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
- 2FA – Two-factor Authentication
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