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UNIT TEST 8: LIBRARY AUTOMATION - ANSWER KEY

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
 Codes:
 (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
Codes:
 (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
Codes:
 (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
Codes:
 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
Codes:
 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.
 Codes:
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
Codes:
 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.
Codes:
 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.
 Codes:
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.
 Codes:
 (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
Codes:
 (i) and (ii) are correct
 (i) and (iii) are correct
 (iii) and (iv) are correct

 (ii) and (iv) are correct

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