Important Questions & Answer for KVS-NET-AL-SPA-LIA-Library Assistant-BLISc-MLISc and all LIS Related Exam

A

A&I - Abstracting and Indexing

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

AECT - Association for Educational Communications and Technology

AHIP - Academy of Health Information Professionals

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

ALOHA - Astronomy Librarians of Hawaii Association

ANSI - American National Standards Institute

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

B

BALID - Bangladesh Association of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentalists

BFM - Bibliographic File Maintenence

BI - Bibliographic Instruction

BIBCO - the monographic BIBliographic record COmponent of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging

BL - British Library

BPL - Boston Public Library

BIP - Books In Print

BnF - Bibliothèquenationale de France

C

CAHSL - Connecticut Association of Health Sciences Librarians

CDA - Communications Decency Act

CD-R - Compact Disc-Recordable

CD-ROM - Compact Disc Read-Only Memory

CD-RW - Compact Disc ReWritable

CDS - Cataloging Distribution Service (Library of Congress)

CILIP - Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

CIP - Cataloging-In-Publication

CLA - Canadian Library Association

CLIR - Council on Library & Information Resources

CNI - Coalition for Networked Information

CONSER - Cooperative ONlineSERials (PCC component)

CPSO - Cataloging Policy and Support Office (Library of Congress)

CV - Curriculum Vitae

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

COMLA - Common Welth Library Association

D

ddb - die Deutsche Bibliothek (German National Library)

DDC - Dewey Decimal Classification

DDS - Document Delivery Service

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

DIRKS - Design and Implementation of Recordkeeping Systems

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

DMCA - Digital Millennium Copyright Act

DRM - Digital Rights Management

DVD - Digital Video Disc

E

ERIC - Educational Resources Information Clearinghouse

F

FDLP - Federal Depotisitory Library Program

FRBR - Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records

G

GIF - Graphics Interchange Format

GIS - Geographic Information Systems

GPO - Government Printing Office

GUI - Graphical User Interface

H

HR - Human Resources

HTML - HyperTextMarkup Language

HTTP - HyperText Transfer Protocol

HTTPS - HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure

I

IALL - International Association of Law Libraries

IAMSLIC - International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers

IB - Information Behavior

IE - Internet Explorer

IFLA - International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

III - Innovative Interfaces, Incorporated

ILL - InterLibrary loan

IMLS - Institute for Museum and Library Services

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

J

JAKE - Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment

JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group

JSTOR - Journal STORage

K

KWIC - KeyWord In Context

KWOC - KeyWord Out of Context

L

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 Headings, aka "The Big Red Books"

LFF - LIbrarians For Fairnesss

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

M

MALS - Master of Arts, Librarianship

MARC - MAchine Readable Cataloging

MARC - Machine Readable Catalogue

MARC 21 Machine Readable Catalogue 21 Century

MFHD - MARC Format for Holdings Data

MIS - Master of Information Science

MLA-Medical Library Association

Modern Language Association

Music Library Association

MLIS - Master of Library and Information Science

MLS - Master of Library Science

MSLIS - Master of Science in Library and Information Science

N

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

NCLIS - National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

ND - No Date

NISC - National Information Services Corporation

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

O

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

P

PC - Personal Computer

PCC - Program for Cooperative Cataloging (Library of Congress)

PDF - Portable Document Format

PLG - Progressive Librarians Guild (Advocacy group : chiefly United States)

PMOLIB - Prime Minister's Office Library

PO - Purchase Order

PPL - Peace Palace Library

PLA - Pakistan Library Association

R

RA - Readers' Advisory

RAK - RegelnfürAlphabetischeKatalogisierung

RDA - Resource Description and Access

RDF - Resource Description Framework

RFID - Radio Frequency IDentification

RFK - Regelnfür die Formalkatalogisierung

RFP - Request For Proposal

RIM - Records and Information Management

RLG - Research Libraries Group

RSS - Multiple, depending on the version

RSWK - Regelnfür den Schlagwortkatalog

RUSA - Reference and Users Services Association

S

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

TOC - Table Of Contents

t.p. - Title page

U

UDC - Universal Decimal Classification

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

WLIC - World Library and Information Congress

V

VPN - Virtual Private Network

vlog - Video (web-)log.

W

WAN - Wide Area Network

WWW - World Wide Web

Z

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14 June, 2016

Thanks & Regards Asheesh Kamal