
U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee
FRBR
functional requirements for bibliographic records
FTE
full-time equivalent
FTP
file transfer protocol
GIF
graphics interchange format
GIS
geographical information system
GLIN
Global Legal Information Network
GPO
U.S. Government Printing Office
HR
human resources
HRS
Human Resources Services (directorate)
HTML
hypertext markup language
HTTP
hypertext transfer protocol
IATH
Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities
IFLA
International Federation of Library Associations
ILS
Integrated Library System
IP
intellectual property
IR
information retrieval
ISBN
International Standard Book Number
ISIS
Inquiry Status Information System
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
ISSN
International Standard Serial Number
ITS
Information Technology Services (directorate)
ITVSRP
information technology vision, strategy, research, and planning group
K-12
kindergarten through grade 12
LC
Library of Congress
LHNCBC
Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications
LIS
Legislative Information System
LOCIS
Library of Congress Information System
MARC
machine-readable cataloging
MEDLINE
index of online medical journals and information at the National Library of Medicine
MPAA
Motion Picture Association of America
MUMS
Multiple Use MARC System
NAL
National Agricultural Library
NARA
National Archives and Records Administration
NCBI
National Center for Biotechnology Information
NDL
National Digital Library
NDLP
National Digital Library Program
NEDLIB
Networked European Deposit Library
NEH
National Endowment for the Humanities
NISO
National Information Standards Organization
NIST
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology
NLM
National Library of Medicine
NLP
natural language processing
NLSBPH
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
NRC
National Research Council
NSF
National Science Foundation
NTE
not to exceed
NUC
National Union Catalog
OAIS
Open Archival Information System
OCLC
Online Computer Library Center
OD
books on demand
OPAC
online public access catalog
OS
operating system
OSTI
Office of Scientific and Technical Information (in the Department of Energy)
portable document format
PICS
Platform for Internet Content Selection
PMED
Planning, Management, and Evaluation Directorate
PPBEEES
Planning, Programming, Budgeting, Evaluation, Executing, and Evaluation System
PPLF
Public Policy Literature File
PPOC
Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
R&D
research and development
RDF
resource description framework
RFP
request for proposals
RLG
Research Libraries Group
SCORPIO
Subject Content Oriented Retriever for Processing Information Online
SGML
standard generalized markup language
TAB
technical advisory board
TCP
transmission control protocol
TIFF
tagged image file format
UNIX
Universal Interactive Executive (operating system)
URL
uniform resource locator
URN
universal resource name
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
XML
extensible markup language
Y2K
year 2000