Alliance Terms & Definitions

These are some of the commonly used jargon and abbreviations across Alliance programs and communities.

Jargon

Library-Related Platforms, Programs, and Systems

  • Alma
    • Alma Digital (soon to be Specto)
    • Alma Analytics
  • ArchivesSpace
  • Asana
  • campusM
  • Clio
  • ConsortiaManager
  • CONTENTdm
  • Digital Commons
  • DSpace
  • Esploro
  • EZProxy
  • GitHub
  • ILLiad
  • Islandora
  • Leganto
  • LibApps
    • LibGuides
    • LibAnswers
    • LibChat
  • MarcEdit
  • Mukurtu
  • Notepad++
  • Omeka
  • Primo
    • Primo Analytics (soon to be Primo Mixpanel)
  • RapidILL
  • Rapido
  • RefWorks
  • Relais
  • Samvera Hyrax
  • Tipasa
  • Trello
  • Ubiquity
  • WorldCat
  • WorldShare
  • Reference chat (collaborations and systems)
    • Answerland
    • AskWa
    • LibChat
    • LibraryH3lp

Campus-Related Platforms, Programs, and Systems

  • Banner
  • Blackboard
  • Canvas
  • D2L
  • Drupal
  • Hugo
  • Moodle
  • OmniUpdate
  • PeopleSoft
  • Plone
  • Sakai
  • SiteCore
  • WordPress

Library Vendors

  • Atlas Systems
  • Bepress
  • Clarivate
  • EBSCO
  • Ex Libris
  • OCLC
  • ProQuest
  • Springshare

Abbreviations

Member Institutions

  • COCC – Central Oregon Community College
  • CWU – Central Washington University
  • Chemeketa or ChemCC – Chemeketa Community College
  • Clackamas or ClackCC – Clackamas Community College
  • Clark – Clark College
  • EOU – Eastern Oregon University
  • EWU – Eastern Washington University
  • GFU – George Fox University
  • Gonzaga or Gonz – Gonzaga University
  • LaneCC – Lane Community College
  • L&C – Lewis & Clark College
  • Linfield – Linfield University
  • MHCC – Mt. Hood Community College
  • OHSU – Oregon Health & Science University
  • OIT – Oregon Institute of Technology
  • OSU – Oregon State University
  • Pacific – Pacific University
  • PCC – Portland Community College
  • PSU – Portland State University
  • Reed – Reed College
  • SMU or STMU – Saint Martin’s University
  • SPU – Seattle Pacific University
  • SeattleU or SU – Seattle University
  • SOU – Southern Oregon University
  • TESC – The Evergreen State College
  • UI – University of Idaho
  • UO – University of Oregon
  • UP – University of Portland
  • Puget Sound or UPugS – University of Puget Sound
  • UW – University of Washington
  • Walla – Walla Walla University
  • WPU – Warner Pacific University
  • WSU – Washington State University
  • WOU – Western Oregon University
  • WWU – Western Washington University
  • Whitman – Whitman College
  • Whitworth – Whitworth University
  • Willamette or WU – Willamette University

Alliance Communities

  • Alliance – Orbis Cascade Alliance (please don’t use “OCA”)
  • DUX – Diversity & User Experience
    • ASG – Accessibility Standing Group
    • DCESG – DUX Community Engagement Standing Group
    • DEISG – Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Standing Group
    • UXSG – User Experience Standing Group
  • OSDC – Open Strategies & Digital Content
    • A&M – Archives & Manuscripts service
    • CFR or CFRPNW – Copyright First Responders Pacific Northwest
    • DPTAPG – Digital Preservation Training Assessment Project Group
  • RSF – Resource Sharing & Fulfillment
    • CEG – Community Engagement Group
    • DigPig – Digital Resource Sharing Project Group
    • FSG – Fulfillment Standing Group
    • SSG – Sharing Standing Group
    • WelPig – Welcome Packet Project Group
  • SCTS – Shared Content & Technical Services
    • CAT-Force – Collection Analysis Task Force
    • CSG – Cataloging Standing Group
    • ESG – Ebook Standing Group
    • LAWG – Licensing Action Working Group
    • NRSG – Normalization Rules Standing Group
  • SYS – Systems
    • CASG – Central Analytics Standing Group
    • GAIT – Generative AI Training Project Group
    • PRTSG – Primo Release Testing Standing Group

Abbreviations by Program/Functional Area

  • General
    • KPI – Key Performance Indicator
    • OOTB (also OTB) – Out of the Box
  • Diversity & User Experience (DUX)
    • A11y – Accessibility
    • ACR – Accessibility Conformance Report
    • CDI – Central Discovery Index
    • CERV – Community Enhancement Requests and Voting (formerly known as NERS, New Enhancements Request System)
    • CMS – Content Management System
    • DEI – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
    • ILS – Integrated Library System
    • LMS – Learning Management System
    • NDE – Primo NDE (Next Discovery Experience)
    • SILS – Shared Integrated Library System
    • UX – User Experience
    • VE – Primo VE
    • VPAT – Voluntary Product Accessibility Template
  • Open Strategies & Digital Content (OSDC)
    • ARK – Archival Resource Key
    • AS – ArchivesSpace
    • AW – Archives West
    • EAD – Encoded Archival Description
  • Resource Sharing & Fulfillment (RSF)
    • AAR – Annual Account Reconciliation
    • CDI – Central Discovery Index
    • CDL – Controlled Digital Lending
    • CERV – Community Enhancement Requests and Voting (formerly known as NERS, New Enhancements Request System)
    • FURs – Fulfillment Unit Rules
    • GTI – Global Title Index
    • ILL – Interlibrary Loan
    • ILS – Integrated Library System
    • NCIP – NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol
    • NDE – Primo NDE (Next Discovery Experience)
    • SILS – Shared Integrated Library System
    • TOU – Terms of Use
    • VE – Primo VE
  • Shared Content & Technical Services (SCTS)
    • Bibs – Bibliographic records
    • CDI – Central Discovery Index
    • CERV – Community Enhancement Requests and Voting (formerly known as NERS, New Enhancements Request System)
    • CM – ConsortiaManager
    • FRBR – Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
    • GES – General Electronic Services
    • GTI – Global Title Index
    • ILS – Integrated Library System
    • MARC – Machine-Readable Cataloging
    • NDE – Primo NDE (Next Discovery Experience)
    • SILS – Shared Integrated Library System
    • TOU – Terms of Use
    • VE – Primo VE
  • Systems (SYS)
    • 2FA – Two-factor Authentication
      • MFA – Multi-factor authentication
    • API – Application Programming Interface
      • REST – Representational State Transfer
      • SRU – Search/Retrieval via URL
    • AWS – Amazon Web Services
    • CDI – Central Discovery Index
    • CERV – Community Enhancement Requests and Voting (formerly known as NERS, New Enhancements Request System)
    • CMS – Content Management System
    • DevEnv – Ex Libris Primo Development Environment
    • GES – General Electronic Services
    • GTI – Global Title Index
    • ILS – Integrated Library System
    • LMS – Learning Management System
    • NCIP – NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol
    • NDE – Primo NDE (Next Discovery Experience)
    • NISO – National Information Standards Organization
    • OTP – One-time Password
    • RFID – Radio Frequency Identification
    • SIS – Student Information System
    • SILS – Shared Integrated Library System
    • SSO – Single Sign-On
    • TOU – Terms of Use
    • VE – Primo VE
    • VPN – Virtual Private Network

Organizations Outside the Alliance

  • AALL – American Association of Law Libraries
  • ACRL – Association of College and Research Libraries
  • ALA – American Library Association
  • ARL – Association of Research Libraries
  • CCoP – ELUNA Consortial Community of Practice
  • DPLA – Digital Public Library of America
  • ELUNA – Ex Libris Users Group North America
  • ExL – Ex Libris
  • ICOLC – International Coalition of Library Consortia
  • IGeLU – International Group of Ex Libris Users
  • ILA – Idaho Library Association
  • ILAGO – Information Literacy Advisory Group of Oregon
  • NWACC – NorthWest Academic Computing Consortium
  • NWALDS – Northwest Academic Library Directors Symposium
  • NWHeat – Northwest Higher Education Accessibility Technology Group
  • OCLC – Online Computer Library Center
  • OLA – Oregon Library Association
  • OSDLG – Oregon Statewide Database Licensing Group
  • OWEAC – Oregon Writing & English Advisory Committee
  • WACTCLC – Washington Community and Technical College Library Consortium
  • WLA – Washington Library Association