Canadian LIS Acronyms
This alphabetical listing of library acronyms includes:
- Acronyms for library and related organizations
- Abbreviations commonly used in library and information management community
Revised December 2, 2023
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recruitment, retirement, retention, rejuvenation, repatriation, re-accreditation, remuneration, and restructuring
A
AAAL
Alberta Association of Academic Libraries
AABC
Archives Association of British Columbia
AACR
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
AALT
Alberta Association of Library Technicians
AAO
Archives Association of Ontario
ABCDEF-Canada
Association des responsables de bibliothèques et centres de documentation universitaires et de recherche d’expression française au Canada
ABCPLD
Association of British Columbia Public Library Directors
ABFO
Association des bibliothécaires francophone de l’Ontario
ABO
Association des bibliotechniciens de l’Ontario
ABPQ
Association des bibliothèques publiques du Québec
ABQLA
Association des bibliothécaires du Québec / Québec Library Association
ACA
Association of Canadian Archivists
ACACC
Association des cartothèques et archives cartographiques du Canada
ACB
Association canadienne des bibliothèques
ACBAP
Association canadienne des bibliothécaires académiques professionnels
ACBD
Association canadienne des bibliothèques de droit
ACDP
Archival Community Digitization Program
ACMLA
Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives
ACTA
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
AEECSI
Alliance des étudiantes et étudiants canadien.ne.s en sciences de l’information
AEEEBSI
Association des étudiantes et des étudiants de l’École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information
AfLIG
Action for Literacy Interest Group
AGIIG
Access to Government Information Interest Group
AGLC
Alberta Government Libraries’ Council
ALA
American Library Association
ALARM
Alliance of Libraries, Archives and Records Management
ALISE
Association for Library & Information Science Education
ALTA
Alberta Library Trustees Association
AMA
Alberta Museums Association
AMA
Association for Manitoba Archives
AMIA
Association of Moving Image Archivists
AMPLO
Administrators of Medium Public Libraries of Ontario
ANCLA
Alliance nationale des connaissances et langues autochtones
ANLA
Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
AODA
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
API
Application Programming Interface
APLA
Atlantic Provinces Library Association
APLAC
Alberta Public Library Administrators’ Council
APLIC
Association of Parliamentary Librarians in Canada
APLL
Advancing Public Library Leadership
APLNB
Association of Professional Librarians of New Brunswick
APSDS
Association pour la promotion des services documentaires scolaires
APTDQ
Association professionnelle des techniciennes et techniciens en documentation du Québec
ARC
Advance Reading Copy
ARLIS/NA
Art Libraries Society of North America
ARUPLO
Administrators of Rural and Urban Public Libraries of Ontario
ASA
Archives Society of Alberta
ASIST
American Society for Information Science and Technology
ASLC
Alberta School Library Council
ASTED
Association pour l’avancement des sciences et des techniques de la documentation
ATIP
Access to information and privacy
ATLC
Association for Teacher-Librarianship in Canada
AUCC
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
B
BAC
Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
BASCS
Business Activity Structure Classification System
BCLA
British Columbia Library Association
BCLTA
British Columbia Library Trustees’ Association
BCMA
British Columbia Museums Association
BCTLA
British Columbia Teacher-Librarians’ Association
BIBFRAME
Bibliographic Framework Initiative
BIIG
Business Information Interest Group
BISAC
Book Industry Standards and Communications
BPC
Book and Periodicals Council
BSC
The Bibliographical Society of Canada
C
C-EBLIP
Centre for Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
CAAL
Council of Atlantic Academic Libraries
CACL
Canadian Association of Children’s Librarians
CACUL
Canadian Association of College and University Libraries
CAIS
Canadian Association for Information Science
CALL
Canadian Association of Law Libraries
CALSY
Canadian Library Services for Youth
CALUPL
Council of Administrators of Large Urban Public Libraries
CAML
Canadian Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres
CANB
Council of Archives New Brunswick
CANWIP
Canadian Works in Progress
CAPAL
Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians
CARL
Canadian Association of Research Libraries
CASL
Canadian Association for School Libraries
CASLIS
Canadian Association of Special Libraries and Information Services
CASUL
Canadian Association of Small University Libraries
CAUT
Canadian Association of University Teachers
CBEC
Canadian Book Exchange Centre
CBGF
Conseil des bibliothèques du gouvernement fédéral
CBPQ
Corporation of Professional Librarians of Québec
CCA
Canadian Council of Archives
CCC
Canadian Committee on Cataloguing
CCM
Canadian Committee on MARC
CCPSWG
Canadian Collective Print Strategy Working Group
CCUNESCO
Canadian Commission for UNESCO
CDIS
Canadian Digital Information Strategy
CDO
Chief Data Officer
CDO
Chief Digital Officer
CELA
Centre for Equitable Library Access
CELPLO
Chief Executives of Large Public Libraries of Ontario
CFL
Council of Federal Libraries
CFLA
Canadian Federation of Library Associations
CFLSN
Canadian Federal Libraries Strategic Network
CHIMA
Canadian Health Information Management Association
CHLA
Canadian Health Libraries Association
CIIMS
Canadian Information and Image Management Society
CIO
chief information officer
CIP
Cataloguing in Publication
CIPP/C
Certified Information Privacy Professional/Canada
CISSA
Canadian Information Studies Students’ Alliance
CLA
Canadian Library Association / Association canadienne des bibliothèques
CLASY
Canadian Libraries Are Serving Youth
CLF
Common Look and Feel
CLLG
Calgary Law Library Group
CLM
Canadian Library Month
CLTA
Canadian Library Trustees Association
CMA
Canadian Museums Association
CNIB
Canadian National Institute for the Blind
CNSA
Council of Nova Scotia Archives
COA
ALA Committee on Accreditation
COMSEC
communications security
COPPUL
Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries
CPBA
Conseil des bibliothèques postsecondaires de l’Atlantique
CPSLD
Council of Post Secondary Library Directors, British Columbia
CPTA
Council of Provincial and Territorial Archivists
CRKN
Canadian Research Knowledge Network
CSH
Canadian Subject Headings
CSL
Canadian School Libraries
CSLA
Canadian School Library Association
CTCL
Community and Technical College Libraries
CTCL
Canadian Technical and College Libraries
CULC
Canadian Urban Libraries Council
CUPE
Canadian Union of Public Employees
CVSL
Canadian Voices for School Libraries
D
DAISY
Digital Audio Information System
DC
Dublin Core
DCMI
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
DDC
Dewey Decimal Classification
DIS
Department of Information Science
DJIM
Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management
DLIAA
Dalhousie Library and Information Alumni Association
DMCA
Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998
DOI
Digital Object Identifier
DPI
Association of Public Sector Information Professionals (formerly Data Processing Institute)
DRM
Digital Rights Management
DSA
LIS Doctoral Students Association
DSP
Depository Services Program
E
EAD
Encoded Archival Description
EBLIG
Evidence Based Librarianship Interest Group
EBLIP
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
EBSI
École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information
ECM
enterprise content management
EDI
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
EDRMS
Electronic Documents and Records Management Solutions
ELA
Ex Libris Association
ELIP
Emerging Library & Information Perspectives
ELLA
Edmonton Law Libraries Association
ÉSIS
École des sciences de l’information / School of Information Studies
ETIG
Emerging Technologies Interest Group
F
FAA
Financial Administration Act
FCAB
Fédération canadienne des associations de bibliothèques
FIMS
Faculty of Information and Media Studies (University of Western Ontario)
FIS
Faculty of Information Studies (University of Toronto)
FLA
Foothills Library Association
FLC
Federal Libraries Consortium
FLCS
Federal Libraries Coordination Secretariat
FLIF
Future Librarians for Intellectual Freedom
FMD
Fédération des milieux documentaires
FMI
Framework for the Management of Information
FNCR
First Nation Communities READ
FNIGC
First Nations Information Governance Centre
FNMIIO
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit – Indigenous Ontology
FNPL
First Nations Public Library
FNPLW
First Nation Public Library Week
FOCAL
Friends of Canadian Libraries
FOIA
Freedom of Information Act
FOIP
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy
FOPL
Federation of Ontario Public Libraries
FOPLA
Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Association
FRAD
Functional Requirements for Authority Data
FRBR
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
FSeL
Federal Science eLibrary
G
GATS
General Agreement on Trade in Services
GBA+
gender-based analysis plus
GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
GELA
Greater Edmonton Library Association
GILS
Government Information Locator Service
GIN
Government Information Network
GLAM
galleries, libraries, archives, and museums
GMD
general material designation
GPL
General Public License
GSLIS
Graduate School of Library and Information Studies
GTDO
Groupe de travail de la déclaration d’Ottawa
GVT
Generic Valuation Tools
H
HLA
Halifax Library Association
HLABC
Health Libraries Association of British Columbia
I
IA
Information architecture
IAPP
International Association of Privacy Professionals
IASC
Indexing and Abstracting Society of Canada
IASL
International Association of School Libraries
ICA
International Council on Archives
ICOM
International Council of Museums
ICP
Infrastructure Canada Program
IFLA
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
ILIG
Information Literacy Interest Group
ILL
interlibrary loan
IM
information management
IMCC
Information Management Capacity Check
IMO
Intellectual Management Office
INCA
Institut national canadien pour les aveugles
IP
intellectual property
IPALLOSH
Inter-Provincial Association of the Library Lovers of Sheep
IRMAC
Information Resource Management Association of Canada
ISBD
International Standard Bibliographic Description
ISBN
International Standard Book Number
ISIS
Integrated Semantic Information Services
ISMN
International Standard Music Number
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
ISSA
Information Science Student Association
ISSN
International Standard Serial Number
ITIL
Information Technology Infrastructure Library
J
JSC
Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR
K
KM
knowledge management
KO
Knowledge Ontario
L
LAA
Library Association of Alberta
LAC
Library and Archives Canada
LANCR
Library Association of the National Capital Region
LAOH
Library Association of Ottawa-Hull
LASSA
Library and Archival Studies Student Association
LBANS
Library Boards Association of Nova Scotia
LIANZA
Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa
LISAA
Library and Information Studies Alumni Association
LISSA
Library and Information Studies Students’ Association
LIT
Library and Information Technician
LLEAD
Library Leaders Excellence and Development
LOCKSS
Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe
LSC
Library Services Centre
LTAN
Library Technicians and Assistants Network
LTIG
Library Technicians Interest Group
LWB
Librarians Without Borders
M
MAF
Management Accountability Framework
MAHIP
Manitoba Association of Health Information Providers
MALT
Manitoba Association of Library Technicians
MARA
Machine Readable Accessions
MARC
Machine Readable Cataloguing
MFIPPA
Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
MGI
Management of government information
MGLC
Manitoba Government Libraries Council
MHLA
Maritimes Health Libraries Association
MI
Master of Information
MIM
Master of Information Management
MIDA
Multi-Institutional Disposition Authorities
MLA
Manitoba Library Association
MLIS
Master of Library and Information Science
MLISSC
MLIS Student Council
MLTA
Manitoba Library Trustees Association
MMIWG
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
MMSt
Master of Museum Studies
MOOC
Massive Open Online Course
MRDS
MARC Records Distribution Service
MSI
Maîtrise en sciences de l’information
MSLA
Manitoba School Library Association
N
NAC
National Archives of Canada
NADP
National Archival Development Program
NAHLA
Northern Alberta Health Libraries Association
NAPLO
National Aboriginal Public Library Organization
NBLTA
New Brunswick Library Trustees Association, Inc.
NBS
New Books Service
NCLSP
National Core Library Statistics Program
NCTR
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
NEOS
Networking Edmonton’s Online Systems
NHDS
National Heritage Digitization Strategy
NIKLA
National Indigenous Knowledge and Language Alliance
NLC
National Library of Canada
NLHLA
Newfoundland and Labrador Health Libraries Association
NLIPIG
New Librarians and Information Professionals Interest Group
NLLA
Newfoundland and Labrador Library Association
NNELS
National Network for Equitable Library Service
NOS
National Overlap Study
NSLA
Nova Scotia Library Association
NSLD
National School Library Day
O
OA
open access
OALT
Ontario Association of Library Technicians
OCAP®
ownership, control, access, and possession
OCLC
Online Computer Library Center
OCLS
Ontario Colleges Library Service
OCUL
Ontario Council of University Libraries
OCULA
Ontario College and University Library Association
ODWG
Ottawa Declaration Working Group
OER
Open Educational Resources
OGP
Open Government Partnership
OHLA
Ontario Health Libraries Association
OHLIA
Ontario Health Library and Information Association
OLA
Ontario Library Association
OLBA
Ontario Library Boards Association
OLITA
Ontario Library and Information Technology Association
OLMC
official language minority communities
OLS
Ontario Library Service
OLS-N
Ontario Library Service North
OMA
Ontario Museums Association
OPLA
Ontario Public Library Association
OPLG
Ontario Public Library Guidelines
OPLW
Ontario Public Library Week
OSLA
Ontario School Library Association
P
PCDHN
Pan-Canadian Documentary Heritage Network
PDA
patron driven acquisition
PEIPLA
P.E.I. Professional Librarians’ Association
PEITLA
Prince Edward Island Teacher-Librarians’ Association
PiBS
Portail d’information sur les bibliothèques scolaires
PLA
Public Library Association
PLARC
Public Libraries Accessible Resource Centre
PLC
Professional Learning Centre (University of Toronto)
PLG
Progressive Librarians Guild
PLSA
Public Library Service Awards
PLTDC
Provincial and Territorial Library Directors Council
PNLA
Pacific Northwest Library Association
POR
Public opinion resesearch
PSAC
Public Service Alliance of Canada
PURL
Persistent Uniform Resource Locator
Q
QLA
Quebec Library Association
R
RDA
Resource Description and Access
RDA
Records Disposition Authority
RDACS
Records Disposition Authorities Control System
RDAQ
Réseau de diffusion des archives du Québec
RDIMS
Records, Documents, and Information Management System
RFI
Request for information
RFP
Request for proposal
RK
recordkeeping
RMI
Records Management Institute
RSBFC
Réseau stratégique des bibliothèques fédérales canadiennes
RSI
Record Series Identifiers
RT
related term
RVM
Répertoire de vedettes-matière
S
SAA
Society of American Archivists
SAHLA
Southern Alberta Health Libraries Association
SALT
Saskatchewan Association of Library Technicians
SCAA
Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists
SCCA
Steering Committee on Canada’s Archives
SCFP
Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique
SDLC
Systems Development Life Cycle
SGDDI
Système de gestion des dossiers, des documents et de l’information
SHLA
Saskatchewan Health Libraries Association
SIG
Serials Interest Group
SIM
School of Information Management (Dalhousie University)
SIRC
Sport Information Resource Centre
SIS
School of Information Studies
SLA
Saskatchewan Library Association
SLA
Special Libraries Association
SLACYS
Student Librarian Association for Children and Youth Services
SLAIS
School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (University of British Columbia)
SLIC
School Libraries in Canada
SLIP
School Library Information Portal
SLIS
School of Library and Information Studies (University of Alberta)
SLTA
Saskatchewan Library Trustees’ Association
SNDP
Stratégie de numérisation du patrimoine documentaire
SOLS
Southern Ontario Library Service
SSLA
Saskatchewan School Library Association
STEAM
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics
STEM
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
STM
scientific, technical and medical
T
TAL
The Alberta Library
TALL
Toronto Association of Law Libraries
TDSRC
TD Summer Reading Program
TPPA
Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
TRC
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
TSIG
Technical Services Interest Group
TSLIS
Toronto Special Libraries and Information Services
TUG
TriUniversity Group of Libraries (University of Guelph, University of Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier University)
U
UF
used for
ULC
Urban Libraries Council
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
V
VALL
Vancouver Association of Law Libraries
vCuc
virtual Canadian union catalogue
ViMLoC
Visible Minority Librarians of Canada
VRC
Virtual Reference Canada
VTLA
Vancouver Teacher-Librarian Association
W
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
WaAIt
Web Accessibility Initiative
WCAG
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
WDL
World Digital Library
WIPO
World Intellectual Property Organization
WLIC
World Library and Information Congress
WSIS
World Summit on the Information Society
X
XML
Extensible Mark-up Language
Y
YCW
Young Canada Works
YTLA
Yukon Teacher-Librarians’ Association
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