GLOSSARY

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AaL

Ask a Librarian, administered by the Tampa Bay Library Consortium, provides Florida residents with virtual reference services through live chat and text messaging.

AIP

Archival Information Package – contents of a SIP, plus any saved transformed versions of the data files in the SIP or AIP, plus metadata pertaining to these objects stored in the FLVC Digital Archive Management System (DAMS).

Aleph

Integrated library system software product from ExLibris.

Alma

The next generation integrated library system software product from ExLibris group.

ANSI

American National Standards Institute