Guide to Library & UC Acronyms

See also:

UCLA Library Staff Intranet Acronyms List

UCLA Library

  • ACCM - Advisory Committee on Cataloging and Metadata
  • ACR - Administrative Conference Room (#11348) in YRL
  • AdCon - Administrative Conference (comprised of the Unit Heads) now called Management Council
  • AUL - Assistant or Associate University Librarian
  • Cabinet - comprised of the UL and AULs; formerly known as ExComm
  • CMC - Collection Management Council
  • CMI - Collection Management Initiative
  • COMF - Collection Management Forum
  • DLHR - Director, Library Human Resources
  • ExComm - Executive Committee (comprised of the UL and AULs) now called The Cabinet
  • HAPI - Hispanic American Periodical Index
  • ILDAC - Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Advisory Committee
  • ILI - Information Literacy Initiative
  • LSA - Library Staff Association
  • LHR - Library Human Resources
  • Management Council - comprised of the Unit Heads; formerly known as AdCon
  • PRC - Peer Review Committee/Peer Review Coordinator
  • PSC - Public Services Council
  • RRISC - Reference, Research, and Instruction Subcommittee of PSC
  • SCAC - Special Collections Advisory Council
  • TAC - Technical Advisory Committee
  • UL - University Librarian
  • VICTOR - Voyager Implementation Classic, Taos, Olga Replacement
  • YRL - Young Research Library

UL (University Librarians) Advisory Structure:

  • ACG - All Campus Groups
  • CAG - Circulation Advisory Group
  • CDC - Collection Development Committee
  • HOPS - Heads of Public Services
  • HOS - Heads of Systems (now LTAG)
  • HOSC - Heads of Special Collections
  • HOTS - Heads of Technical Services
  • IAG - Interlibrary Loan Advisory Group
  • LTAG - Library Technology Advisory Group (formerly HOS)
  • PAG - Preservation Advisory Group
  • RSC - Resource Sharing Committee
  • SOPAG - Systemwide Operations and Planning Advisory Group
  • SCO - Scholarly Communication Officers Group
  • UCAC - University of California Archivists Council

Systemwide:

  • CMPG - Collections Management and Planning Group
  • SLASIAC -- Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee
  • UCOLASC -- Academic Senate University Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication
  • URVCC - University Relations Vice Chancellors Council

Other:

  • APM - Academic Personnel Manual (Section 360 relates to the Librarian series)
  • CDL - California Digital Library
  • DLA - Division of Library Automation (now reorganized as part of CDL)
  • JSC - Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections
  • LPAI - Library Planning and Action Initiative (now replaced by SLASIAC)
  • MOU - Memorandum of Understanding, Professional Librarians Unit, American Federation of Teachers
  • NNLM - National Network of Libraries of Medicine
  • NRLF - Northern Regional Library Facility
  • OAC - Online Archive of California
  • PSRML - Pacific Southwest Regional Medical Library
  • RML - Regional Medical Libraries
  • SRLF - Southern Regional Library Facility
  • STAS - Strategic Technology, Architecture, and Standards Working Group
  • TSWG - Tools and Services Working Group
  • UCCSC - UC Computer Systems Conference (annual)
  • UCOP - University of California, Office of the President (Oakland)

Associations & Organizations:

  • AALL - American Association of Law Libraries
  • AJL - Association of Jewish Libraries
  • AJLSC - Association of Jewish Libraries of Southern California
  • ALA - American Library Association
  • ALC - Africana Librarians Council
  • ALISE - Association for Library and Information Science Education
  • AMIA - Association of Moving Image Archivists
  • ARLIS/NA - Art Libraries Society of North America
  • ASIST - American Society for Information Science & Technology
  • CARL - California Academic & Research Libraries
  • CLA - California Library Association
  • CUE - Coalition of University Employees
  • IFLA - International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
  • MELA - Middle East Librarians Association
  • MEMP - Middle East Microforms Project
  • MLA - Medical Library Association
  • MLA - Music Library Association
  • MLGSCA - Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona
  • SAA - Society of American Archivists
  • SALALM - Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials
  • SCALL - Southern California Association of Law Libraries
  • sCil - Southern California Instruction Librarians
  • SCIP - Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals
  • SCOUG - Southern California Online Users Group
  • SCTPG - Southern California Technical Processes Group
  • SLA - Special Libraries Association
  • UC-AFT - University Council-American Federation of Teachers
  • UPTE - University Professional & Technical Employees

Updated February 4, 2008
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