This handbook provides a reference listing of the acronyms and abbreviations encountered in the British literature of librarianship and documentation, and selectively in the fields of commercial book trade, management, education, and computing. The coverage includes projects, organizations, associations, information services, and technical terms. Acronyms are listed alphabetically and expanded into the official version. Cross references are supplied when organizations have changed their names, and foreign language expansions are translated where an official translation is known. (EMH)