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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS The following list explains general abbreviations and acronyms used in the book. It does not include all abbreviations and acronyms related to a ­particular institution or organisation. Australian Access Federation Association of College and Research Libraries (United States) ANZSRC Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification APC article processing charge API application programme interface APUC Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges  (Scotland) ARL Association of Research Libraries (United States and  Canada) BID Business Improvement District (United Kingdom) BLCMP Birmingham Libraries Cooperative Mechanisation Project (United Kingdom) CAD computer-aided design CARL Canadian Association of Research Libraries CAUDIT-NZ Council of Australian University Directors of Information Technology—New Zealand CAUL Council of Australian University Librarians CAVAL Cooperative Action by Victorian Academic Libraries  (Australia) CCI customer to customer interaction CD-ROM compact disc read-only memory CILIP Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (United Kingdom) CNC computer numerical control CNY ConnectNY (United States) COAF Charity Open Access Fund (United Kingdom) COBRA Complete Business Reference Adviser CONZUL Council of New Zealand University Librarians CoP community of practice AAF ACRL

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Copac CORC CRAC CRIs CRIS CRL CRM DOI DVC DVD EMBA ERA ERM EU FAQs GIS HASS HEFCE HEI HERDC HR ICOLC ICT iD ILL ILS IP IT ITT Jisc JULAC KLN KT LEP LIBER

 ow known as Copac, formerly Consortium of Online N Public Access Catalogues (United Kingdom and Ireland) Cooperative Online Resource Catalog (OCLC) CAUL Research Advisory Committee (Australia) Crown Research Institutes (New Zealand) Current Research Information System Center for Research Libraries customer relationship management digital object identifier Deputy Vice Chancellor digital versatile disc/digital video disc Executive Master of Business Administration Excellence in Research for Australia electronic resource management European Union frequently asked questions Geographic Information System Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Higher Education Funding Council for England Higher Education Institution Higher Education Research Data Collection (Australia) human resources International Coalition of Library Consortia Information and Communications Technology identifier interlibrary loan integrated library system intellectual property information technology invitation to tender Now known as Jisc, formerly Joint Information Systems Committee (United Kingdom) Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee (Hong Kong, China) Keystone Library Network (United States) knowledge transfer Local Enterprise Partnership (United Kingdom) Ligue des Bibliotheques Europeennes de Recherche/  Association of European Research Libraries



LMS MARC MBA MBIE MOOC MSc NBK NES NeSI NESLi NHS NISA NISO NSS NZGL OA OCLC OCUL ORCID PhD PQQ PRES PRINCE PTES PVC RAE RCUK RDM REANNZ REF RIN RLUK ROI SAP SCONUL

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learning management system/library management system machine-readable cataloguing Master of Business Administration Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (New Zealand) massive open online course Master of Science National Bibliographic Knowledgebase (United Kingdom) NHS Education for Scotland New Zealand eScience Infrastructure National Electronic Site Licensing Initiative (United Kingdom) National Health Service (United Kingdom) National Innovation and Science Agenda (Australia) National Information Standards Organization National Student Survey New Zealand Genomics Limited open access Now known as OCLC, formerly Ohio College Library Center (United States) Ontario Council of University Libraries (Canada) Open Researcher and Contributor ID Doctor of Philosophy prequalification questionnaire Postgraduate Research Experience Survey PRojects IN Controlled Environments Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey Pro Vice Chancellor Research Assessment Exercise (United Kingdom) Research Councils UK research data management Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand Research Excellence Framework (United Kingdom) Research Information Network (United Kingdom) Research Libraries UK return on investment students as partners Society of College, National and University Libraries  (United Kingdom and Ireland)

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SCOPNet SCURL SFC SHEDL SWALCAP TEF TEL THELMA ToR TRLN URONZ VALA

VIAF VIC VLE WHEEL WHELF WMS

SCURL Collaborative Procurement Network Scottish Confederation of University and Research  Libraries Scottish Funding Council Scottish Higher Education Digital Library South West Academic Libraries Cooperative Automation Project (United Kingdom) Teaching Excellence Framework (United Kingdom) technology enhanced learning Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards terms of reference Triangle Research Libraries Network (United States) University Research Offices of New Zealand Now known as VALA—Libraries, Technology and the  Future Inc., formerly Victorian Association for Library Automation (Australia) Virtual International Authority File Vendor Information Center (OCLC) virtual learning environment Wales Higher Education Electronic Library Wales Higher Education Library Forum WorldShare Management Services (OCLC)