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Content Style Guide: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Use acronyms and abbreviations only when necessary.
- Avoid if possible.
- First occurrence should spell it out with the acronym following it in parenthesis.
- Additional occurrences should use the abbreviation tag (<abbr>) if possible.
- In LibGuides, toggle to the "Source" view in your editor. (If in the CMS, contact me for help.)
- Find the acronym in the HTML.
- Add an opening abbreviation tag before it, with a title attribute that spells out the full name.
- Add a closing </abbr> tag at the end of the acronym
Example:
<abbr title="Grand Valley State University">GVSU</abbr>
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Guide content originally created by Suzanne Chapman for the University of Illinois Libraries. Licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons By 4.0 license.
- Last Updated: Aug 29, 2024 11:45 AM
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