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
