UNIT 8: LIBRARY AUTOMATION

1.One of the following is not open source software:
D space
Windows
Green-stone
Linux

2.The term ‘Cyberspace’ was first used by
Andrew Pollock
William Gibson
John Postal
Joe Flower

3.Million Book Project was initiated by
Pittsburg University
Carnegie Mellon University
MIT, USA
Michigan University

4.World Cat is maintained by
Library of Congress
Online Computer Library Center
American Library Association
None of the above

5.JSTOR is an online system for archiving and accessing academic journals. It is located in
Germany
UK
USA
Budapest

6.Which among the following is a digital library software used in the creation of an in-house digital library:
LIBSYS
Greenstone
Alice for Windows
Micro CDS / ISIS

7.Annual Convention of INFLIBNET organized to discuss the progress of the library automation and library services is known as:
ISCON
NACLIN
CALIBER
INFONET

8.Blog is a
Off-line Journal
Internet Journal
Web Directory
Search Engine

9.“Dublin Core Metadata” consists of:
11 elements
13 elements
10 elements
15 elements

10.Identify the development in the following library software’s in correct chronological sequence.
CDS/ISIS, SOUL, Green Stone, D-Space
D-Space, SOUL, CDS/ISIS, Green Stone
Green Stone, CDS/ISIS, D-Space, SOUL
SOUL, D-Space, Green Stone, CDS/ISIS

11.The following is the search engine for scientific information only:
Google
SCIRUS
Yahoo
Alta Vista

12.OAI stands for
Open Access Initiatives
Open Archives Initiatives
On-line Archives Initiatives
On-line Access Initiatives

13.Which of the following is a public domain database?
INIS
AGRIS
Chemical Abstracts
MEDLINE

14.The input Centre for INIS in India is
DRDO
DSIR
TFIR
BARC

15.RDA stands for
Resource Description Agency
Reference Description and Access
Reference Description Agency
Resource Description and Access

16.The complete bibliographic details in MARC are available in:
Leader
Control fields
Variable fields
Record directing

17.Conversion of barcode into electrical signals id done by:
Scanners
CRT
Photo sensor
UNICODE

18.Arrange the following library automation software according to their date of origin:
(i) SOUL (ii) KOHA (iii) New GENLIB (iv) LIBSYS
(iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
 (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)

19.Arrange the following Online Systems in the order of their origin:
(i) ERIC (ii) MEDLINE (iii) OCLC (iv) MARC
(i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
(ii) (iii) (i) (iv)

20.Arrange the following software’s according to their development:
(I) E-Print (II) D-space (III) Greenstone (IV) Koha
(IV), (III), (II), (I)
(III), (II), (I), (IV)
(I), (II), (III), (IV)
(II), (III), (IV), (I)

21.Which of the following are library networks?
1. INTERNET 2. DELNET 3. NICNET 4. OCLC
1 and 2 are correct
2 and 4 are correct
1 and 3 are correct
1 and 4 are correct

22. Select the right chronological sequence of information systems, as per their year of establishment
INIS, AGRIS, NISSAT, Patent Information System (India)
AGRIS, NISSAT, INIS, Patent Information System (India)
Patent Information System (India), INIS, AGRIS, NISSAT
NISSAT, AGRIS, INIS, Patent Information System (India)

23.NACLIN is sponsored by:
INFLIBNET
DELNET
AGRINET
CALIBNET

24.Assertion (A): Information systems support promotion of research, development and innovation relating to the national development of a country.
Reason (R): Information is the basic input to the development
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation
(A) is true but (R) is false
(A) is false but (R) is true

25.Assertion (A): Library automation is at a slow pace in Indian Libraries.
Reason (R): Lack of U.G.C. (India) support lead to this situation.
Both (A) and (R) are true.
Both (A) and (R) are false.
(A) is true but (R) is false.
(A) is false but (R) is true.

26.Assertion (A): Making information available using GSDL is effective than just putting it on the web.
Reason (R): The information available in digital form can be archived
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation.
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation.
(A) is true but (R) is false
(A) is false but (R) is true

27.Assertion (A): Migration is the primary strategy used by most organizations’ for digital archiving.
Reason (R): Migration preserves the physical presence, content, functionality and context of the digital object.
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation.
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation.
(A) is true but (R) is false
(A) is false but (R) is true

28.Assertion (A): Present day libraries need to develop social networking tools for their library websites.
Reason (R): It helps to reach out the patrons where they live and provide service at the point of need.
Both (A) and (R) are true
Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation.
(A) is true but (R) is false
(A) is false but (R) is true

29.Assertion (A): Web OPAC is a computerized library catalogue available to the patrons online.
Reason (R): It can be searched by the users within the four walls of the library only.
(A) is true but (R) is false
(A) is false but (R) is true.
Both (A) and (R) are true.
Both (A) and (R) are false

30.OCLC is
(i) Online Computer Library Centre (ii) At Dublin (Ohio)
(iii) At New York (iv) Ohio College Library
(i) and (ii) are correct
(i) and (iii) are correct
(iii) and (iv) are correct
(ii) and (iv) are correct