A proposal for Bangladesh Academic and Special Library Network
List of Abbreviations:
APINESS: Asia Pacific Information Network for Social Sciences.
BAIN: Bangladesh Agricultural Information Network
BANSDOC: Bangladesh National Scientific and Technical Documentation Center.
BARC: Bangladesh Agriculture Research Council
BARD: Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development
BIDS: Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
BIDS-LDC: Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies- Library and Documentation Center
BIRDEM: Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders.
BRAC: Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee.
BTTB: Bangladesh Telephone and Telegraph Board.
CD-ROM: Compact Disk-Read Only Memory.
CSCD: Committee on Studies for Cooperation for Development in South Asia.
DEVINSA: Development Information Network for South Asia.
HELLIS: Health Literature Library and Information Services.
ICDDR’B: International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
Bangladesh.
ILL: Inter-Library Loan
MARC: Machine Readable Catalogue.
NAIS: National Agricultural Information System.
NHLDC: National Health Library and Documentation Center.
TVE: Television Trust for Environment Network.
USAID: United States Agency for International Development.
WHO-SEARO: World Health Organization-South East Asian Regional Office.
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