GLOSSARY

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Digital Initiatives Standing Committee

An FLVC advisory committee charged to:

  • Provide recommendations to the FLVC MCLS regarding all technical aspects of digital collection building, digitization, and/or digital production, digital curation, and digital services in support of scholarship.
  • Provide a forum for discussion, promote best practices, explore opportunities for collaboration among interested FLVC libraries, and leverages the collective capacity of the colleges and universities for digital initiatives and services.
DIP

Dissemination Information Packages, output from FDA.

Discovery Tool

A tool for doing a combined search for resources, including books, articles and digital resources, offering  additional services beyond ILS such as a "did you mean?" function, spelling recommendations, social tagging, list making, review writing, and user ratings.

Distance Learning and Student Services Team (DLSS)

An internal FLVC team charged to investigate, prioritize recommend, and coordinate implementation and delivery of distance learning and student services.

DLLI

A courier service administered by the Tampa Bay Library Consortium to transmit resources between libraries within the state of Florida.