GLOSSARY

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PCI

Primo Central Index, for some institutions Mango integrates Primo articles with library content within the Mango search also used by colleges using Primo.

PDA

Patron Driven Acquisition, also referred to as demand-driven acquisition, is a method used by libraries for collection development where monographs are purchased at their point of need when selected by users from a pool of potential titles.

PLAN

Panhandle Library Access Network (Multi-type Library Cooperative)

PostgreSQL (Postgres)

An open source object-relational database management system.

PREMIS

A data dictionary created by the Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies, a (now retired) working group of OCLC and RLG.