These are some of the acronyms, abbreviations, and terms you will find related to IAML and music libraries.
| Term | Expansion/Explanation |
|---|---|
| AACR2 | Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd edition [often simply just AACR] |
| AEC | The Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen |
| AGM | Annual General Meeting |
| AHRB | Arts and Humanities Research Board |
| AHDS | Arts and Humanities Data Service |
| ALA | American Library Association |
| ARSC | Association for Recorded Sound Collections (principally US-based) |
| Association | see IAML |
| ASW | Annual Study Weekend |
| BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| BL | British Library |
| BLCMP | Birmingham Libraries Co-operative Mechanisation Project |
| BLCPP | British Library Co-operation & Partnership Programme |
| BLDSC | British Library Document Supply Centre |
| BMIC | British Music Information Centre |
| BnF | Bibliothèque national de France |
| Board | The Board is the executive committee of the General Assembly and comprises eight officers. |
| BPI | Trade body for the UK record industry |
| Branch | see National Branch |
| CC:DA | Committee on Cataloging: Description & Access — part of ALA |
| CERL | Consortium of European Research Libraries |
| CHOMBEC | Centre for the History of Music in Britain, the Empire and the Commonwealth |
| CIDOC | Committee on Documentation of the International Council of Museums |
| CILIP | Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals |
| CIMCIM | International Committee of Musical Instrument Museums and Collections |
| CMC | Contemporary Music Centre [Dublin] |
| COLICO | Committee on Library Cooperation in Ireland |
| CONARLS | Circle of Officers of National and Regional Library Systems |
| Commission Mixte | Committees that serve an advisory role in the R projects |
| Committee | A Committee carries out specific assignments to advise the Association on administrative and legal matters, dealing with questions of interest to the whole Association. |
| Constitution Committee | This committee advises the Board on matters of governance concerning the Association. |
| Copyright Committee | This committee keeps its eye on issues related to music copyright around the world. |
| CURL | Consortium of University Research Libraries |
| DC | Dublin Core (metadata standard) |
| DCMI | Dublin Core Metadata Initiative |
| DCMS | Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| DCU | Dublin City University |
| DENI | Department of Education for Northern Ireland |
| DIT | Dublin Institute of Technology [includes Conservatory of Music and Drama] |
| DSC | see BLDSC |
| DTD | Document Type Definition (XML definitions) |
| EAD | Encoded Archival Description |
| EAN | European Article Number (i.e. the barcode on all European products) see also UPC |
| EBLIDA | European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations |
| Excursions | Traditionally, the IAML congress offers tours on Wednesday afternoons during the congress week to visit local attractions and places of cultural interest. |
| FAIR | Focus on Access to Institutional Resources |
| Farewell dinner | The final dinner on the last evening of the congress. |
| Fontes | IAML's peer-reviewed journal, Fontes artis musicae. |
| Forum of National Representatives | Each National Branch sends one representative to the Forum of National Representatives to discuss matters of national concern. |
| Forum of Sections | The chairs of all the Sections make up the Forum of Sections. |
| FRAD | Functional Requirements for Authority Data superseding FRAR |
| FRANAR | Functional Requirements and Numbering of Authority Records |
| FRAR | Functional Requirements for Authority Records possibly superseded by FRAD |
| FRBR | Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records |
| FRBRoo | Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (object oriented) — an attempt to harmonize FRBR with the CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model |
| FRSAD | Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data equivalent to FRSAR |
| FRSAR | Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records equivalent to FRSAD |
| General Assembly (GA) | General Assembly meets twice during the annual congress and comprises all IAML members present during the meeting. It has the right to make fundamental decisions on the life of IAML, discussing the plans, the current work and the problems of the Association. |
| GLASS | Greater London Audio Specialisation Scheme — assists interlending of sound recordings |
| GMD | General Material Designation — AACR2 term to be superseded |
| HEA | Higher Education Authority [main source of higher education funds in Irish Republic] |
| HEFCE | Higher Education Funding Council for England (pronounced as Hef-see) |
| HEFCW | Higher Education Funding Council for Wales |
| HLF | Heritage Lottery Fund |
| HTML | Hypertext Markup Language — the basis of the World Wide Web |
| Hot Topics | A session during the congress where issues of current importance can be discussed. |
| IAMIC | International Association of Music Information Centres |
| IAML | International Association of Marvelous Locations— I mean, International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres. Also referred to as the Association. |
| IASA | International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives |
| ICA | International Council on Archives |
| ICTM | International Council of Traditional Music |
| IFLA | International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions |
| IFPI | International Federation of the Phonographic Industry |
| IIS | Institute of Information Scientists — merged with LA to form CILIP |
| IMC | International Music Council |
| IMS | International Musicological Society |
| INSPIRE | Information Sharing Partners in Resources for Education |
| ISBD | International Standard Bibliographic Description |
| ISMIR | International Society for Music Information Retrieval |
| ISMN | International Standard Music Number |
| ISRC | International Standard Recording Code |
| ISWC | International Standard Work Code |
| ITMA | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| JISC | Joint Information Systems Committee |
| JSC | Joint Steering Committee (for AACR) |
| LA | Library Association — merged with IIS to form CILIP |
| LABL | Library Association/British Library committee to discussing cataloguing rules — now superseded |
| LC or LoC | Library of Congress |
| LCSH | Library of Congress Subject Headings |
| LIP | Library and Information Plan |
| LLiL | Libraries and Learners in London |
| LLGC | Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = National Library of Wales |
| MARBI | Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information committee — of ALA |
| MARC | MAchine-Readable Cataloguing (also UKMARC, USMARC, MARC21, UNIMARC etc.) |
| MARCXML | MARC coding recast as XML |
| MCPS/PRS | Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society/Performing Rights Society Alliance |
| Membership Committee | This committee focuses on the members and membership of IAML. |
| Mentors and mentees | First-time IAML attendees may be assigned to a mentor to receive guidance and orientation during the congress week. This can be requested on the congress registration form. |
| METS | Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard |
| MILDRED | Music in Libraries: Directory and Resource Discovery |
| MLA | Museums, Libraries and Archives Council |
| MLA | Music Library Association (US branch of IAML) |
| MLO | Music Libraries Online |
| MLT | Music Libraries Trust |
| MODS | Metadata Object Description Schema |
| MOLA | Major Orchestra Librarians’ Association |
| MPEG | Moving Picture Experts Group (content and metadata standards as in e.g. MPEG 7) |
| NAMHE | National Association of Musicians in Higher Education |
| National Branch | The official IAML representation in a country, usually closely aligned with the national music library association. IAML has 26 national branches but members in over 40 countries. |
| NFIP | National Forum for Information Planning |
| NISC | National Information Services Corporation |
| NLI | National Library of Ireland |
| NLS | National Library of Scotland |
| NLW | Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = National Library of Wales |
| NOF | New Opportunities Fund |
| NSA | defunct acronym for: British Library Sound Archive |
| NUI | National University of Ireland [as in NUI Maynooth, NUI Galway, etc.] |
| ONIX | Online Information Exchange (an international standard for exchange of publishers’ information) |
| OOD | Object-oriented design also OOP Object-oriented programming |
| OUP | Oxford University Press |
| Outreach Committee | This committee "reaches out" to offer and provide assistance both to individuals and institutions facing significant economic challenges. |
| OWL | Web Ontology Language |
| PADS | defunct acronym for: AHDS Performing Arts |
| Performance ephemera | Ephemera refers to items such as concert programs, tickets, posters, etc.—things not meant to last longer than the event for which they were created (not the mayfly, Ephemera vulgata). |
| Poster session | Information is presented on a paper poster where you can learn about current projects. The posters are on display during the congress but during the Poster Sessions, the authors will be present to talk about the content. |
| Project Group | A Project Group carries out specific assignments, or prepares reports, statements or publications. |
| PRS | see MCPS/PRS Alliance |
| PULMAN | Public Libraries Mobilising Advanced Networks |
| QUB | Queen’s University Belfast |
| RAK | Regeln für die alphabetische Katalogisierung — German cataloguing code |
| RAM | Royal Academy of Music |
| RASCAL | Research and Special Collections Available Locally [resource database originally developed in Northern Ireland, now being extended throughout Ireland] |
| RCM | Royal College of Music |
| RDA | Resource Description and Access (successor to AACR2) |
| RDF | Resource Description Framework — a W3C metadata specification |
| RDN | Resource Discovery Network |
| RIAM | Royal Irish Academy of Music |
| RIdIM | Répertoire International d’Iconographie Musicale |
| RILM | Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale |
| RIPM | Répertoire International de la Presse Musicale |
| RISC | Répertoire International des Spectacles et Concerts |
| RISM | Répertoire International des Sources Musicales |
| RNCM | Royal Northern College of Music |
| RPiM | Recent Publications in Music, an annual international bibliography of music publications, available as a database on the IAML website. |
| R-Projects, the Rs | These are 4 bibliographical projects co-sponsored by IAML and the IMS: RISM, RILM, RIdIM, and RIPM. (They are pronounced as one word, not as individual letters.) |
| RSAMD | Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama |
| RSLG | Research Support Libraries Group |
| RSLP | Research Support Libraries Programme |
| RSS | Really Simple Syndication among other interpretations. A means for distribution of web content by means of XML feeds to certain web browsers or RSS readers/RSS aggregators. |
| RTE | Radio Telefís Éireann [Irish national broadcaster) |
| Section | IAML has Institutional Sections that bring together members working in the same professional field or type of institution. Subject Sections deal with types of library activity. |
| SGML | Standard Generalized Markup Language — the superset that includes HTML, XHTML, XML … |
| SHEFC | Scottish Higher Education Funding Council |
| SIBMAS | Société Internationale des Bibliothèques et des Musées des Arts du Spectacle = International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts |
| SMD | Specific Material Designation — AACR2 term to be superseded |
| SQL | Structured Query Language — the most widespread database access method |
| SMI | Society for Musicology in Ireland |
| SRU | Search/Retrieve via URL — a standard search protocol for Internet search queries |
| SRW | Search/Retrieve Web service — a web service for search and retrieval |
| Study Group | A Study Group falls under the auspices of a Section to address narrowly defined issues of ongoing importance. |
| SWRLS | South Western Regional Library System |
| TBC | To be confirmed (NOT tuberculosis, as in some languages!) |
| TCD | Trinity College Dublin |
| TCM | Trinity College of Music [London] later Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance |
| TIG | Theatre Information Group |
| UCC | University College Cork |
| UCD | University College Dublin |
| UL | University of Limerick |
| UPC | Universal Product Code (i.e. the barcode on all North-American products) see also EAN |
| VIAF | Virtual International Authority File |
| VRA | Visual Resources Association |
| W3C | World Wide Web Consortium |
| WILIP | Wider Information and Library Issues Project |
| WiLL | What’s in London Libraries |
| WOL | see OWL |
| Working meeting (open) | Topics relating to the goals of a committee, section, etc. will be discussed and anyone may attend. |
| Working meeting (closed) | Topics relating to the goals of the committee, group, etc. will be discussed but attendance is by invitation only. |
| WSIS | World Summit on the Information Society |
| XHTML | A strict version of HTML — conforming to XML syntax rules |
| XML | Extensible Markup Language |
| Z39.50 | Client–server search and retrieval protocol (also known as ISO 23950 – see what they did there?) |
With thanks to Manfred Ullrich and the IAML UK & Ireland branch.
This page was updated on:
15 Jul 2023
