A-C D-F G-I J-L M-O P-R S-U V-Z
A-C
| A&I | Abstract and indexing |
| ACTL | Authority Control Task List |
| AFN | Automated Fulfillment Network |
| Alma-D, -E, -P | Alma Digital, Electronic, Print |
| AOB | Any other business = ‘Varia’ |
| API | Application Program Interface |
| AQ | Acquisition |
| CD | Circulation desk |
| CDI | Central Discovery Index |
| CDL | Controlled Digital Lending |
| CKB | Central Knowledge Base |
| CL | Cataloger level |
| CoP | Communities of Practice |
| CP | Central customization package |
| CSL | Citation style language |
| CSS | Cascading style sheets |
| CTA | Call to action (buttons on a web page) |
| CTO | Context object |
| CUG | Customized User Groups (IGeLU) |
| CVS | Controlled Vocabulary Service |
| CWG | Content Working Group |
| CZ | Community Zone |
D-F
| DACHELA | Deutschsprachige Ex Libris Anwender; Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz |
| DAMS | Digital asset management system |
| DB | Database |
| DC, dc | Dublin Core |
| DD | Document delivery |
| DDC | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Dedup | De-duplication |
| DEI | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion |
| DKIM | DomainKeys Identified Mail, email authentication method |
| DLR | Display logic rule |
| DOAJ | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| DOI | Digital object identifier |
| DS | Data source |
| DUX | Diversity and user experience |
| ea | early adopters |
| EDI | Electronic data interchange |
| ELUNA | Ex Libris Users of North America |
| EOD | Embedded order data |
| ER | External resources Enhancement request |
| ERM | Electronic records management |
| ERP | Enterprise resource planning system such as PeopleSoft |
| ETA | Estimated time of arrival |
| ETL | Extract, transform, and load |
| ExL | Ex Libris |
| F2F | Face to face |
| FL | Fulfillment [USA], fulfilment [GB] |
| FRBR | Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records. = “n versions found” in the short title list |
| FT | full text |
| FTP | File transfer protocol |
| FU | Fulfillment unit |
| FY | Fiscal year |
G-I
| GES | General Electronic Service |
| GKD | Global Knowledge Delivery |
| GND | Gemeinsame Normdatei, German integrated authority file |
| GTI | Global title index of all Rapido customers |
| H1, H2 | First and second half of a year |
| HE | Higher education |
| HEI | Higher Education Institution |
| HEP | Higher Education Platform |
| IE | Idea exchange |
| IGeLU | International Group of Ex Libris Users |
| IIIF | International Image Interoperability Framework (spoken as ‘triple-I-eff’) |
| ILL | Inter library loan |
| ILS | Integrated Library System |
| IMG, IM Group, ING, af group | Inventory Management Group, also called ‘available for group’ or ‘inventory network group’ |
| IR | Institutional repository |
| IUG | Innovative User Group |
| IZ | Institution Zone |
J-L
| JIT | Just in time |
| KB, kb | Ex Libris knowledge base |
| LBH | Link BIB headings |
| LCC | Library of Congress Classification |
| LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (patron management) |
| LHS | Left hand side |
| LIS | Library and information science / studies |
| LMS | Learning management system Library management system |
| LOD | Linked Open Data |
| LR | Link resolver |
| LSP | Library services platform |
M-O
| MDE, MD editor, ME | Metadata editor |
| ML | Mailing list |
| MMS ID | Metadata management system ID = record ID number |
| MT | Material type |
| NA | North America |
| NERS | New Enhancements Request System – the way for IGeLU members to submit their enhancement requirements to Ex Libris |
| NR | Normalization Rule |
| NZ | Network Zone |
| OA | Open acccess |
| OAI | Open archive initiative |
| OAIS | Open Archival Information System |
| OAS | Oracle Analytics Server |
| OCLC | Online Computer Library Center |
| OCR | Optical character recognition |
| ODF | Open Discovery Framework |
| OER | Open Educational Resource/s |
| OLH | Online help |
| OOTB, OTB | Out of the box |
| OPL | One person library |
P-R
| p2e | Physical to Electronic; electronic resource handling in Alma migration |
| PBO | Primo Back Office |
| PCI | Primo Central Index, has been replaced by CDI |
| PDA | Patron driven acquisition |
| PDS | Patron directory service |
| PNX | Primo Normalized XML “used by the Primo UI, but not for the Primo VE search engine” [source] |
| PM | Product management, Product manager |
| PO, POL | Purchase order, Purchase order line |
| POC | Proof of concept |
| PR | Purchase request |
| PS, psb | Premium Sandbox |
| PSA | Public Service Announcement |
| PTC | Preferred Term Correction |
| PWG | Primo Working Group (IGeLU, ELUNA) Product Working Group (IGeLU, ELUNA) |
| PZ | Provider Zone |
| Q1-Q4 | First to fourth quarter of a year |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RCA | Root cause analysis |
| RHS | Right hand side |
| RM | Ressource management |
| RN | Release notes |
| ROI | Return of investment |
| RS, RSL | Resource sharing, Resource sharing library |
| RTA | Real time availability / Real time acquisition |
| RTF | Rich text format |
S-U
| SaaS | Software as a service |
| SAML | Security Assertion Markup Language (patron user authentification) |
| SB | Sandbox |
| SC | Steering Committee (IGeLU) |
| SCF | Shared Collection Facility |
| SDK | Alma Software Development Kit |
| SEO | Search engine optimization |
| SF, SFC | Salesforce, Salesforce Case: Ex Libris’ support portal / ticketing system before ProQuest |
| SG | Standing group |
| SIG | ELUNA Special Interest Group |
| SIS | Student information system (external user database) |
| SIWG | Special Interest Working Group |
| SLA | Service Level Agreement |
| SPOC | Single point of access (f.ex. in communications) |
| SRU | Search/retrieve via URL |
| SU | Service unit |
| S/W | Software |
| tba | to be announced |
| tbc | to be confirmed |
| T&C | Terms and conditions |
| TC | Total care |
| TDFG | Training and Documentation Focus Group |
| TOC | Table of contents |
| TOU | Terms of use |
| UI | User interface |
| UM | User management |
| UQ | University of Queensland |
| URM | Unified resource management |
| UX | User experience |
V-Z
| VE | (in Primo VE) – “The VE suffix has no meaning“ |
| VLE | Virtual learning environment |
| VP | Vice president |
| WG | Product Working Groups (IGeLU, ELUNA) |
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