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    Code

    Meaning

    Language

    Themes and places

    AAC

    Austrian Academy Corpus (www.aac.ac.at)

    In English

    AAHSL

    Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries

    In English

    AAHSLD

    Association of Academic Health Sciences Library Directors

    In English

    AALL

    American Association of Law Libraries (www.aallnet.org)

    In English

    AAR

    Archives Audiovisuelles de la Recherche (www.archivesaudiovisuelles.fr/fr/)

    In French

    AARLIN

    Australian Academic and Research Library Network

    In English

    ABES

    Agence Bibliographique de l’Enseignement Supérieur (https://abes.fr/)

    In French

    ABF

    Association des Bibliothécaires Français

    In French

    ABSC
    Association des Bibliothèques de la Santé du Canada

    = CHLA | Canadian Health Libraries Association | In English
    = MNCP | Mouvement National des Chômeurs et Précaires | In French
    = EBD | École de Bibliothécaires Documentalistes | In French

    In French

    ABSM
    Association des Bibliothèques de la Santé des Maritimes

    = MHLA | Maritimes Health Libraries Association | In English

    In French

    ACB

    Association des Conservateurs de Bibliothèques

    In French

    ACBD
    Association Canadienne des Bibliothèques de Droit (https://www.callacbd.ca/)

    = CALL | Canadian Association of Law Libraries | In English

    In French

    ACRL

    Association of College and Research Libraries (https://www.ala.org/acrl/)

    In English

    ACURIL
    Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (https://acuril.org/)

    The Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) facilitates the development and use of libraries, archives, and information services, and the identification, collection and preservation of information resources throughout the Caribbean area.

    In English

    ADAM

    ALEPH Digital Asset Module

    In English

    ADBDP

    Association des Directeurs de Bibliothèques Départementales de Prêt

    In French

    ADBGV

    Association des Directeurs de Bibliothèques municipales et intercommunales des Grandes Villes de France (www.adbgv.fr)

    In French

    ADBU

    Association des Directeurs et des personnels de direction des Bibliothèques Universitaires et de la documentation

    In French

    ADC

    Astrology Decimal Classifikation

    In Danish

      ADDNB

      Association pour le Développement des Documents Numériques en Bibliothèque

      In French

      ADEBD
      Association des Diplômés de l'École de Bibliothécaires Documentalistes

      The abbreviation ADEBD (Association des Diplômés de l'École de Bibliothécaires Documentalistes) includes the abbreviation EBD (École de Bibliothécaires Documentalistes).

      In French

      ADIL

      Astronomy Data Image Library

      In English

      AGORA

      Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture

      In English

      AHILA
      Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa

      = AIBSA | Association pour l’Information et les Bibliothèques de Santé en Afrique | In French

      In English

      AIBSA
      Association pour l’Information et les Bibliothèques de Santé en Afrique

      = AHILA, AIBSA (see above)

      In French

      ALA

      American Library Association (www.ala.org)

      In French

      ALLA

      Australian Law Librarians' Association (www.alla.asn.au)

      In English

      ALP

      American Library in Paris (https://americanlibraryinparis.org/)

      In French

      ANB

      Aŭstria Nacia Biblioteko

      In Esperanto

      ANVI

      Associazione Nazionale Videoteche Italiane

      In Italian

      APL

      Applications Program Library

      In English

      ARC

      ALEPH Reporting Center

      In English

      ARIST

      Agence Régionale d'Information Stratégique et Technologique

      In French

      ARL

      Association of Research Libraries (https://www.arl.org/)

      In French

      ASIS

      American Society for Information Science (www.asis.org)

      In French

      ASLIB

      Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux

      In English

      ASpB

      Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Spezialbibliotheken

      In German

      ATLA

      American Theological Library Association (www.atla.com)

      In English

      AVI

      Associazione Videoteche Mediateche Italiane (www.avi-videoteche.it)

      In Italian

      BAB

      Bureau d'Automatisation des Bibliothèques

      In French

      BAD

      Associação Portuguesa de Bibliotecários, Arquivistas e Documentalistas (www.apbad.pt)

      In Portuguese

      BCP

      Bibliothèque Centrale de Prêt

      In French

        BCS

        Bibliotheca Classica Selecta

        In Latin

          BCU

          Biblioteca Centrală Universitară

          In Romanian

          BCU

          Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire

          In French

          BDWE

          Biblioteka Depozytowa Wspólnot Europejskich

          In Polish

            BEKIS

            Bioethik Kommunikations- und Informationssystem

            In German

            BFO

            Basic Formal Ontology

            In English

            BIALL

            British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (https://biall.org.uk/)

            In English

            BIU

            Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire

            In French

              BIUM

              Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de Médecine

              In French

              BJRL

              Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester

              In English

              BMS

              Bibliothèque Municipale de Strasbourg

              In French

              BMVR

              Bibliothèque Municipale à Vocation Régionale

              In French

              BN

              Biblioteca Nacional

              In Portuguese

                BNF

                Bibliothèque Nationale de France (www.bnf.fr)

                In French

                BNIST

                Bureau National de l'Information Scientifique et Technique

                In French

                BO

                Bibliotheca Orientalis

                In Latin

                BOAI

                Budapest Open Access Initiative

                In English

                BOCC

                Biblioteca Online de Ciências da Comunicação da Universidade da Beira Interior (http://bocc.ubi.pt)

                In Portuguese

                BPI

                Bibliothèque Publique d'Information

                In French

                  BPN

                  Bibliothèque Provençale Numérique

                  In French

                    BRCC

                    Biomedical Reference Collection : Comprehensive Edition

                    In English

                    BSG

                    Bernische Systematische Gesetzessammlung

                    In German

                    BSZ

                    Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum

                    In German

                      BU

                      Bibliothèque Universitaire

                      In French

                        BVD
                        Belgische Vereniging voor Documentatie (https://www.abd-bvd.be/nl/)

                        De Belgische Vereniging voor Documentatie (ABD-BVD) is een beroepsvereniging die de informatie- en documentatiespecialisten verenigt die in België hun vak uitoefenen. De ABD-BVD heeft als objectieven: Het bestuderen en promoten van de beroepen verbonden met het informatie- en documentatiebeheer; Zijn leden op de hoogte te houden van de evolutie binnen de methodes en technieken die betrekking hebben op I&D [...].

                        = ABD | Association Belge de Documentation | In French

                        In Dutch

                        CACAO

                        Cross-language Access to Catalogues And Online libraries (www.cacaoproject.eu)

                        In English

                        CADIST

                        Centre d'Acquisition et de Diffusion de l'Information Scientifique et Technique

                        In French

                        CAFB

                        Certificat d’Aptitude aux Fonctions de Bibliothécaire

                        In French

                        CAL

                        Center for Applied Linguistics (www.cal.org)

                        In English

                        CALL
                        Canadian Association of Law Libraries (https://www.callacbd.ca/)

                        = ACBD, CALL (see above)

                        In English

                        CARIF

                        Centre d'Animation, de Ressources et d'Information sur les Formations

                        In French

                        CBD

                        Concise Bounded Description

                        In English

                        CCFR

                        Catalogue Collectif de France

                        In French

                        CCSD

                        Centre de Communication Scientifique Directe

                        In French

                          CCSL

                          Center for Chinese Studies Library

                          In English

                          CDELI
                          Centro de Dokumentado kaj Esplorado pri la Lingvo Internacia

                          = CDELI | Centre de Documentation et d'Étude sur la Langue Internationale | In French

                          In Esperanto

                          CDI

                          CDNL Committee on Digital Issues

                          In English

                          CDLI

                          Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative

                          In English

                          CDU
                          Classification Décimale Universelle

                          = UDK | Universala Dekuma Klasifiko | In Esperanto
                          = UDC | Universal Decimal Classification | In English
                          = UDC | Universele Decimale Classificatie | In Dutch
                          = CDU | Clasificación Decimal Universal | In Spanish
                          = UDC | Universel Decimal Classifikation | In Danish

                          In French

                          CDU
                          Clasificación Decimal Universal

                          = UDK, UDC (see above)

                          In Spanish

                          CEAL

                          Council on East Asian Libraries

                          In English

                          CED

                          Centro por Esploro kaj Dokumentado pri la Monda Lingvo-Problemo

                          In Esperanto

                          CEFICALE

                          Centre d'Études, Formation et Information sur la Coopération Amérique Latine-Europe

                          In French

                          CEGETI

                          Centre Électronique de Gestion, d'Études et de Traitement de l'Information

                          In French

                          CEL

                          Cours en ligne

                          In French

                          CERPEG

                          Centre de Ressources pour l'Enseignement Professionnel en Économie-Gestion

                          In French

                          CESAR

                          Calendrier Électronique des Spectacles sous l'Ancien Régime

                          In French

                          CHLA
                          Canadian Health Libraries Association

                          = ABSC, MNCP, EBD (see above)

                          In English

                          CHT
                          Catalog of Hittite Texts

                          = CTH | Catalogue des Textes Hittites | In French

                          In English

                          CIDIS

                          Centro di Informazione, Documentazione e Iniziativa per lo Sviluppo

                          In Italian

                          CIRIEC
                          Centre International de Recherches et d'Information sur l'Économie Publique, Sociale et Coopérative

                          = IFIG | Internationales Forschungs- und Informationszentrum für öffentliche Wirtschaft, Sozialwirtschaft und Genossenschaftswesen | In German

                          In French

                          CISMeF

                          Catalogage et Indexation des Sites Médicaux Francophones (www.chu-rouen.fr/cismef/)

                          In French

                          CIST

                          Centre d'Information sur les Sciences de la Terre

                          In French

                          CIT

                          Centro de Información Tecnológica

                          In Spanish

                          CLADES
                          Centro Latinoamericano de Documentación Económica y Social

                          = CLADES | Centre Latino-américain de Documentation Économique et Sociale | In French
                          = CLADES | Centro Latino-americano de Documentação Econômica e Social | In Portuguese

                          In Spanish

                          CLADES
                          Centro Latino-americano de Documentação Econômica e Social

                          = CLADES (see above)

                          In Portuguese

                          CLPCF

                          Centre de Lecture Publique de la Communauté Française

                          In French

                          CLS

                          Cable Library System

                          In English

                          CNDL

                          Conference of Directors of National Libraries

                          In English

                          CNI

                          Coalition for Networked Information

                          In English

                          CNIG

                          Centro de Documentação e Informação

                          In Portuguese

                            CORDIS

                            Community Research and Development Information Service

                            In English

                            CORESE

                            Conceptual Resource Search Engine

                            In English

                            CPPL

                            Calcasieu Parish Public Library

                            In English

                              CPPL

                              Cross Plains Public Library

                              In English

                                CREDOC

                                CRÉdit DOCumentaire

                                In French

                                  CSA

                                  Cambridge Scientific Abstracts

                                  In English

                                  CSB

                                  Concours de Sous-Bibliothécaire

                                  In French

                                  CSEL
                                  Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum

                                  = CSEL | Corpus der lateinischen Kirchenväter | In German
                                  = CSEL | Corpus of the Latin Church Fathers | In English

                                  In Latin

                                  CSEL
                                  Corpus der lateinischen Kirchenväter

                                  = CSEL (see above)

                                  In German

                                  CSEL
                                  Corpus of the Latin Church Fathers

                                  = CSEL (see above)

                                  In English

                                  CTH
                                  Catalogue des Textes Hittites

                                  = CHT, CTH (see above)

                                  In French

                                  CUTO

                                  Club des Utilisateurs d’Orphée

                                  In French

                                  CV-ATOD
                                  Centro Virtual de Información sobre Alcohol, Tabaco y otras Drogas

                                  = VC-ATOD | Virtual Clearinghouse on Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs | In English

                                  In Spanish

                                  CfU

                                  Comité français UNIMARC

                                  In French

                                  DAOJ

                                  Directory of Open Access Journals

                                  In English

                                  DARE

                                  Digital Academic Repositories

                                  In English

                                    DBLP

                                    Direction des Bibliothèques et de la Lecture Publique

                                    In French

                                    DC

                                    Dublin Core

                                    In English

                                    DCMES

                                    Dublin Core Metadata Element Set

                                    In English

                                    DCMI

                                    Dublin Core Metadata Initiative

                                    In English

                                    DDC

                                    Dewey Decimal Classification

                                    In English

                                      DDC

                                      Dewey Decimal Classifikation

                                      In Danish

                                        DEFF

                                        Danmarks Elektroniske Forskningsbibliotek

                                        In Danish

                                        DGD

                                        Deutsche Gesellschaft für Dokumentation (www.dgd.de)

                                        In German

                                        DLA

                                        Deutsches Literaturarchiv (https://www.dla-marbach.de/)

                                        In German

                                        DLF

                                        Digital Library Federation

                                        In English

                                        DML

                                        Digital Mathematics Library

                                        In English

                                        DSB

                                        Diplôme Supérieur de Bibliothécaire

                                        In French

                                        DTB

                                        Diplôme Technique de Bibliothécaire

                                        In French

                                        DUMAS

                                        Dépôt Universitaire de Mémoires Après Soutenance

                                        In French

                                        DiViBib

                                        Digitale Virtuelle Bibliothek

                                        In German

                                        DÖW

                                        Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstandes (www.doew.at)

                                        In German

                                        E-MEDINE-MD

                                        Euro-MEditerranean Digital-libraries INtelligent E-learning via Mobile Device

                                        In English

                                        EAD

                                        Encoded Archival Description

                                        In English

                                        EALRGA

                                        East Asian Library Resources Group of Australia

                                        In English

                                        EASL

                                        European Association of Sinological Librarians

                                        In English

                                        EBD
                                        École de Bibliothécaires Documentalistes (https://www.ebd.fr/)

                                        = ABSC, CHLA, MNCP, EBD (see above)

                                        The abbreviation EBD (École de Bibliothécaires Documentalistes) is included in the abbreviation ADEBD (Association des Diplômés de l'École de Bibliothécaires Documentalistes).

                                        In French

                                        EBLIDA

                                        European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (www.eblida.org)

                                        In English

                                        EBSI

                                        École de Bibliothéconomie et des Sciences de l'Information

                                        In French

                                        ECAI

                                        Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative

                                        In English

                                        EDIS

                                        Environmental Data and Information Service

                                        In English

                                        EDLS

                                        Engineering Drawing Library System

                                        In English

                                        EDM
                                        Electronic Document Management

                                        = GED | Gestion Électronique des Documents | In French
                                        = GED | Gerenciamento Eletrônico de Documentos | In Portuguese
                                        = GED | Gestão Electrónica de Documentos | In Portuguese

                                        In English

                                        EDMS
                                        Electronic Document Management System

                                        The abbreviation EDMS (Electronic Document Management System) includes the abbreviation DMS (Document Management System).

                                        In English

                                        EDRI

                                        European Digital Repository Infrastructure

                                        In English

                                        EISTI

                                        École Internationale des Sciences du Traitement de l'Information

                                        In French

                                        EMERALD

                                        Electronic Management Research Library Database

                                        In English

                                        ENSB

                                        École Nationale Supérieure de Bibliothécaires

                                        In French

                                        ENSSIB

                                        École Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de l'Information et des Bibliothèques

                                        In French

                                        ESIND

                                        European Studies on India Database

                                        In English

                                        ETANA

                                        Electronic Tools and Ancient Near Eastern Archive

                                        In English

                                        EVLG

                                        European Veterinary Libraries Group

                                        In English

                                        EVOCS

                                        European Virtual OPAC for Chinese Studies

                                        In English

                                        FABADEF

                                        Fédération des Associations de Bibliothécaires, Archivistes, Documentalistes des États membres du Sommet Francophone

                                        In French

                                        FADBEN

                                        Fédération des associations des enseignants-documentalistes de l'Éducation nationale

                                        In French

                                        FFCB

                                        Fédération Française de Coopération des Bibliothèques

                                        In French

                                        FIAF

                                        Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film (www.fiafnet.org)

                                        In French

                                        FIAIS

                                        Federazione Internazionale degli Archivi delle Immagini e dei Suoni

                                        In Italian

                                        FID

                                        Fédération Internationale de Documentation

                                        In French

                                        FID

                                        Fédération Internationale d'information et de Documentation

                                        In French

                                        FLC

                                        Federal Library Committee

                                        In English

                                        FULBI

                                        Fédération des Utilisateurs de Logiciels de Bibliothèque

                                        In French

                                        GBS

                                        Google Books Search

                                        In English

                                        GBV

                                        Gemeinsamer Bibliotheksverbund

                                        In German

                                        GDZ

                                        Göttinger Digitalisierungszentrum

                                        In German

                                        GED
                                        Gestion Électronique des Documents

                                        = EDM, GED (see above)

                                        In French

                                        GED
                                        Gerenciamento Eletrônico de Documentos

                                        = EDM, GED (see above)

                                        In Portuguese

                                        GED
                                        Gestão Electrónica de Documentos

                                        = EDM, GED (see above)

                                        In Portuguese

                                        GILRS

                                        Goethals Indian Library and Research Society

                                        In English

                                        GLIS

                                        Geac Library Information System

                                        In English

                                          GPLS

                                          Georgia Public Library Service (www.georgialibraries.org)

                                          In English

                                          GREMI

                                          Groupe de Réflexion sur l’Enseignement des Méthodologies de l’Information

                                          In French

                                          GRETIL

                                          Göttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages

                                          In English

                                          GRISELI

                                          Dispositif National d'Accès à la Littérature Grise

                                          In French

                                          HAG

                                          Historical Archives of Goa

                                          In English

                                          HAL

                                          Hyper Articles en Ligne (http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr)

                                          In French

                                          HELM

                                          Hypertextual Electronic Library of Mathematics

                                          In English

                                          HIR

                                          Hologram Image Register

                                          In English

                                          IALL

                                          International Association of Law Libraries (https://iall.org/)

                                          In English

                                          IAUNRC

                                          Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center

                                          In English

                                          IBC

                                          Indian Books Centre (www.indianbookscentre.com)

                                          In English

                                          ICRA

                                          Association de Classification du Contenu de l'Internet

                                          In French

                                          ICSTI

                                          International Council for Scientific and Technical Information

                                          In English

                                          IDEM

                                          Informations- und Dokumentationsstelle Ethik in der Medizin

                                          In German

                                          IDEMM

                                          Ingénierie Documentaire, Édition et Médiation Multimédia

                                          In French

                                          IDIST

                                          Formation et Recherche en Sciences de l'Information et du Document

                                          In French

                                          IDP

                                          International Dunhuang Project

                                          In English

                                          IDW

                                          Informationsdienst Wissenschaft

                                          In German

                                          IETDL

                                          IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) Digital Library

                                          In English

                                          IFLA

                                          International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (www.ifla.org)

                                          In English

                                          IFLA

                                          International Federation of Library Associations

                                          In English

                                          IGB

                                          Inspection Générale des Bibliothèques

                                          In French

                                          IJSM

                                          Irian Jaya Source Materials

                                          In English

                                            ILS
                                            Integrated Library System

                                            = SIGB | Système Intégré de Gestion de Bibliothèque | In French
                                            = АБИС | Автоматизированные библиотечные информационные системы | In Russian

                                            In English

                                            INDOC

                                            Indonesisch Documentatie en Informatie Centrum

                                            In Dutch

                                            INIST

                                            Institut National d'Information Scientifique et Technique

                                            In French

                                            IOAOB

                                            Instituut voor de Organisatie van de Administraties der Openbare Besturen

                                            In Dutch

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