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ANNEX 3
ACRONYMS


AAU

Association des Universités Africaines

ABAFR

Aquatic Biology Aquaculture & Fisheries Resources

ACDI

Agence canadienne de développement international

ACIAR

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

ACP-EU

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States and the European Union

AFRIAMSLIC

Africa Regional Group of IAMSLIC

AFRINET

Integrated Ocean Observation and Service Network for Africa

AGLINET

Agricultural Libraries Network

AGORA

Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture

AGRIDEA

Agricultural Information for Development in Eastern Africa

AGRIS

International Information System for Agricultural Sciences and Technology

AgSSIP

Agricultural Sector Services Investment Programme

AISAF

Aquaculture Information Services for Africa

AJOL

African Journals On-Line

ASA

African Studies Association

ASFA

Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts/Résumé des sciences aquatiques et halieutiques

ASFIS

Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System/Système d'information sur les sciences aquatiques et la pêche

ALCOM

Aquaculture for Local Communities Development Programme/Aquatic Resource Management for Local Communities

CABI

CAB International

CD

compact disc

CD-ROM

compact disc read-only memory

CDS/ISIS

Computerized Documentation Service/Integrated Set of Information Systems

CIFA

Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa

CNSHB

Centre national des sciences halieutiques de Boussoura

CNROP

Centre national de recherches océanographiques et des pêches

CODESRIA

Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa

COI

Commission de l’Océan Indien/Indian Ocean Commission

COI

Commission océanographique intergouvernementale

CRHB

Centre de recherche halieutique de Boussoura

CRO

Centre de recherches océanologiques (Côte d’Ivoire)

CRODT

Centre de recherches océanographiques Dakar-Thiaroye

CSIR

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

CTA

Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU/Centre Technique de Coopération Agricole et Rurale ACP-UE

DANIDA

Danish International Development Agency

DIFS

Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science (Rhodes University)

DSI

Diffusion sélective de l'information

EAFFRO

East African Freshwater Fisheries Research Organisation

EAMFRO

East African Marine Fisheries Research Organisation

eIFL

Electronic Information for Libraries

EjDS

Electronic Journals Delivery Service

EU

European Union

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FAO FIDI

FAO Fisheries Information, Data and Statistics Unit

FDI

Fonds documentaire de l’IRD

FD-K

Fisheries Department Kenya

FD-T

Fisheries Division Tanzania

FFW

Fish & Fisheries Worldwide

FIRRI

Fisheries Resources Research Institute

FISON

Fisheries Society of Nigeria

FOSRI

Food Science and Technology Research Institute

FRS

Fisheries Resources Department

FTI

Fisheries Training Institute

GAINS

Ghana Agricultural Information Network Systems

GHAGRI

Ghana Agricultural Research Information

GLODIR

Global Directory of Marine (and Freshwater) Professionals

GTZ

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit

IAALD

International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists

IAMSLIC

International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers

IAHS

International Association of Hydrological Services

ICCAT

International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas/Commission internationale pour la conservation des thonides de l’Atlantique

ICLARM

International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (now WorldFish Center)

ICT

Information and communications technology

IEO

Instituto Español de Oceanografía

IFREMER

Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer

IFS

International Foundation for Science

IMROP

Institut Mauritanien de Recherches Océanographiques et des Pêches

IMS

Institute of Marine Sciences (University of Dar es Salaam)

INASP

International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications

IOC

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

IOTC

Indian Ocean Tuna Commission

IRD

Institut de recherche pour le développement

IT

Information technology

JICA

Japan International Cooperation Agency

KMFRI

Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute

LAN

Local area network

LIFDC

Low Income Food Deficit Countries

LUC

Limburg University Centrum

LVFO

Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization

MALICO

Malawi Library and Information Consortium

MARC

Machine Readable Catalogue

MIST

Marine Information in Science & Technology

MNRT

Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism

MOFR

Marine, Oceanographic and Freshwater Resources

NAC

National Aquaculture Centre

NAC-LIC

National Aquaculture Centre Library and Information Centre

NAL

National Agricultural Library

NARO

National Agriculture Research Organization

NEPAD

New Partnership for Africa’s Development

NIFFR

National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research

NIOMR

Nigerian Institute of Oceanography and Marine Research

NIPAD

NISC Information, Publications and African Databases

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NTIS

National Technical Information Services

ODINAFRICA

Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa

OPAC

Online Public Access Catalogue

ORI

Oceanographic Research Institute

ORSTOM

Institut français de recherche scientifique pour le développement en coopération

OSI

Open Society Institute

PDF

Portable Document Format

PERI

Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information

RDC

Regional Dispatch Centre

RECOSCIX-WIO

Regional Co-operation in Scientific Information Exchange - Western Indian Ocean

SAAMBR

South African Association for Marine Biological Research

SABINET

South African Bibliographic and Information Network

SADC

Southern African Development Cooperation

SADC IFSTCU

SADC Inland Fisheries Sector Technical Coordination Unit

SAIAB

South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity

SAIL

Southeast Affiliate of IAMSLIC

SBIG

Subject Based Information Gateways

SDI

Selective dissemination of information

SFA

Seychelles Fishing Authority

SPSS

Statistical Package for the Social Sciences

STIMULATE

Scientific and Technological Information Management in Universities and Libraries: an Active Training Environment

TAFIRI

Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute

TANFIS

Tanzania Fisheries Information System

TEEAL

The Essential Electronic Agriculture Library

UFFCA

Uganda Fisheries and Fish Conservation Association

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

VSAT

Very Small Aperture Terminal

WAICENT

World Agricultural Information Centre/Centre mondial d'information agricole

WAS

World Aquaculture Society

WHO

World Health Organization

WinISIS

CDS/ISIS for Windows

WIO

Western Indian Ocean

WMO

World Meteorological Organisation

WRI

Water Research Institute

ZEE

zone économique exclusive


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