ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

ABET               Adult Basic Education and Training
ACE                Advanced Certificate in Education
ACNL             Advisory Committee on the National Libraries
ACRL             Association of College and Research Libraries
ACTAG          Arts and Culture Task Group
AGM              Annual General Meeting
ALASA          African Library Association of South Africa
ANC               African National Congress
BLINDLIB     South African Library for the Blind
CALICO        Cape Library Consortium
CEO               chief executive officer
CEPD             Centre for Education Policy Development
CEPD             Continuing Education and Professional Development
CHE               Council on Higher Education
CHEC            Cape Higher Education Consortium
CHELSA        Committee for Higher Education Librarians in South Africa
CICD             Centre for Information Career Development
CNENSA       Cape Non-European Night Schools Association
CNLSA          Conference of National Librarians of Southern Africa
COLIS            Community Library and Information Services
COMLA         Commonwealth Library Association
COSALC       Coalition of South African Library Consortia
DAC              Department of Arts and Culture
DACST          Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology
EAC               East African Community
ECHEA          Eastern Cape Higher Education Association
EFA               Education for All
ELITS            Education Library Information and Technology Services
ESAL            Eastern Seaboard Association of Libraries
ESATI           Eastern Seaboard Association of Tertiary Institutions
ESI               Ecole des Sciences de l’Information
ETD              electronic theses and dissertations
FOTIM         Foundation of Tertiary Institutions of the Northern Metropolis
FPASA         Fire Protection Association of Southern Africa
FRELICO     Free State Library and Information Consortium
FSHETT       Free State Higher and Further Education and Training Trust
FULSA         Forum for University Librarians in South Africa
GAELIC        Gauteng and Environs Library Consortium
GCIS            Government Communication and Information System
GIS               geographic information system

HAI              historically advantaged institution
HDI              historically disadvantaged institution
HEI              higher education institution
HEQC         Higher Education Quality Committee
HELIG         Higher Education Libraries Interest Group
HSRC          Human Sciences Research Council
IASL            International Association of School Librarianship
ICT               information and communication technology
ICTLIG         Information and Communications Technology in Libraries
IDRC             International Development Research Centre
IFLA             International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
IGBIS            Interest Group for Bibliographic Standards
ILE                information literacy education
INASP          International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications
IRC               information resource centre
ISAP             Index to South African Periodicals
ISASA            Independent Schools Association of South Africa
ISBN            International Standard Book Number
ITU             International Telecommunication Union
IULC           Inter-University Library Committee
IWG           Interministerial Working Group
JCM           Joint Catalogue of Monographs
KZN           KwaZulu-Natal
LACIG         Library Acquisitions Interest Group
LIASA        Library and Information Association of South Africa
LIS              library and information science/services/studies
LISDESA    Libraries and Information Services in Developing South Africa
LISSCO      Library and Information Services of Science Councils
LIWO         Library and Information Workers Organisation
MEDLIG     Medical Libraries Interest Group
MiET          Media in Education Trust
MPCC       Multipurpose Community Centre
NAC          National Arts Council
NACLI      National Advisory Council for Libraries and Information
NARS       National Archives and Records Service
NCLIS       National Council for Library and Information Services
NECC      National Education Coordinating Committee
NEPAD    New Partnership for Africa’s Development
NEPI         National Education Policy Investigation
NGO         non-governmental organisation
NHC         National Heritage Council
NITF         National Information Technology Forum
NLAC        National Library Advisory Council
NLSA       National Library of South Africa
NOHIM    National Oral History and Indigenous Music
NRF         National Research Foundation
NTCA     National Telecommunications Cooperative Association
OBE        outcomes-based education
OCLC     Online Computer Library Centre
OPAC      Online Public Access Catalogue
OPD        Official Publications Depository
OSALL   Organisation of South African Law Libraries
PACLIG    Public and Community Libraries Interest Group
PaCLISA   Public and Community Libraries Inventory of South Africa
PASA         Publishers’ Association of South Africa
PICC       Print Industries Cluster Council
PISAL      Periodicals in Southern African Libraries
PiT          Public Information Terminal
RDP        Reconstruction and Development Programme
RETIG     Research, Education and Training Interest Group
RFID      radio frequency identification device
RNCS     Revised National Curriculum Statement
SABA      South African Booksellers’ Association
SABEC    Southern African Book Exchange Centre
SABIB     South African Bibliography
SABINET       South African Bibliographic and Information Network
SaCAT          South African National Catalogue
SACMEQ     Southern and Eastern African Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
SADC           Southern African Development Community
SAHRA        South African Heritage Resources Agency
SAILIS         South African Institute for Library and Information Science
SAIS          Southern African Interlending Scheme
SALA        South African Library Association
SALC       South African Library Conference
SALLP     South African Library Leadership Programme
SANB      South African National Bibliography
SANCB   South African National Council for the Blind
SANLIC    South African National Library Consortium
SANRIC    South African National Research Information Consortium
SAOUG     Southern African Online User Group
SASLI       South African Site Licensing Initiative
SCECSAL    Standing Conference of East, Central and Southern Africa
SCHELIS     Standing Committee of Heads of Education Library and Information
Services
SEALS     South Eastern Alliance of Library Systems
SLA         Special Libraries Association
SLIG       Special Libraries Interest Group
SLIS        Special Libraries and Information Services
SLYSIG   School Library and Youth Services Interest Group
SOMAFCO    Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College
TAAA       Together with Africa and Asia Association
TEC       Transitional Executive Committee
UCT      University of Cape Town
UCTD   Union Catalogue of Theses and Dissertations
ULIS     Unification of Library and Information Stakeholders
UNESCO   United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNISA     University of South Africa
UP           University of Pretoria
USA        United States of America
USA         Universal Service Agency
USAASA    Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa
UWC        University of the Western Cape
UZKN      University of KwaZulu-Natal
WGNL      Working Group on the National Libraries of South Africa 

WLIC       World Library and Information Congress