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Acronyms & Initialisms
A
AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science
AAP Association of American Publishers
AAUP American Association of University Professors
ABC African Books Collective
ACRL Association of College and Research Libraries
AILS African Imprint Library Services
AFSCME American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
AKRIBIE Arbeitskreis Kritischer BibliotharInnen
ALASA African Library Association of South Africa
ALIA Australia Library & Information Association
ALP Advancement of Librarianship in the Third World
ANC African National Congress
APT Alternative Press Titles for Libraries
B
BAFF Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Autonomer Frauenforschungseinrichtungen
BAU Bibliotekerarbejdslos
BiS Bibliotek i Samhalle
C
CIA Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.)
CIRA Centre internationale de recherches sur l’Anarchisme
CDH-S Centro de Documentacón Histórico-Social/Atenue Enciclopèdic Popular
CNN Cable News Network
CNT Confederación Nacional del Trabajo
COSATU Congress of South African Trade Unions
COSH groups Committees on Occupational Health and Safety
CSCE Council for Security and Cooperation in Europe
CWS Corporate Wannabee Syndrom
D
DAC Department of Arts and Culture. African National Congress
E
EDGAR Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (US)
EDUCOM July 1, 1998, EDUCOM merged with Cause to become EDUCAUSE
EP Editora Politica
EU European Union
F
FAI Federación Anarquista Ibérica
FAL Fundación de Estudios Libertarios Anselmo Lorenzo
FARA Foreign Agents Registration Act
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation (U.S.)
FFBIZ Frauenforschungs, Bildungs, und Informtationszentrum Berlin
FICEDL Fédération internationale des centres d’ etude et de documentation libertaire
FID International Federation for Documentation
FMC Federation of Cuban Women
FOIA Freedom of Information Act (U.S.)
FSS Fundación de Estidios Libertarios Salvador Seguí
G
G-7 Seven industrialized nations (Canada, , France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom), United States of America (later became the G8 with Russia)
GATS General Agreement on Trade and Services
H
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
I
IAEA International Atomic Energy Authority
IAI International African Institute
IAMCR International Association of Mass Communication Research
IALHI International Association of Labour History Institutions
IBM International Business Machines
ICAIC Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos
IFF Interdisziplinäre Forschungsgruppe Frauenforschung: Dokumentation-Information-Archiv Bielefeld
IFLA International Federation of Library Associations
ILAD Turkish Communication Research Association
IMF International Monetary Fund
IPS Inter-Press Service
ISC Information for Social Change
ITU International Telecommunications Union
IWW International Workers of the World
J
JURIS Weslaw databse
K
KLA Kosovo Liberation Army
KRIBIBI Arbeitskreis Kritischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare im Renner-Institut
L
LEXIS Lexis now LexisNexis, provider of comprehensive information and business solutions in a variety of areas— legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting, academic.
LIWO Library and Information Workers Organization (South Africa)
LSG LIWO Support Group
M
MIL Iberian Liberation Movement
MLB Major League Baseball
MSSRT Minnesota Library Association Social Responsibilities Round Table
MTV Music Television
N
NAM Non-Aligned Movement
NASM National Air and Space Museum
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBA National Basketball Association
NERL Northeast Research Libraries Network
NFL National Football League
NGOs Non-Governmental Organizations
NHL National Hockey League
NII National Information Infrastructure
NOTIS A Library Management System (computer)
NREN National Research and Education Network
NUMMI New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.
NWICO New World Information and Communications Order
NYCOSH compiler of COSH Group directory
NACLA
O
OAS Organization of African Unity
OCLAE La Organización Continental Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Estudiantes
OCLC Online Computer Library Center (founded 1967; name changed from Ohio College Library Center in 1981)
OMB Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
ON Operation Namibia
OSPAAAL Organización de Solidaridad con los Pueblos de Asia, Africa y América Latina
ÖTV Öffentlich Dienst Transport und Verkehr
P
PANA Pan-African News Agency
PC political correctness
PDS Social Democratic Party (Brazil)
PLG Progressive Librarians Guild
PLGNet Progressive Librarians Guild Discussion List
PT Brazilian Worker’s Party
Q
R
RBOCs Regional Bell Operating Companies
S
SAB Sveriges Allmänna Biblioteksförening
SACP South African Communist Party
SAILIS South African Institute of Library and Information Science
SDS
SEC
SEGUEF Sociedad para el Estudio de la Guerra Civil y el Franquismo
SEIU
SOMAFCO Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College
SRRT Social Responsibilities Round Table
T
TAP Taxpayer Asset Project
TNCs Transnational corporations
TRANSLIS Transforming Our Library and Information Services
U
ULIS Unification of Library and Information Stakeholders
UNESCO
UNITA União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola)
USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(Soviet Union)
V
VDT Video Display Terminal
W
WIPO World Intellectual Property Association
WTO World Trade Organization
X
Y
Z
Acronyms & Initialisms
A
AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science
AAP Association of American Publishers
AAUP American Association of University Professors
ABC African Books Collective
ACRL Association of College and Research Libraries
AILS African Imprint Library Services
AFSCME American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
AKRIBIE Arbeitskreis Kritischer BibliotharInnen
ALASA African Library Association of South Africa
ALIA Australia Library & Information Association
ALP Advancement of Librarianship in the Third World
ANC African National Congress
APT Alternative Press Titles for Libraries
B
BAFF Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Autonomer Frauenforschungseinrichtungen
BAU Bibliotekerarbejdslos
BiS Bibliotek i Samhalle
C
CIA Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.)
CIRA Centre internationale de recherches sur l’Anarchisme
CDH-S Centro de Documentacón Histórico-Social/Atenue Enciclopèdic Popular
CNN Cable News Network
CNT Confederación Nacional del Trabajo
COSATU Congress of South African Trade Unions
COSH groups Committees on Occupational Health and Safety
CSCE Council for Security and Cooperation in Europe
CWS Corporate Wannabee Syndrom
D
DAC Department of Arts and Culture. African National Congress
E
EDGAR Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (US)
EDUCOM July 1, 1998, EDUCOM merged with Cause to become EDUCAUSE
EP Editora Politica
EU European Union
F
FAI Federación Anarquista Ibérica
FAL Fundación de Estudios Libertarios Anselmo Lorenzo
FARA Foreign Agents Registration Act
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation (U.S.)
FFBIZ Frauenforschungs, Bildungs, und Informtationszentrum Berlin
FICEDL Fédération internationale des centres d’ etude et de documentation libertaire
FID International Federation for Documentation
FMC Federation of Cuban Women
FOIA Freedom of Information Act (U.S.)
FSS Fundación de Estidios Libertarios Salvador Seguí
G
G-7 Seven industrialized nations (Canada, , France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom), United States of America (later became the G8 with Russia)
GATS General Agreement on Trade and Services
H
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
I
IAEA International Atomic Energy Authority
IAI International African Institute
IAMCR International Association of Mass Communication Research
IALHI International Association of Labour History Institutions
IBM International Business Machines
ICAIC Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos
IFF Interdisziplinäre Forschungsgruppe Frauenforschung: Dokumentation-Information-Archiv Bielefeld
IFLA International Federation of Library Associations
ILAD Turkish Communication Research Association
IMF International Monetary Fund
IPS Inter-Press Service
ISC Information for Social Change
ITU International Telecommunications Union
IWW International Workers of the World
J
JURIS Weslaw databse
K
KLA Kosovo Liberation Army
KRIBIBI Arbeitskreis Kritischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare im Renner-Institut
L
LEXIS Lexis now LexisNexis, provider of comprehensive information and business solutions in a variety of areas— legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting, academic.
LIWO Library and Information Workers Organization (South Africa)
LSG LIWO Support Group
M
MIL Iberian Liberation Movement
MLB Major League Baseball
MSSRT Minnesota Library Association Social Responsibilities Round Table
MTV Music Television
N
NAM Non-Aligned Movement
NASM National Air and Space Museum
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBA National Basketball Association
NERL Northeast Research Libraries Network
NFL National Football League
NGOs Non-Governmental Organizations
NHL National Hockey League
NII National Information Infrastructure
NOTIS A Library Management System (computer)
NREN National Research and Education Network
NUMMI New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.
NWICO New World Information and Communications Order
NYCOSH compiler of COSH Group directory
NACLA
O
OAS Organization of African Unity
OCLAE La Organización Continental Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Estudiantes
OCLC Online Computer Library Center (founded 1967; name changed from Ohio College Library Center in 1981)
OMB Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
ON Operation Namibia
OSPAAAL Organización de Solidaridad con los Pueblos de Asia, Africa y América Latina
ÖTV Öffentlich Dienst Transport und Verkehr
P
PANA Pan-African News Agency
PC political correctness
PDS Social Democratic Party (Brazil)
PLG Progressive Librarians Guild
PLGNet Progressive Librarians Guild Discussion List
PT Brazilian Worker’s Party
Q
R
RBOCs Regional Bell Operating Companies
S
SAB Sveriges Allmänna Biblioteksförening
SACP South African Communist Party
SAILIS South African Institute of Library and Information Science
SDS
SEC
SEGUEF Sociedad para el Estudio de la Guerra Civil y el Franquismo
SEIU
SOMAFCO Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College
SRRT Social Responsibilities Round Table
T
TAP Taxpayer Asset Project
TNCs Transnational corporations
TRANSLIS Transforming Our Library and Information Services
U
ULIS Unification of Library and Information Stakeholders
UNESCO
UNITA União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola)
USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(Soviet Union)
V
VDT Video Display Terminal
W
WIPO World Intellectual Property Association
WTO World Trade Organization
X
Y
Z
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