Acronyms Dictionary

From WNYLRC Wiki

Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Other Confusing Bits of Jargon

Contents 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 E 6 F 7 G 8 H 9 I 10 L 11 M 12 N 13 O 14 P 15 R 16 S 17 U 18 V 19 W 20 Z

A

AASLH American Association for State and Local History AASLH began in 1904, under the wing of the American Historical Association. Then called the Conference of State and Local Historical Societies, AASLH broke out on its own in December of 1940 to become the American Association for State and Local History. Now, 100 years after the first organization was created in support of the burgeoning field of state and local history, AASLH is still the only comprehensive national organization dedicated to the field at large. From its headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, AASLH is proud to provide a home for those who work and volunteer in the field of state and local history. See their website at: http://www.aaslh.org.

ACRL WNY/O Association of Colleges and Research Libraries Western New York/Ontario or WNY/O ACRL Chapter, Inc. The local chapter of the ACRL WNY/O provides at least two professional development opportunities per year and held both in the Western New York region and in Southern Ontario, Canada. See their website at: http://www.niagara.edu/library/acrl.

ALA American Library Association The largest national library association, with a membership of approximately 50,000 headquartered in Chicago. ALA include both type of library divisions (e.g.: PLA – Public Library Association) and type of activity divisions (e.g.: LITA – Library & Information Technology Association), as well as roundtables, committees and other sub-groups. ALA is involved nationally and internationally in both accreditation and standards-development. See their website at: www.ala.org.

ARIEL ARIEL ARIEL is software that was developed by the Research Libraries Group (RLG) and now owned by Infotrieve. ARIEL is used with a computer, scanner, and Internet connection so that articles can be scanned then emailed to the person requesting the article. ARIEL is a way to do interlibrary loan electronically. Many WNYLRC member libraries are using ARIEL – having received equipment and software through RBDB grants. It has been shown that ARIEL has reduced the turn-around time to get the article to the requester by at least 2 weeks.

Ask US 24/7 Ask US 24/7 Ask US 24/7 is WNYLRC’s regional virtual reference service where anyone with an Internet connection can ask a librarian a question 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through the web site www.askus247.org or the link on a participating member’s page. Initially, Ask US 24/7 was supported by LSTA. Currently, RBDB funds and fees paid by participating libraries fund the service. Librarians from all types of WNYLRC member libraries are participating in this program. WNYLRC is the only 3Rs at this time that provides this regional service. The generic URL is www.askus247.org.

B

BOCES Board of Cooperative Educational Services An educational service agency established to provide quality and cost-effective services to school districts. Some school library systems are a part of BOCES. In Western NY these include: Orleans/Niagara BOCES, ERIE 1 BOCES, ERIE 2 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES, Cattaraugus -Allegany-Erie-Wyoming BOCES.

B&ECPL Buffalo & Erie County Public Library B&ECPL provides public library service to all of Erie County via 52 library buildings, mobile libraries, extension services and, electronically via their website at ww.buffalolib.org.

C

CASLS Cattaraugus Allegany School Library System A school library system serving the needs of 22 school districts and 22,000 students in Cattaraugus, Allegany, Erie and Wyoming counties.

CCD Cooperative (Coordinated) Collection Development A resource sharing plan designed to strengthen designated supplemental collections in a group of libraries. The WNYLRC Resource Sharing Committee works on coordinated collection development in Western NY.

CCDA Coordinated Collection Development Aid (CCDA) New York State funding to eligible private and public academic libraries that participate in a regionally-defined coordinated collection plan. This is a formula-funding grant and requires maintenance of effort by the local institution. Applications are submitted by WNYLRC approximately September 1st for the current New York State fiscal year. There are 16 eligible academic libraries that receive CCDA funding.

CD-ROM Compact Disc – Read-Only Memory An optical disc using laser technology for information storage. This is somewhat of a dated technology in libraries as information on databases is mostly available through the Internet.

CE Continuing Education The WNYLRC’s Continuing Education Committee, a broadly- representative group, is a primary regional instrument for development and delivering continuing education programs. Other groups also sponsor continuing education programs (i.e., other WNYLRC committees and discussion groups, such as the Regional Automation Committee, Library Assistants Group, etc.), along with other regional organizations (i.e., School Librarians Assoc. of Western NY (SLAWNY), libraries and library systems, and chapters of national library associations.

Consortial Opportunities Consortial opportunities are offers made available to WNYLRC members that save them money on products and services. Such opportunities include discounts on online databases, books, barcodes, etc. A list of consortial opportunities is available on WNYLRC.ORG.

CEC Cultural Education Center Located in the Albany, NY, it is the home of three cultural organizations: New York State Museum, New York State Archives, and New York State Library. For more information see http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/locpar_ce.htm.

CISTI Canadian Institute for Scientific and Technical Information CISTI began over 75 years ago as the library of the National Research Council of Canada, the leading agency for R&D in Canada, and became the National Science Library in 1957. The change to CISTI came in 1974 to reflect the wide scope of services provided and the increasing role in the development of electronic information products and services for the sci/tech community. See their website at: http://cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html.

CONTENTdm The digital asset management software WNYLRC uses for digitized materials from contributed by member libraries and library systems. Developed by DiMima and now under the umbrella of OCLC, CONTENTdm is a robust searchable system for displaying digitized photos, documents, and monographs with attached metadata.

COSER Cooperative Service A BOCES program or service requested by two or more districts that could not be provided without joint effort. Districts may receive state aid to encourage continued provision of these services. In Western New York, Erie 1 BOCES has a COSER.

D

Docline Docline National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Internet-based interlibrary loan system.

DHP Documentary Heritage Program A NY State program that provides support for archives, libraries, Historical societies, and other programs that collect, hold, and make available non-governmental historical records. Project grants are available. Under the DHP program, NYS aid has been provided to WNYLRC and other 3Rs councils to provide consultation and training to non-governmental archives. DHP was started in 1988. WNYLRC’s Regional Archivist is paid out of DHP funds. See the website at: http://www.wnylrc.org/dhp/index.htm.

DLD Division of Library Development DLD is a division of the NYS Education Department that is primarily responsible for library services. The director of DLD reports to The Assistant Commissioner for Libraries and NYS Librarian. Most salaries for DLD staff are supported by federal LSTA funds. The 3Rs councils in NYS report to DLD in terms of submitting program budgets and reports, approval of strategic plans, etc. See their website at: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev.

DLIS Department of Library and Information Studies Formerly called the School of Library and Information Studies (SILS), is located in the Graducate Department of Education at the University at Buffalo and provides the masters program for the education of librarians. See their website at: http://informatics.buffalo.edu/lis.

E

EBSCO EBSCO Information Services EBSCO is a vendor that provides information access and management solutions through print and electronic journal subscription services, research database development and production, online access to more than 150 databases and thousands of e-journals, a full-featured OpenUrl link resolver, and e-commerce book procurement. EBSCO has been serving the library and business communities for more than 60 years.

EDL Electronic Doorway Library Every individual in New York State should have access to electronic doorway library services. An electronic doorway library (EDL), as an integral part of the statewide electronic learning community, uses computers and telecommunications technology, a full range of library resources, and the services of skilled library personnel to: -create, assemble, evaluate, and use information; -extend access to library services from homes, schools, work places, and other locations; -facilitate access by people with disabilities and other special needs; and -go beyond the library's walls to obtain information and resources.

Electronic doorway libraries meet the ongoing library and information needs of education, government, business, and all people regardless of age, background, and location. Each year, the NYS Library requests WNYLRC to report the Electronic Doorway Library (EDL) status of our member libraries. (Note that each public and school library system reports EDL status separately. The yearly report is available at: http://www.wnylrc.org/edl/2004/EDLInformation.htm. This now replaced by NOVEL Ready Libraries.

EFTS Electronic Funds Transfer System A transaction based electronic billing system used for interlibrary loan and document delivery - through University of Connecticut.

EPS Electronic Payment System A system used to pay for interlibrary loans.

F

FDI Fretwell Downing Inc. A vendor based in Kansas City, MS that developed the ZPortal and VDX software used in WNYLRC’s virtual union catalog and regional ILL system (WNYLibraries.org and WNYLibraries.org Express).

FirstSearch FirstSearch (OCLC product) FirstSearch is an online service that gives library professionals and end users access to a rich collection of reference databases. With FirstSearch, materials in your library’s collection are highlighted in results from searches in dozens of leading databases. See the website: http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch.

G

GAC Group Access Capability A program of OCLC (the Online Computer Library Center) located in Dublin, Ohio. OCLC allows libraries that are not full OCLC members to participate in the OCLC interlibrary loan subsystem. GAC members have access to both the immediate (regional) group i.e., Western NY) and a larger group (i.e., NYState or New England). OCLC phased out GAC in 2004. WNYLRC is in the process of re-evaluating GAC with potential replacement with the new VDX interlibrary loan system.

H

HCIAC Health Care Information Access Committee This HLSP/WNYLRC committee actively represents the interests of Western New York health sciences librarians, promotes and facilitates the expansion of access to information to all health professionals in the region , provides health care information access through consultative library services to health care facilities in Western New York, assesses information needs of health care facilities and to provide customized services to health care facilities in Western New York, encourages collaboration, coordination, and cooperative ventures that strengthen existing information resources in the region, and identifies and develops new ones.

HLSP Hospital Library Services Program A New York State funded program to support the information needs of Hospital administrative, medical, nursing, allied health, and ancillary staff. The program has been administered by WNYLRC since 1982. The HLSP funding cycle is April 1 – March 30 by the NYS Dept. of Education and by participation fees from area hospitals. HLSP includes: the Grant Hospital Program, that provide cooperative collection development and resource sharing support for WNY hospitals under the direction of a medical library or affiliated with the Univ. at Buffalo’s School of Medicine and Biomedical Science and School of Dental Medicine, and (2) the Circuit Hospital Program, serving other WNY hospitals with regularly scheduled consultative visits, as well as grants for library materials and for information services from the Univ. at Buffalo’s Health Sciences Library.

HUBNET Hospitals & University at Buffalo Network Online library resources available to hospital libraries via a paid subscription.

I

IDS Information Delivery Service Located at the Health Sciences Library on the University at Buffalo’s Main Street campus, the service provides ILL and reference service to the community.

IFM Interlibrary Loan Fee Management This is OCLC’s version of EFTS.

ILLiad Interlibrary Loan resource sharing management software Developed initially by Atlas Systems Inc., OCLC ILLiad is licensed through OCLC, Inc. Pricing for ILLiad is available directly from OCLC. More information is available at: http://www.oclc.org/illiad.

ILL Interlibrary Loan The practice of libraries of lending materials (e.g. books) and sharing articles from periodicals (journal, magazine, newspaper articles) for use by other libraries’ clientele. The 3Rs councils in NYS were created about 40 years ago to encourage resource sharing between different types of libraries using interlibrary loan. In Western NY, libraries request books and periodical articles (or other information such as chapters from books) via VDX (WNYLRC’s interlibrary loan system), via fax to WNYLRC, or via OCLC. Books are delivered and returned via regular mail. Periodical articles are delivered by faxing or mailing a photocopy of the article to the requesting library, scanning the article and sending it electronically to the requesting library or library patron through ARIEL.

INFOPASS InfoPass (Library Access Project card) A Library Access Project Card - or InfoPass - valid for up to one year, may be issued to serious, responsible users by their own home library or institution. The InfoPass Card is recognized by participating libraries listed in the WNY Library Access Guide. The Library Access Project is designed to meet unique needs, and InfoPass holders must respect the rules and regulations of each participating library. Starting January 1, 2003, the issuing library assumes responsibility for the use of the InfoPass Card, including fiscal responsibility and return of any materials borrowed. Full, Associate, Affiliate and Collegial WNYLRC members are eligible to participate. (See LAP) For more information see our website:

http://www.wnylrc.org/services/InfoPass/index.htm

IMLS Institute of Museum and Library Services The Institute of Museum and Library Services is an independent Federal grant-making agency dedicated to creating and sustaining a nation of learners by helping libraries and museums serve their communities. The Institute fosters leadership, innovation, and a lifetime of learning by supporting the nation's 15,000 museums and 122,000 libraries. Created by the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996, P.L. 104-208, IMLS administers the Library Services and Technology Act and the Museum Services Act (LSTA). In 2003, Congress reauthorized the Museum and Library Services Act, P.L. 108-81, reaffirming the vital role that museums and libraries play in our communities. See their website at: http://www.imls.gov.

L

LAP Library Access Program The official name of the patron borrowing program which allowed patrons who identified themselves with an InfoPass card check-out books from other libraries in the region even if they were not a registered user or patron of the other libraries. Member institutions of the Western New York Library Resources Council (WNYLRC) began the Library Access Project (LAP) in 1970 in order to make more library and information resources available to more people in Western New York. Since that time, thousands of Western New Yorkers have participated in this program. Today, the program is overseen by the Resources Sharing Committee and is mainly know by the physical card given to registered InfoPass users (See INFOPASS).

LC Library of Congress While officially the US Congress’ library, LC, along with the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Agriculture Library (NAL) is the de facto “national library.” LC developed the MARC format (see below). See their website at: http://www.loc.gov.

LCHIB Library Consortia of Health Institutions in Buffalo The Library Consortium of Health Institutions in Buffalo (LCHIB) was founded in July 1982. Although an affiliation between the State University of New York at Buffalo and the participating institutions existed for decades, a formal cooperative agreement among the Consortium member libraries was established in that year. Through the cooperative programs of the Consortium, member libraries are able to provide an expanded range of library services and access to the collective resources of the Consortium. Although a member of WNYLRC, LCHIB also has many WNY hospitals (also members of WNYLRC) as its members.

LSCA Library Services and Construction Act LSCA was a federally funded library program that supported library construction, literacy programs, library outreach, and resource sharing. LSCA was replaced with LSTA (see below). LSTA Library Services and Technology Act Similar to LSCA, LSTA is a federally funded library program that supports library technology, resource sharing, training, and literacy programs. Most LSTA funding to New York State underwrites the cost of Division of Library Development staff. The Div. of Library Development conducts a grant process whereby libraries and library systems in NYS compete for the remaining LSTA funding in various categories. LSTA has supported such WNYLRC programs as WNYLibraries.org, the VDX interlibrary loan project, and AskUs247. Beginning in 2005, the LSTA grant process will be a two-year funding cycle.

M

MANY Museum Association of New York Chartered in 1962, the Museum Association of New York works on behalf of all museums in the state. We are a service organization. Our programs help museums shape their futures in imaginative and innovative ways. MANY brings New York’s museum community together to promote museums as engines of economic development and key tourist destinations, speak out as a strong, unified statewide voice on museum-related issues, increase public understanding and support for museums, address state legislative and public policy initiatives, provide professional support and training for museum staff and volunteers, and foster organizational development. See their website at: http://www.manyonline.org.

MARC Machine Readable Cataloging An international standard communications format for computer-to-computer interchange of bibliographic data. Similar to a card catalog card MARC is used to identify a specific item (i.e., the author, title, place of publication, publisher, date published, number of pages, subjects covered, etc.)

Medline Medline and MedlinePlus Medline is the National Library of Medicine’s online database of biomedical literature. Medline Plus is the National Library of Medicine’s consumer health information database (see http://www.medlineplus.com).

MESH Medical Subject Headings A Thesaurus of medical terms used in cataloging.

MISP Medical Information Services Program MISP is a state-funded program. Each of the 9 3Rs councils, including WNYLRC, receive NYS funds directly from the New York State Library to provide a consumer health/medical library information services program for member libraries and library systems. State funds are used for the purchase of interlibrary loan and other information services from subcontracting libraries in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM).

MLA Medical Library Association Founded in 1898, MLA is a nonprofit, educational organization of more than 1,100 institutions and 3,600 individual members in the health sciences information field, committed to educating health information professionals, supporting health information research, promoting access to the world's health sciences information, and working to ensure that the best health information is available to all. See their website at: http://www.mlanet.org.

N

NEA National Endowment for the Arts The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the Endowment is the nation's largest annual funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities, and military bases. See their website at: http://arts.endow.gov.

NEH National Endowment for the Humanities NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. See their website at: http://www.neh.fed.us.

NHPRC National Historical Publications and Records Commission The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) is the outreach arm of the National Archives and makes plans for and studies issues related to the preservation, use and publication of historical documents. The Commission also makes grants to non-Federal archives and other organizations to promote the preservation use of America's documentary heritage. See their website at: http://www.archives.gov/grants.

NIOGA NIOGA Library System The Nioga Library System is a non-profit cooperative library system serving the public libraries in three counties. The library system takes its name from the counties that it serves - Niagara, Orleans and Genesee. The system, which consists of twenty-one public libraries, is one of twenty-three similar systems in New York State. It receives most of its financial support through the New York State Department of Education. The Nioga Library System, which was chartered in 1958, helps to provide improved informational services to all residents of its three county area.

NLM National Library of Medicine Located on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care. See their website at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov.

NY3Rs, Inc. New York 3Rs, Inc. A nonprofit organization officially incorporated in 2004, members of New York 3Rs, Inc. are the 9 3Rs council headquarters. Collectively, under this nonprofit organization, the 9 3Rs councils can obtain grants for various projects. See their website at: http://www.ny3rs.org. They are: CDLC – Capital Library District CNYLRC – Central New York Library Resources Council LILRC – Long Island Library Resources Council METRO – Metropolitan New York Library Council NNYLN - Northern New York Library Network RRLC – Rochester Regional Library Council SENYLRC – Southeastern New York Library Resources Council SCRLC - South Central Regional Library Council WNYLRC – Western New York Library Resources Council

NYLA New York Library Association NYLA is a nonprofit organization for librarians and library Staff in New York State. A chapter of the American Library Association, NYLA offers professional activities, such as continuing education, legislative information, and holds an annual conference in different cities each October. See their website at: http://www.nyla.org.

NYLINK NYLINK Formerly known as SUNY/OCLC, NYLINK (located in Albany, NY) is a nonprofit member organization that re-sells and provides support for primarily OCLC products. Members are individual libraries and library systems. See their website at: http://nylink.suny.edu.

NYSA New York State Archives The New York State Archives was established in 1971 and opened its doors to the public in 1978. It is a program of the State Education Department, with its main facility located in the Cultural Education Center on Madison Avenue in Albany. There it cares for and provides access to more than 130 million documents that tell the story of New York from the seventeenth century to the present. See their website at: http://www.archives.nysed.gov/aindex.shtml.

NYSCA New York State Council on the Arts The New York State Council on the Arts is dedicated to preserving and expanding the rich and diverse cultural resources that are and will become the heritage of New York's citizens. The Council believes in supporting the following. Artistic excellence and the creative freedom of artists without censure, and the rights of all New Yorkers to access and experience the power of the arts and culture, and the vital contribution the arts make to the quality of life in New York communities. NYSCA strives to achieve its mission through its core grant-making activity and by convening field leaders, providing information and advisory support, and working with partners on special initiatives to achieve mutual goals. Further, NYSCA's vision for cultural development in the state is reflected in the following goals. See their website at: http://www.nysca.org.

NYSCH New York State Council on the Humanities Since 1975, the New York Council for the Humanities has actively nurtured the role of the humanities in the intellectual and cultural life of New York State. As a not-for-profit, independent affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council works with more than 4,000 cultural institutions such as libraries, historical sites, museums, art galleries, colleges and universities, and community centers to bring innovative, thought-provoking programs to over a quarter of a million New Yorkers annually. See their website at: http://www.nyhumanities.org. NYSED New York State Education Department The NY State Education Department administers all state educational programs, including those related to libraries. (Also SED) See their website at: http://www.nysed.gov.

NYSILL New York State Interlibrary Loan For many years, NYSILL was NYS’s structured interlibrary loan program that provided direct access to the New York State Library’s collections through 3Rs councils.

NYSLAA New York State Library Assistants Association Support staff throughout New York are represented by this organization whose roots began in 1977 at the first ever "library clerical conference" in New York State. From these humble beginnings, NYSLAA has grown as an independent organization, with close to 600 members. It is run by library assistants, for library assistants. See their website at: http://www.nyslaa.org.

NYTRO New York Three Rs Organization Former name of NY3Rs, Inc. (See NY3Rs, Inc. above).

O

OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Started as the Ohio College Library Center, OCLC, Inc. is headquartered in Dublin, Ohio. OCLC is a “bibliographic utility” that provides access to a databases containing records from many libraries throughout the world, including the Library of Congress. OCLC is a nonprofit, member organization. Members are different types of libraries located throughout the world. OCLC products include: a.) WorldCat (primarily a database of MARC records that indicate which libraries own what materials, such as books, videos, music recordings, etc.). OCLC member libraries use WorldCat to request materials via interlibrary loan. b.) FirstSearch is OCLC’s menu of databases covering various subjects. c.) contentDM is software that libraries and archives use to digitize and index images. d.) Olive is newspaper indexing software. WNYLRC is a full OCLC member.

Odyssey Odyssey ILL Software Odyssey is software that was developed by Atlas Systems Inc and is an electronic document delivery systems. Odyssey is used with a computer, scanner, and Internet connection so that articles can be scanned then emailed to the person or library requesting the article. Odyssey, like ARIEL, is a way to do interlibrary loan of documents and articles electronically.

OnCall Online Catalog of WNY medical libraries Online union catalogs of Erie County Medical Center, Kenmore Mercy Hospital, Mercy Hospital, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Sisters Hospital, and Kaleida Healthcare System Libraries (Buffalo General, Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, Millard Fillmore Gates, Millard Fillmore Suburban, and DeGraff Hospital).

OPAC Online Public Access Catalog Online catalog of a library’s or libraries holdings.

P

PDGP Professional Development Grant Program Proposed by the Continuing Education Committee and approved by the WNYLRC Board of Trustees in 1999. The purpose of the PDGP is to assist the staff of member libraries in their professional development by providing competitive financial aid. Grants from this program would enable staff to attend conferences, seminars, workshops and other educational activities sponsored by a professional association or organization, or non-matriculated college undergraduate and graduate coursework which might not be available locally and for which funds might not otherwise be available. Eligible activities do not need to be sponsored by a library or library organization. Grants are awarded quarterly and are in the $100 - $500 range. For more information see our website at: http://www.wnylrc.org/GRANTS/PDGP/pdgp.htm.

PubMed PubMed National Library of Medicine’s free Internet-based Medline database for the public. PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources. See the website: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?

PULISDO Public Library Systems Directors Organization PULISDO is a statewide organization of public library systems. At this time it is not incorporated as a nonprofit organization.

R

RAC Regional Automation Committee RAC is a standing committee of WNYLRC that is responsible for regional automation projects and programs such as RBDB (see below), WNYLRC’s virtual union catalog (WNYlibraries.org), the virtual reference project (askus247.org), and the interlibrary loan project known as VDX. RAC is the only committee required by New York State regulations. It must meet a minimum of 6 times per year.

RBDB Regional Bibliographic Data Bases (and Resource Sharing Program) A New York State program to encourage regional resource sharing. RBDB supports such activities as WNYlibraries.org, VDX, Ask Us 24/7, continuing education, union list of serials, and supporting online databases for regional use. For more information see our website at: http://www.wnylrc.org/GRANTS/rbdb.htm.

RECON Retrospective Conversion RECON is a process whereby actual card catalog cards are converted into MARC-standard electronic format. WNYLRC has had RECON as a cottage industry for many years – retrospectively converting records from schools and other libraries located in the region – and funded via LSTA, RBDB, COSER, or other funds. As of January 2005, RECON is just about completed.

RIC Regional Information Center One of nine BOCES computer centers designated to develop an electronic network linking schools and educational agencies across NYS. Erie 1 BOCES houses the WNY RIC, which includes five school library systems that are WNYLRC members.

RSC Resource Sharing Committee RSC is a standing committee of WNYLRC that is charged with working on resource sharing issues and projects. These include CCDA (Coordinated Collection Development), regional online database selection, sponsoring workshops on resource sharing issues, etc.

S

SARBIT System Annual Report and Budget Implementation Team Electronic system of budget and applications reporting for all New York library systems - school, public, and 3Rs. For WNYLRC this includes RBDB, HLSP, General Operating, and annual report.

SED State Education Department See NYSED.

SILS School Of Library and Information Studies Now called the Department of Library and Information Studies – see DLIS.

SLA Special Libraries Association The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. SLA serves more than 12,000 members in 83 countries in the information profession, including corporate, academic and government information specialists.

SLAWNY School Librarians Association of Western New York The local affiliate to the statewide school library media specialists organization known as SLMS, the school library section of NYLA.

SLSA School Library Systems Association SLSA is the statewide organization of school library systems.

SUNYLA State University of New York Librarians Association A non-profit organization representing librarians from all 64 SUNY campuses. See their website at: http://www.sunyla.org.

U

UNYOC Update New York/Ontario Chapter Founded in 1964, the Upstate New York and Ontario Chapter (UNYOC) is one of 14 regional chapters currently affiliated with the Medical Library Association (MLA). UNYOC's purpose is to serve the professional interests and needs of New York and Ontario Librarians. See their website at: http://unyoc.org.

V

VDX Virtual Delivery eXchange VDX is WNYLRC’s regional interlibrary loan service that any WNYLRC member can use. Also known as WNYlibraries EXPRESS, VDX is a software product of Fretwell Downing Inc. Underwritten by LSTA and RBDB funds, VDX enables participating WNYLRC members to do interlibrary loan electronically within the region without the use and costs related to OCLC.

VIRTUAL REFERENCE See Ask US 24/7.

VUC Virtual Union Catalog A virtual union catalog is a web site whereby you can search a number of online catalogs of different libraries to see what library owns what book. In Western New York, our VUC is called WNYlibraries.org. By going to WNYlibraries.org you can search about 25 online catalogs from different libraries as well as Amazon.com and Pubmed. Searching is possible because the VUC software uses a standard known as Z39.50. WNYlibraries.org has been supported by LSTA funds and is now fully supported by RBDB funds as a regional project. See the website: www.wnylibraries.org.

W

WALDO Westchester Academic Library Director’s Organization Organization that purchases databases at consortial pricing.

WNYAHA Western New York Association of Historical Agencies Consortium of historical organizations in 12 counties committed to the preservation of Western New York’s historical and cultural resources and to encourage cooperation among historical societies, museums, municipal historians, libraries, other related cultural organization and individuals interested in the historical cultural development of Western New York. See their website at www.wnyaha.org.

WNYHSL Western New York Health Sciences Librarians Association Listserv: http://listserv.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=wnyhsl-l&A=1

WNYNET WNYNET WNYLRC's static partial regional union catalog. Now defunct and replaced with the virtual union catalog – WNYlibraries.org.

WNYLA Western New York Library Assistants WNYLRC works closely with support staff through their local association formed in 1991 as a discussion group of WNYLRC. See their website at: http://www.wnyla.org.

WNYLIB-L Western New York Library Listserv WNYLIB-L is WNYLRC’s listserv for its members. See WNY Listservs for more information on subscribing and for a list of other regional listservs.

WNYLIBRARIES.ORG Western New York Libraries virtual union catalog See VUC above and a list of Websites and their description below.

WNYLRC Western New York Library Resources Council The Western New York Library Resources Council (WNYLRC) is a not-for-profit consortium of libraries and library systems serving six counties: Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, and Orleans. The Council was chartered by the New York State Board of Regents in 1966. Member libraries include academic, corporate, hospital and other special types of libraries. Library systems include public and school libraries. WNYLRC is governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees. See our website at: http://www.wnylrc.org.

WNYLRC WATCH WNYLRC Watch Official newsletter of WNYLRC. Was published in print and then online. Now it is a suite of communication tools - blog, discussion forums, and wiki.

WNYRIN Western New York Regional Information Network or RIN The Western New York Regional Information Network (WNYRIN) is part of the Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth, a major public service program of the University at Buffalo. WNYRIN is a directory of public services, a gateway to WNY culture and tourism, and a local governance research tool. See their website at: http://rin.buffalo.edu/

WORLDCAT World Catalog (OCLC Product) WorldCat is a worldwide union catalog created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 member institutions. With millions of online records built from the bibliographic and ownership information of contributing libraries, it is the largest and most comprehensive database of its kind. See the website: http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/default.htm

Z

Z39.50 Z39.50 Protocol International standard and software to enable reciprocal client/server communication between computer systems or networks