Acronyms & abbreviations in library & information work: A reference handbook of British usage

This updated edition contains over 7000 entries - 1000 more than the third edition. The handbook provides a quick reference listing of the acronyms and abbreviations encountered in the general English language literature of librarianship and information work. Selection has been firmly based on usage in the literature. The fields of archives, museums, the commercial book trade, education, translation, management and computer and micrographic technology are included selectively. The coverage is of projects, organizations, associations, information resources and services, and technical terms; abstracting, indexing and professional services and journals. Some unofficial abbreviations are included if found in the literature. Coined computer program names which are not strictly acronyms are excluded. Where an acronym or abbreviation was originally used in a specific context but has since become a more generally used term, no reference is made to the original more specific usage.