Abbreviations

AIS
Academic Information Service (Library)

ASP
Application Service Provider

db
Database

DBMS
Database Management System

FSE
Federated Search Engine

IT
Information Technology

LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
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LMS
Library Management System

MAP
Millennium Access Plus (from Innovative)
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NISO
National Information Standards Organization
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pg
Postgraduate students

RSS
Rich Site Summary (or "Real Simple Sindication")
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SDI
Selective Dissemination of Information Service

SE
Search Engine

SFX
Link Resolver from Ex Libris
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ug
Undergraduate Students

UP
University of Pretoria
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URL
Uniform Resource Locator

WAM
Web Access Management (from Innovative)
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XML
Extensible Markup Language
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