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AARP American Association of Retired Persons <br />
AASL American Association of School Librarians <br />
ABA American Bar Association <br />
ABI Association for Biodiversity Information <br />
ACE angiotensin-converting enzyme<br />
ADME Adsorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion<br />
ACS American Chemical Society <br />
ADR adverse drug reaction<br />
ACRL Association of College and Research Libraries <br />
ACURIL Association of Caribbean University, Research, and Institutional Libraries <br />
ADP Automated Data Processing <br />
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CE capillary electrophoresis<br />
CENR Committee on Environment and Natural Resources <br />
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CENDI Commerce, Energy, EPA, NASA, National Libraries of Agriculture, Education, and Medicine, Defense, and Interior <br />
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CF cystic fibrosis<br />
CFR Code of Federal Regulations <br />
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CERES California Environmental Resources Evaluation System <br />
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CEQ Council on Environmental Quality <br />
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CICC Committee on Information, Computing, and Communications (OSTP/NSTC) <br />
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CIESIN Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network <br />
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CIO Chief Information Officer <br />
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CIRC Central Information Reference & Control <br />
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CISTI Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information <br />
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CIRCLA Chesapeake Information and Research Library Alliance <br />
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CLENERT Continuing Library Education Network and Exchange Round Table <br />
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CLR Council of Library Resources <br />
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CNI Coalition for Networked Information <br />
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CNIE Committee for the National Institute for the Environment – NOTE: Changed name; see NCSE <br />
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CNRI Corporation for National Research Initiatives <br />
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CNV copy number variation<br />
CT computerized tomography<br />
TPMT Thiopurine methyltransferase<br />
ZFP zinc finger proteins<br />
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CODATA Committee on Data <br />
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COI Communities of Interest <br />
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COSATI Committee on Scientific and Technical Information <br />
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COSMIC Computer Software Management and Information Center <br />
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COSWL Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship <br />
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COTR Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative <br />
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CRDA Cooperative Research and Development Agreement <br />
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CRM Customer Relationships Management <br />
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CRS Congressional Research Service <br />
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CSA Cambridge Scientific Abstracts <br />
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CSAL Corporate Source Authority List <br />
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CUNet Caribbean Academic, Scientific, and Technological Network <br />
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DAA Document Availability Authorization <br />
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DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency <br />
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DCAA Defense Contract Audit Agency <br />
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DFAS Defense Finance and Accounting Service <br />
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DIA Defense Intelligence Agency <br />
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DIS Defense Information Service (Australia) <br />
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DISA Defense Information Systems Agency <br />
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DoD Department of Defense <br />
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DROLS Defense Research Development, Test, and Evaluation Online System <br />
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DOE Department of Energy <br />
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DSS Decision Support System <br />
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DTIC Defense Technical Information Center <br />
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EDB Energy Science & Technology Database <br />
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EDMS Electronic Document Management System <br />
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ELV Expendable Launch Vehicle <br />
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EMIERT Ethnic Materials Information Exchange Round Table <br />
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EOS Earth Observing System <br />
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ERIC Educational Resources Information Center <br />
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ESA European Space Agency <br />
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ESRO European Space Research Organization (now ESA) <br />
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ESRO European Space Research Organization <br />
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ETDB Energy Technology Database <br />
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ETDE Energy Technology Data Exchange <br />
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EUSIDIC European Association of Information Services <br />
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FBIS Foreign Broadcast Information Services <br />
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FCCSET Federal Coordinating Committee on Science, Engineering and Technology <br />
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FDLP Federal Depository Library Program <br />
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FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency <br />
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FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee <br />
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FGIC Federal Government Information Clearinghouse <br />
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FIDUL Federal Intelligent Document Understanding Lab <br />
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FIRMPOC Federal Information Resource Management Policy Council <br />
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FLICC Federal Library and Information Center Committee <br />
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FLRT Federal Librarians Round Table <br />
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FOCI Foreign Ownership Control and Influence Act <br />
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FOLUSA Friends of Libraries USA <br />
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FSLAP Foreign Science Library Applications Program <br />
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GAO Government Accounting Office <br />
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GBF Global Biodiversity Forum <br />
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GEF Global Environmental Facility <br />
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GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility <br />
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GCRP Global Change Research Program <br />
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GIDEP Government Industry Data Exchange Program <br />
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GFE Government furnished equipment <br />
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GIS Geographical Information Systems <br />
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GLOBE Global Observation and Learning to Benefit the Environment <br />
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GODORT Government Documents Round Table <br />
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GPEA Government Paperwork Elimination Act <br />
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GPO Government Printing Office <br />
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GPRA Government Performance and Results Act <br />
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HARV High Alpha Research Vehicle <br />
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HCFA Health Care Financing Administration <br />
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IAA International Aerospace Abstracts <br />
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IAC Industrial Application Center <br />
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IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency <br />
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ICSTI International Council for Scientific and Technical Information <br />
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ICSU International Council of Scientific Unions <br />
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ICTAF Interdisciplinary Center for Technological Analysis and Forecasting, at Tel-Aviv University <br />
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IDLSE Interagency Digital Library of Science and Engineering <br />
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IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers <br />
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IFC Intellectual Freedom Committee <br />
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IFLA International Federation of Library Associations <br />
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IFRT Intellectual Freedom Round Table <br />
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IIa Information International Associates, Inc. <br />
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IIA Information Industry Association <br />
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NOTE: Name changed; see SIAA <br />
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IIITG Interagency IRM Infrastructure Task Group <br />
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ILAS Integrated Library Automated System <br />
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ILERT Independent Librarians Exchange Round Table <br />
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INIS International Nuclear Information System <br />
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INIST Institut de L'Information Scientifique et Technique <br />
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IP Information Policy or Intellectual Property <br />
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IPCC Information Policy and Copyright Committee <br />
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IRC International Relations Committee (IIa: Internet Resource Center) <br />
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IRM Information Resources Management <br />
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IRRT International Relations Round Table <br />
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ISA Israeli Space Agency <br />
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ISEC Integrated Science for Ecosystems Challenges <br />
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ISO International Standards Organization <br />
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ISSN International Standard Serial Number <br />
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ISTP International Solar-Terrestrial Physics <br />
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ISY International Space Year <br />
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ITIS Integrated Taxonomic Information System <br />
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ITU International Telecommunications Union <br />
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IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature <br />
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JCP Joint Committee on Printing <br />
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JIVA Joint Intelligence Virtual Architecture <br />
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KM Knowledge Management <br />
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LAMA Library Administration and Management Association <br />
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LAN Local Area Network <br />
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LC Library of Congress <br />
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LHRT Library History Round Table <br />
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LINCS Literacy Information and Communication System <br />
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LIRT Library Instruction Round Table <br />
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LITA Library and Information Technology Association <br />
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LoC Library of Congress <br />
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LRRT Library Research Round Table <br />
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LTER Long Term Ecological Research <br />
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MAI Machine-Aided Indexing <br />
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MARC Machine Readable Cataloging <br />
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MT Machine Translation <br />
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MTPE Mission to Planet Earth <br />
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NABIN North American Biodiversity Information Network <br />
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NACA National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics <br />
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NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement <br />
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NAIC National Air Intelligence Center <br />
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NAL National Agricultural Library <br />
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NAM NASA Access Mechanism <br />
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NARA National Archives & Records Administration <br />
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NAS National Academy of Sciences <br />
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NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration <br />
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NASDA National Space Development Agency of Japan <br />
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NASP National Aero-Space Plan <br />
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NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization <br />
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NBII National Biological Informatics Infrastructure <br />
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NCBI National Center for Biotechnology Information <br />
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NCSE National Council for Science and the Environment (Formerly CNIE) <br />
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NCL Non-Conventional Literature <br />
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NCLIS National Commission on Libraries and Information Science <br />
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NCMA National Contract Management Association <br />
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NCSA National Center for Super Computing Applications <br />
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NCSTI National Center for Scientific and Technical Information <br />
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NCSTRL Networked Computer Science Technical Reports Library <br />
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NFAIS National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services <br />
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NGO Non-Government Organization <br />
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NIFL National Institute for Literacy <br />
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NIMA National Imagery and Mapping Agency <br />
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NISC National Information Services Corporation <br />
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NISO National Information Standards Organization <br />
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NIST National Institute of Standards & Technology <br />
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NLE National Library of Education <br />
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NLM National Library of Medicine <br />
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NMI NASA Management Instruction <br />
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NMRT New Members Round Table <br />
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NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration <br />
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NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration <br />
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NPR National Performance Review <br />
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NRCS National Resources Conservation Service <br />
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NREN National Research and Education Network <br />
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NSDI National Spatial Data Infrastructure <br />
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NSSDC National Space Science Data Center <br />
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NSTC National Science and Technology Council <br />
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NTIS National Technical Information Service <br />
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NTRC National Transportation Research Centers <br />
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OAST Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology <br />
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OBIS Ocean Biogeographical Information System <br />
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OCLC Online Computer Library Center <br />
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OCR Optical Character Recognition <br />
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ODI Optical Data Imaging <br />
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OECS Organization of Eastern Caribbean States <br />
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OIRA Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs <br />
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OLOS Office for Library Outreach Services <br />
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OLPR Office for Library Personnel Resources <br />
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OMB Office of Management & Budget <br />
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OPAC Online public access catalog <br />
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OSCP Office of State and Community Programs <br />
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OSIS Open Source Information System <br />
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OSTI Office of Scientific and Technical Information <br />
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OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy <br />
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OTA Office of Technology Assessment <br />
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PAHO Pan American Health Organization <br />
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PDF Portable Document Format <br />
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PIO Public Information Office <br />
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PCAST President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology <br />
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PITAC President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee <br />
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PLA Public Library Association <br />
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PTO Patent and Trademark Office <br />
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QC Quality Control <br />
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R&D Research and Development <br />
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RAPIC Remedial Action Program Information Center <br />
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RASD Reference and Adult Services Division <br />
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RECON Research Connection <br />
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REFORMA National Association to Promote Library Services to the Spanish Speaking <br />
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RTOP Research and Technology Objectives and Plans <br />
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RTTC Regional Technology Transfer Center <br />
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SAIN Southern Appalachian Information Node <br />
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SBIR Small Business Innovation Research <br />
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SBSTTA Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice <br />
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SCAN Selected Current Aerospace Notices <br />
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SCI Systematics, Cybernetics, and Information <br />
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SCIP Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals <br />
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SCOLE Standing Committee on Library Education <br />
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SDI Selective Dissemination Information <br />
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SES Subcommittee on Ecological Systems (CENR) <br />
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SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language <br />
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SIG Special Interest Group <br />
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SIIA Software Information Industry Association <br />
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(Formerly, IIA) <br />
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SIMC or B Science Information Management Coordination Board (EPA) <br />
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SLA Special Libraries Association <br />
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SORT Staff Organization Round Table <br />
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SP Special Publication <br />
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SRRT Social Responsibilities Round Table <br />
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SSIRT Support Staff Interest Round Table <br />
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STAR Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports <br />
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STC Society for Technical Communications <br />
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STELAR Study of Electronic Literature for Astronomical Research <br />
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STI Scientific and Technical Information <br />
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STIC Scientific and Technical Intelligence Committee <br />
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STILAS Scientific and Technical Information Library Automated System <br />
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STLE Society of Tribiologists and Lubrication Engineers <br />
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TIP Technical Information Panel <br />
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TIS Technical Information Service <br />
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TM Technical Memorandum <br />
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TPS Thermal Protection Systems <br />
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TQM Total Quality Management <br />
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TsAGI Central Aerohydrodynamics <br />
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TU Technology Utilization <br />
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UCGIS University Consortium for <br />
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UCITA Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act <br />
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UMLI Unified Medical Language System <br />
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UMLS Unified Medical Language System <br />
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UNDP United Nations Development Program <br />
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UNESCO United Nations Economic, Scientific, and Cultural Organization <br />
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URL Uniform Resource Locator <br />
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USGS United States Geological Survey <br />
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UWI University of West Indies <br />
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VRT Video Round Table <br />
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WAIS Wide Area Information Server <br />
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WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization <br />
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WRI World Resources Institute <br />
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WWF World Wildlife Fund <br />
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WWW World Wide Web <br />
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YALSA Young Adult Library Services Association <br />