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Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations

3Rs Reference and Research Resources
ACRL Association of College and  Research Libraries
ALA American Library Association
ALLUNY Association of Law Librarians of Upstate New York
AMC Albany Medical College
Amigos Amigos Library Services (a not-for-profit, membership-based organization dedicated to serving libraries)
ASLS Academic and Special Libraries Section (of NYLA)
CAA Capital Area Archivists of New York
CaDiLaC Capital District Library Access Catalog
CALA Capital Area Library Assistants
CARL Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
CATS Capital Area Technical Services Committee
CCD Coordinated Collection Development
CCDC Coordinated Collection Development Committee
CDLC Capital District Library Council
COIL Committee on Interlibrary Loan (replaced by the Committee on Resource Sharing - CORS)
CONNECT NY CONNECT NY - A consortium of libraries within New York State whose members have created a combined catalog of their collections.
CORS Committee on Resource Sharing (formerly COIL)
CRB Capital Region BOCES School Library System
(formerly BASS - BOCES Albany Schoharie Schenectady School Library System)
DAP Direct Access Program
DHP Documentary Heritage Program
DHPAC DHP Advisory Committee
DLD Division of Library Development (of the NYSL)
ENY/ACRL Eastern New York/ ACRL
ENYSLMA Eastern New York School Library Media Assoc.
GIIG Government Information Interest Group
HFM Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery School Library System
HLSP Hospital Library Service Program
HMLA Hudson-Mohawk Library Association
IDS IDS Project (a resource-sharing cooperative within New York State)
III Innovative Interfaces Inc.
ILL InterLibrary Loan
LAMS Library Administration and Management Section (of NYLA)
LSTA Library Services & Technology Act
LYRASIS LYRASIS - A regional non-profit membership organization serving libraries.
MARAC Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference
MARC MAchine Readable Cataloging
MISP Medical Information Services Program
MLA Medical Library Association
MVLS Mohawk Valley Library System
NLM National Library of Medicine
NOVEL New York Online Virtual Electronic Library
NY3Rs New York 3Rs Association Inc.
NYALS New York Alliance of Library Systems (a coalition of New York State library systems and their directors)
NYLA New York Library Association
NYLA/SSL NYLA/Section of School Librarians
NYSCILIB Upstate New York Science Librarians
NYSHEI New York State Higher Education Initiative (an organization of public and private academic and research libraries in New York State)
NYSILL New York State Interlibrary Loan
NYSL New York State Library
OGS (New York State) Office of General Services
OPAC Online Public Access Catalog
OCLC Online Computer Library Center
PLS Public Libraries Section (of NYLA)
PLS Public Library System
PUC Partial Union Catalog (links to CDLC's PUC)
PuLiSDO Public Library Systems Directors Organization
QUESTAR Questar III School Library System (formerly R-C-G SLS)
RAAC Regional Automation Advisory Committee
RASS Reference and Adult Services Section (of NYLA)
RBDB Regional Bibliographic Data Bases Program
ReCap CDLC Newsletter
RPI Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
SAA Society of American Archivists
SALS Southern Adirondack Library System
SARA (New York) State Archives and Records Administration
SAVE Shared Audio Visual Equipment
SED State Education Department
SLA Special Libraries Association
SLEEK Special Librarians Eating and Exchanging Knowledge (this group no longer exists due to lack of interest)
SLMS School Library Media Section (of NYLA) - now NYLA/SSL (Section of School Librarians)
SLS School Library System
SLSA School Library Systems Association
SMART Section on Management of Information Resources and Technology (of NYLA)
SUNY State University of New York
UHLS Upper Hudson Library System
ULS Union List of Serials
UNYSLA SLA - Upstate New York Chapter
WALDO Westchester Academic Library Directors Organization
WSWHE Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex  School Library System
YSS Youth Services Section (of NYLA)