Federation Of Family History Societies

Acronyms

 

A2A

Access to Archives
www.a2a.org.uk/

A4A

Awards 4 All
www.ncaonline.org.uk/archive_lottery_advisory_service/lottery_funding/awards_for_all

AAC

Archive Awareness Campaign
www.archiveawareness.com/

ACALG

Association of Chief Archivists in Local Government (c/o Staffordshire Record Office)

ACW

Archives Council Wales
www.llgc.org.uk/cac/

AfL

Archives for London
www.ncaonline.org.uk/about_nca/regional_archive_councils/larc

ALA

Archive Lottery Adviser
www.ncaonline.org.uk/archive_lottery_advisory_service/intro/

ALAR

Archive Lottery Adviser's Report

ALAS

Archive Lottery Advisory Service
www.ncaonline.org.uk/archive_lottery_advisory_service/intro/

ANW

Archives Network Wales
www.archivesnetworkwales.info/anw001.shtml

APPG

All Party Parliamentary Group

ARCW

Archives and Records Council Wales
www.llgc.org.uk/cac/

ATF

Archives Task Force
www.mla.gov.uk/webdav/harmonise?Page/@id=73&Document/@id=28117&Section[@stateId_eq_left_hand_root]/@id=4332&Session/@id=D_wjt1UdSOv0Jcb7INmNTt

BAC

Business Archives Council
www.businessarchivescouncil.org.uk/about/statement/

BALH

British Association for Local History
www.balh.co.uk/index.php

BFI

British Film Institute
www.bfi.org.uk/

BGRUC

British Genealogical Record Users Committee (c/o Society of Genealogists)

BL

British Library
www.bl.uk/

BLF

Big Lottery Fund
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

BRA

British Records Association
www.britishrecordsassociation.org.uk/

BUFVC

British Universities Film and Video Council
www.bufvc.ac.uk/

CAA

Comprehensive Area Assessment
www.audit-commission.gov.uk/cpa/cpatransition.asp

CAAP

Community Access to Archives Project
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/partnerprojects/caap/default.htm

CADG

Community Archives Development Group
www.communityarchives.org.uk/page_id__33_path__0p1p.aspx

CILIP

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
www.cilip.org.uk/default.cilip

CPA

Comprehensive Performance Assessment
www.audit-commission.gov.uk/cpa/index.asp?page=index.asp&area=hpcpa

CyMAL

CyMAL: Museums Libraries and Archives Wales
new.wales.gov.uk/topics/cultureandsport/museumsarchiveslibraries/cymalL4/?lang=en

DCMS

Department of Culture, Media and Sport
www.culture.gov.uk/

DoVE

Digitisation of Vital Events
www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/aboutus/lookingahead/Digitisation_of_Vital_Events.asp

EAD

Encoded Archive Description

EAGLE

Electronic Access to GRO Legacy Events (DoVE Project)
www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/aboutus/lookingahead/Digitisation_of_Vital_Events.asp

EERAC

East of England Regional Archive Council
www.ncaonline.org.uk/about_nca/regional_archive_councils/eerac

EMCat

East Midlands Catalogue

EMMLAC

East Midlands Museum, Libraries and Archives Council
www.mlaeastmidlands.org.uk/

EMRAC

East Midlands Regional Archives Council
www.ncaonline.org.uk/about_nca/regional_archive_councils/emrac

FAF

Film Archive Forum
www.bufvc.ac.uk/faf/

FARMER

Forum for Archives and Records Management Education and Research
www.liv.ac.uk/lucas/FARMER/index.htm

FFHS

Federation of Family History Societies
www.ffhs.org.uk/

FOI

Freedom of Information
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/foi/default.htm

GRO

General Register Office
www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

HLF

Heritage Lottery Fund
www.hlf.org.uk/English/

HMC

Historical Manuscripts Commission - now part of The National Archives
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/whowhathow.htm

ICON

Institute of Conservation
www.icon.org.uk/

IDeA

Improvement and Development Agency for local government
www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=1

ISB

Invest to Save Budget
www.isb.gov.uk/hmt.isb.application.2/

LARC

London Archives Regional Council
www.ncaonline.org.uk/about_nca/regional_archive_councils/larc

LMA

London Metropolitan Archives
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/leisure_heritage/libraries_archives_museums_galleries/lma/lma.htm

LOCOG

London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games

LUCAS

Liverpool University Centre for Archive Studies
www.liv.ac.uk/lucas/

MA

Metropolitan Archives

MACE

Media Archive for Central England
www.macearchive.org/

MAGPIE

Multiple Access to GRO Published Index Events (DoVE Project)
www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/aboutus/lookingahead/Digitisation_of_Vital_Events.asp

MLA

Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
www.mla.gov.uk/

MLAEE

Museum, Libraries and Archives East of England
www.mlaeastofengland.org.uk/

MLAEM

Museum, Libraries and Archives East Midlands
www.mlaeastmidlands.org.uk/

MLAL

Museum, Libraries and Archives London
www.mlalondon.org.uk/

MLANE

Museum, Libraries and Archives North East
www.mlanortheast.org.uk/

MLANW

Museum, Libraries and Archives North West
www.mlanorthwest.org.uk/

MLASE

Museum, Libraries and Archives South East
www.mlasoutheast.org.uk/

MLASW

Museum, Libraries and Archives South West
www.mlasouthwest.org.uk/

MLAWM

Museum, Libraries and Archives West Midlands
www.mlawestmidlands.org.uk/

MLAY

Museum, Libraries and Archives Yorkshire
www.mlayorkshire.org.uk/

MoU

Memorandum of Understanding

NCA

National Council on Archives
www.ncaonline.org.uk/about_nca/what_we_do/

NERAC

North East Regional Archives Council
www.ncaonline.org.uk/about_nca/regional_archive_councils/nerac

NFTVA

National Film and Television Archive
www.bfi.org.uk/nftva/

NWRAC

North West Regional Archives Council
www.ncaonline.org.uk/about_nca/regional_archive_councils/nwrac

ONS

Office for National Statistics
www.statistics.gov.uk/default.asp

PDO

Policy and Development Officer (at NCA for example)

PNDS

People's Network Discovery Service
www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk/

PRONI

Public Record Office Northern Ireland
www.proni.gov.uk/

PSQG

Public Services Quality Group
www.ncaonline.org.uk/research_and_development/public_services_quality_group/

RAs

Regional Archives

RFA

Regional Film Archive
www.bufvc.ac.uk/faf/members.htm

RHS

Royal Historical Society
www.rhs.ac.uk/

ROLO

Registration On-Line Ordering [at ONS]

RON

Registration ONline

RSA

Regional Screen Agencies
www.bfi.org.uk/filmtvinfo/gateway/categories/regional/

SCA

Scottish Council on Archives
www.archives.org.uk/sca/

SCONUL

Society of College, National and University Libraries
www.sconul.ac.uk/

SEMLAC

South East Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
www.mlasoutheast.org.uk/

SERAC

South East Regional Archives Council
www.ncaonline.org.uk/about_nca/regional_archive_councils/serac

SoA

Society of Archivists
www.archives.org.uk/

SoG

Society of Genealogists
www.sog.org.uk/

SRA

Scottish Records Association
www.scottishrecordsassociation.org/

SWMLAC

South West Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
www.mlasouthwest.org.uk/

SWRAC

South West Regional Archive Council
www.ncaonline.org.uk/about_nca/regional_archive_councils/swrac

THROSTLE

THe Reconciliation Of Siemens Transcriptions of Legacy Events (DoVE Project)
www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/aboutus/lookingahead/Digitisation_of_Vital_Events.asp

TNA

The National Archives
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

VCH

Victoria County History
www.englandpast.net/county_map.html

WAI

Website Accessibility Initiative
www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsite/public_wai.hcsp

WCAG1

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 1
www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsite/public_wai.hcsp

WCAG2

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2
www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsite/public_wai.hcsp

WMRAF

West Midlands Regional Archive Forum
www.ncaonline.org.uk/about_nca/regional_archive_councils/wmraf

YAC

Yorkshire Archives Council
www.ncaonline.org.uk/about_nca/regional_archive_councils/yac