Employees new to San Diego, UCSD and the University of California library and university system encounter many unique acronyms and abbreviations and unique uses of words and phrases.  LAUC-SD offers the following list of commonly used acronyms, words and phrases to ease the transition. Newbies can find lists of a similar nature in the print UC and UCSD telephone directories.  These other sources are good to check as UCSD adds new buildings, names them, and consequently adopts acronyms and/or abbreviations for them.

AA Administrative Assistant

AAL Art and Architecture Library (UCSD)

ACG All Campus Groups (HOPS, HOTS, CDC, LTAG, RSC, and LPL)

ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries

ACS Academic Computing Services (UCSD) and Access Services (Libraries)

Adcon Conference room in the Library Administrative suite in Geisel.

Admin Team Consists of senior library administrators

AIT Guide Faculty Guide to Academic Information Technology

Annex Off-campus storage facility for low use materials from UCSD libraries' collections.

APM Academic Personnel Manual. UC Personnel Policies for academic appointees. Includes procedures for appointment, advancement and promotion.

ARL Association of Research Libraries

ARPM Academic Review Procedures Manual, Librarian Series, UCSD guidelines to provide procedural details for conducting appointment and performance reviews of UCSD Librarians.

Arts Libraries Includes Art & Architecture Library, Film & Video Library, and the Music Library

ASCL Academic Senate Committee on Library (UCSD)

AUL Assistant or Associate University Librarian

______Blank Assistant All AA's are in this job classification but all in this classification are not AAs.

Biomed or BML Biomedical Library (UCSD)

BLINK UCSD portal for staff. Has a glossary feature that is useful..

Blue Sheets Library accounting  form used for supplies, etc. (an actual piece of paper)

CAIT Committee on Academic Information Technology (UCSD)

CAP Committee on Advancement and Promotion is faculty version of CAPA

CAPA Committee on Appointments, Promotions and Advancements (elected by LAUC-SD membership)

Career Status Term use for permanent classified job titles; for academic appointees (i.e., librarian) denotes a continuous appointment without the need to renew a contract on a periodic basis.

CARL California Academic and Research Libraries.

CC Community College San Diego County has: City, Mesa, Miracosta, and Palomar community colleges

CDC Collection Development Committee (UC)

CDL California Digital Library. Tenth UC library.

Central or CUL Central University Library (retired terms;  use Geisel Library)

Circuit Combined catalog that includes a paging service for books at San Diego county's four largest academic libraries (CSUSM, SDSU, UCSD, USD)

CJK Chinese, Japanese, Korean

CLICS Center for Library & Instructional Computing Services (formerly Undergraduate Library, Humanities Library, UGLi, and Cluster I)

Clusters Overarching divisions of UCSD libraries (Administrative, Sciences, Social Sciences & Humanities, Technology & Technical Services)

CMRR Center for Magnetic Recording Research (UCSD)

COVC Council of Vice-Chancellors (UC)

CPNM Current Periodicals, Newspapers, and Microforms located in the Social Sciences and Humanities Library, Geisel Library building

CRS Computer Resource Specialist job title

CSU California State University, approx 23 campuses, San Diego county has CSU San Marcos and San Diego State University.

DAR Digital Audio Reserves

DBF  Department of Business and Finance

DDS/ILL Document Delivery Service/Interlibrary Loan Committee (reports to PSAC)

DIR Digital Image Reserves

DLPWG Digital Library Program Working Group (pronounce DILL PWIG)

DOCS Designation in Roger for government documents in the Social Sciences and Humanities Library

DoD Director of Development (UCSD) Department of Defense (USA)

DMR Digital Media Reserves

DSSL Department Systems Services Liaisons

DUL Deputy University Librarian

eLinks See UC-eLinks

ERC Eleanor Roosevelt College

eScholarship

FD  Fretwell Downing, Inc. British company provides us with VDX and Scholar's Portal software

FD&C Facilities, Design and Construction (UCSD)

FinancialLink

FVL Film and Video Library (UCSD)

FVR Film and Video Reserves (UCSD)

GA General Assistance (budget for non-work-study student assistants in the library)

GIS Geographic Information Systems Lab, Research Services, SSHL

Green Sheets Campus notices distributed electronically (formerly distributed to departments on green paper)

GLADIS #9; #9; Automated library catalog at UC Berkeley

HOPS Heads of Public Services (UC --AUL’s for public service serve on this committee)

HOSC Heads of Special Collections (UC)

HOTS Heads of Technical Services (UC --AUL’s for Technical service serve on this committee) .

IFIS UCSD's financial and accounting automated system

IMPRINTS UCSD print and graphics service and the Libraries partner in our own copy and print service.

InfoPath UCSD’s Web Site

INNOPAC UCSD's online catalog from Innovative Interfaces Inc.

IOC Instruction and Outreach Committee. Reports to PSAC.

IR/PS Graduate School for International Relations/Pacific Studies. Refers both to the school and the library (UCSD.)

ISC Information Services Committee. Reports to PSAC.

ITD Information Technology Department (formerly the Systems Department and the Software Engineering Department)

IUC Instructional Use of Computing

LA Library Assistant job classification scheme

LAO Library Administrative Office wherein reside the UL, AULs, and Budget Queen Maureen, DoD (Diva of Dollars)

LASR (pronounced "laser") Leave Activity Summary Report is a monthly report of accrued and used sick, vacation, comp, and other types of leave.

LTAG Library of Technology Advisory Group (Reports to SOPAG)

LAUC Librarian’s Association of the University of California. Employment as a librarian automatically makes one a member of this group. Each campus has a division (e.g. LAUC-SD) .

LEC, Room 274  Library Electronic Classroom located in the Geisel Library building. (pronounce by initials L.E.C. or as a work "Lec" rhymes with Shreck; speakers preference)

LEO Library Equipment Order

LHR Library Human Resources (UCSD)

LIBNET UCSD Libraries Intranet

LiFT Library Financial Team (UCSD)

LMG Library Management Group (UCSD)

LPL Library Privacy Liaisons

LOL Lots of Laughs

LSST Library Safety and Security Team (UCSD)

LWC Libraries Website Committee. Reports to PSAC.

MCL Medical Center Library. A branch of the Biomedical Library located at the UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest.

MELVYL UC online catalog

Merced See UCM.

MOU Memorandum of Understanding, Professional Librarians Unit, American Federation of Teachers

MSCL Mandeville Special Collections Library, formerly SPEC. (UCSD)

MSO Management Services Officer. Each department at UCSD has one. UCSD Libraries are considered one department.

MSP Managers and Senior Professionals (campus)

MUS Music Library (UCSD)

NRLF Northern Regional Library Facility. Storage facility for collections from northern California UC libraries.

OCLC

ONO Office of Network Operations. Responsible for management and technical consulting for the campus LAN. (UCSD)

OP or UCOP University of California, Office of the President (Oakland)

ORION2 Automated library catalog at UCLA.

PACTECH Technical services version of INNOPAC.

PAF Personnel Action Form

PAG Preservation Advisory Group (UC)

PIR  Patron Initiated Request (somewhat retired, evolved into Request)

PSAC Public Service Advisory Council. Representatives from public services units of all libraries serve on this committee. (UCSD)

R&PD Research and Professional Development Committee. (UCSD & UC)

Recharge  System by which departments pay each other for goods and services.

Representative Assembly : The voting members of the Academic Senate (UCSD)

Request Online feature for submitting interlibrary loan requests. (Internally referred to as PIR)

Roger UCSD Libraries online catalog. Name for UCSD founder Roger Revelle. (sometimes written ROGER; sometimes Roger)

Room 276 Library classroom with instructor station and projection capability.

RSC Resource Sharing Commitee, subcommittee of SOPAG.

SAGE Database of electronic resources and databases available through the UCSD Libraries website.

Schedule of Classes : (print retired 10/03; online access only on StudentLink)

S&E, SEL Science and Engineering Library (UCSD)

SDPL San Diego Public Library

SDSU San Diego State University

SED Software Engineering Department (retired term;  superseded by ITD)

SFX See UC-eLinks

SIO Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Refers both to the Institution and to its library (UCSD)

SLASIAC System wide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee (UC)

SOM School of Medicine

SOPAG System wide Operations and Planning Advisory Group (UC)

Soupy Sales Campus Surplus Sales where old equipment, furniture and withdrawn books get sold to public and others. (UCSD)

SPEC Mandeville Special Collections Library (UCSD) not in current use; superseded by MSCL.

SRLF Southern Regional Library Facility. Storage facility for southern California UC libraries, located at UCLA.

SR VCAA Senior Vice-Chancellor Academic Affairs is the campus administrator to whom the University Librarian reports.

SSH, SSHL Social Sciences and Humanities Library (UCSD)

StudentLink Administrative portal for students and faculty, includes online registration and the like.

Systems (retired term; superseded by ITD)

TDC Technology Directions Committee (UCSD)

TEV Travel Expense Voucher

TLC Total Learning Classroom, one of several library electronic classrooms, located in CLICS (see also LEC, Room 274).

TPOT Technical Processing Online Tools

UC University of California

UC/AFT University Council - American Federation of Teachers

UCAI The Union Catalog for Art Images (UCAI) Project will create a prototype database using bibliographic metadata and thumbnail images submitted by three partner institutions: the University of California, San Diego, the Fine Arts Library at Harvard University, and the Ingalls Library of the Cleveland Museum of Art. (2002 - 2003)

UCB University of California, Berkeley

UCCSC UC Computer System Conference

UCD University of California, Davis

UC-eLinks Online document requesting service for journal articles

UCI University of California, Irvine

UCLA University of California, Los Angeles

UCM University of California, Merced. Tenth UC campus. Eleventh UC library.

UCOL Academic Senate University Committee on Library (UC)

UCR University of California, Riverside

UCSB University of California, Santa Barbara

UCSC University of California, Santa Cruz

UCSD University of California, San Diego

UCSF University of California, San Francisco

UGL, UGLi, Undergrad, Undergraduate Library (retired terms see CLICS)

UL University Librarian

USD University of San Diego

VCAA Vice-Chancellor Academic Affairs is campus division to which the Libraries report

VDX  Virtual Document Exchange An interlibrary loan and document delivery system from Fretwell-Downing and licensed to the UC system.

WASC Western Association of Schools & Colleges is major academic accrediting association. For UCSD Libraries, institutional membership in WASC relates to borrowing privileges.

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