Monday, December 3, 2018

LIS Abbreviations




A&I-Abstracting and Indexing

CRG – Classification Research Group

AACR2 -Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, Second Edition

AALL- American Association of Law Libraries

AASL- American Association of School Librarians

ABAA -Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America

ACRL- Association of College & Research Libraries

AGRIS – Agricultural Information System AHIP - Academy of Health Information Professionals

AICTE - All India Council for Technical Education

ALC - Americans for Libraries Council

ALCTS - Association for Library Collections and Technical Services.

ALISE - Association for Library and Information Science Education

ALISE - Association for Library and Information Science Education

ALOHA - Astronomy Librarians of Hawaii Association

ALP – Advancement for Librarianship

ANSI - American National Standards Institute

APA - American Psychological Association

ARL - Association of Research Libraries

ARLIS/ANZ - Arts Libraries Society of Australia and NewZealand

ARLIS/NA - Art Libraries Society of North America

ARLIS/UK & Ireland - Arts Libraries Society of the United Kingdom and Ireland

ARMA International - Association of Records Managers and Adminis trators International

ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASIS - American Society for Information Science (and Technology)

ASTED - Association for  advancement des Sciences et Techniques de la Documentation

AV - Audio-Visual BALID - Bangladesh Association of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentations

BCI - Bar Council of India

BFM - Bibliographic File Maintenance

BI - Bibliographic Instruction

BIBCO - the monograph Bibliographic record Component of  the Program for Cooperative Cataloging

BIP - Books In Print

BL - British Library

BNF - Bibliotheqe national de France BONET– Bombay Library Network

BPL- Boston Public Library

CAHSL- Connecticut Association of Health Sciences Librarians

CALIBNET – Calcutta Network

CAPS – Content, Abstract and Photocopy Service (INSDOC)

CDA- Communications Decency Act

CDC -Curriculum Development Committee

CD-R -Compact Disc-Recordable

CD-ROM -Compact Disc Read-Only Memory

CD-RW -Compact Disc Re Writable

CDS -Cataloging Distribution Service (Library of Congress)

CDS/ISIS -Computerized Documentation Services Integrated Set of Information System

CEP -Continuing Education Program

CILIP -Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

CIP -Cataloging-In-Publication
CLA- Canadian Library Association

CLIR -Council on Library & Information Resources

CNI- Coalition for Networked Information

CONSER -Cooperative Online Serials (PCC component)

CPSO -Cataloging Policy and Support Office (Library of Congress)

CSIR -Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

DCM Z1 -Descriptive Cataloging Manual Z1 ("Yellow Pages")

DDB- die Deutsche Bibliothek (German National Library)

DDS -Document Delivery Service

DEC -Distance Education Council

DELNET– Delhi Library Network

DESIDOC -Defense Scientific Information and Documentation Center

DEVSIS – Development Science Information System

DIRKS - Design and Implementation of Record keeping Systems

DMCA -Digital Millennium Copyright Act

DOI- Digital Object Identifier

DRC – Data Referral Center

DRM -Digital Rights Management

DRTC -Documentation Research and Training Center

DVD-Digital Video Disc

ENVIS – Environment Information System

ERIC -Educational Resources Information Clearinghouse

FDLP -Federal Depository Library Program

FRBR - Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records

GIF- Graphics Interchange Format

GIS - Geographic Information Systems

GPO-Government Printing Office

GUI-Graphical User Interface

HTML-Hyper Text Markup Language

HTTP -Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

HTTPS -Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure

IALL- International Association of Law Libraries

IAMSLIC - International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries 

ICSSR - Indian Council of Social Science Research

IE - Internet Explorer

IFLA - International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

III- Innovative Interfaces, Incorporated

ILL – Inter Library loan

IMLS - Institute for Museum and Library Services

INFLIBNET – Information and Library Network (UGC)

INSDOC - Indian National Scientific Documentation Center

ISBD- International Standard Bibliographic Description

ISC - Information for Social Change (Advocacy group : UK

ISP - Internet Service Provider

JAKE -Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment

JPEG -Joint Photographic Experts Group

JSTOR -Journal Storage

LAB- Library Association of Bangladesh

LCC - Library of Congress Classification

LCCN- Library of Congress Control Number

LCRI- Library of Congress Rule Interpretation(s)

LCSH- Library of Congress Subject Heading Information Centers

IASLIC - Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centers

IATLIS - Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science

IB - Information Behavior LCSH- Library of Congress Subject Headings, aka "The Big Red Books"

LFF - Librarians For Fairness

LISA - Library and Information Science Abstracts

LISA - Library and Information Services in Astronomy

LISbd - Librarians and Information Scientists, Bangladesh

LITA- Library and Information Technology Association

LOCKSS - Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe

LTTE - Letter To The Editor

MALS -Master of Arts, Librarianship

MARC 21 Machine Readable Catalogue 21 Century

MCI-Medical Council of India

Medical Library Association

MFHD-MARC Format for Holdings Data

MLA -Modern Library Association
        Modern Language Association
        Music Library Association

NAAC -National Assessment and Accreditation Council

NACO -the Name Authority Component of the PC

NAMTC -National Association of Media & Technology Centers

NAR -Name Authority Record

NASIG- North American Serials Interest Group 

NASSDOC -National Social Science Documentation Center

NCLIS - National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

NCTE - National Council for Teachers Education

ND - No Date

NISC - National Information Services Corporation

NISCAIR - National Institute for Science Communication and Information Resources

NISO - National Information Standards Organization

NLA - Nevada Library Association

NN/LM - National Network of Libraries of Medicine

NTIS - National Technical Information Service

NUC National Union Catalog

NYPL - New York Public Library

OCLC - Online Computer Library Center

ODLIS - Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science

OED - Oxford English Dictionary
OP - Out of Print

OS - Out of Stock

PC - Personal Computer

PCC - Program for Cooperative Cataloging (Library of Congress)

PDF - Portable Document Format

PGDIT - Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology

PLA - Pakistan Library Association

PLG - Progressive Librarians Guild (Advocacy group : chiefly United States)

PMOLIB - Prime Minister's Office Library
PO - Purchase Order

PPL - Peace Palace Library

RA - Readers' Advisory

RAK - Regeln für Alphabet ische Katalogisierung RDA-Resource Description and Access

RDF- Resource Description Framework

RFK- Regeln für die Formal katalogisierung

RFP -Request For Proposal

RIM -Records and Information Management

RSS -Multiple, depending on the version

RSWK -Regeln für den Schlagwortkatalog

RUSA- Reference and Users Services Association

SAA- Society of American Archivists

SACO- the Subject Authority COmponent of the PCC

SCCTP -Serial Cataloging Cooperative Training Program

SCM -Subject Cataloging Manual (Library of Congress)

SIC code -Standard Industrial Classification code

SLA- Special Libraries Association

SPARC -Scholarly Publishing and Academic ResourcesCoalition

SRRT -Social Responsibilities Round Table (American Library Association)

SSL- Secure sockets layer

SuDoc- Superintendent of Documents

T.P. -Title page

TOC -Table Of Contents

URI- Unifrom Resource Indicator

URL- Uniform Resource Locator

USA PATRIOT Act -Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools  Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act

USB- universal serial bus

VHS -Video Home System

VLOG- Video (web-)log.

VPN-Virtual Private Network

Sunday, September 30, 2018

NET



1. What is e-prints?


A repository Software


2. What two is a Library Management Software for small libraries?


Library Solution and Follet


3. What is APS?


A Full-text e-resourse


4. One of Library and Information Science Journal name is……….


Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB Book Guide


5. "Shodhganga" is a national level repository of:


E-Theses


6. One of the following is not an open source software :


· D’space


· Windows


· Green-stone


· Linux


7. ”It is a library with little or no physical presence of books, periodicals, reading space or support staff, but are that disseminate selective information directly to distribute library customers, usually electronically”. Said by whom?


Powell


8. ”A library is a public institution or establishment charged with the care of collection of books, the duty of making them accessible to those who require the use of them and the task of converting every person in its neighborhood into a habitual library goers and reader of books.”Quoted by whom?


Dr S R Ranganathan


9. Classification of all types of libraries has been made by-


UNESCO


10. ”Special libraries serve a specialist clientele, located within a single establishment or group and all engaged in working towards one common purpose.” Who said this


R.A stall










1. Where ISDN was first started in 1990


Singapore


2. Now-a-days how many types of Protocol are used ?


2


3. Which type of protocol is used by interface for public data network (PDN) ?


X.25


4. In Which five year plan the INFLIBNET was established?


7th five year plan (1985-1990)


5. Which network in India provided the first e-mail service in the country?


ERNET


6. Who publishes Annals of Library Science and documentation?


NISCAIR


7. __________is E-Bibliographic database?


ISID


8. _________is the journal of Library and Information Science?


Inter-lending and Document supply


9. The Electronic Library is......................


A Journal Name


10. What is full text e-Resource?




ACS (American chemical society)




1. Following is not a social bookmarking site:



· Digg


· Delicious


· Sqidoo


· Facebook


2. Following is not a network protocol:


· HTTP


· SMTP


· TCP/IP


· Z39.50


3. LOCKOSS (Software) is an international community initiative by:


Stanford University


4. Identify the odd one from the following:


· Koha


· VTLS


· SLIM++


· SOUL


5. Following is not a Web 2.0 tool:


· Blog


· Facebook


· UGC-INFONET 2.0


· RSS feeds


6. PDA stands for:


Personal Digital Assistance


7. PLONE is a:


Content Management System


8. “Pi” is the e-book reading device by:


Infibeam


9. ___________ is an example of microblogging:


Twitter


10. Who invented OSI Model in 1982?




ISO (International Organization for Standardization)

















1. ISO-9960 is related with?


Standard for encoding data on CD-ROM


2. ASCII has how many codes?


256


3. Raw, unevaluated, unprocessed and unorganized facts is known as: …………


Data


4. Information retrieval is fastest from …………..


Hard Disk


5. Which University is providing Open Access to Sanskrit dissertations through Internet?


Delhi University


6. Term “Truncation” is used in………………………..


Search Formulation


7. UNIX is a…………………………………………...


Multi user operating system


8. The CD alphabets in CDS/ISIS stands for……………..


Computerized Documentation


9. LYCOS is a …………..


Search engine


10. Electronic telecommunications system joining millions of computers together.




Internet




1. When CD-ROM was prepared and made?



1985


2. In how many ways switching system can be established?


Three


3. Which type of switching system is telephone network?


Circuit switching


4. Which of the following software is useful for word processing?


WordStar


5. NICNET and INDONET are the networks of which category?


WAN


6. Who designed analytical engine?


Charles Babbage


7. Calculating machine is developed by…………


Pascal


8. What is a bug?


Error in a Programme


9. Which is not a programming language?


· FORTRAN


· BASIC


· COBOL


· ASCII


10. ENIAC stands for?




Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator













1. Physical condition of the books should be property maintained. this is known as……….


Conservation


2. ________ is an important record of books, which shows the position of any book on the shelves.


Shelf List


3. ________ is a process of helping employees in an organization to acquire new skills and competence on a continuing basis


Total Quality Management


4. On which of the following technologies semantic web is not based?


· RDF


· Ontologies


· Cloud seeding


· URI


5. Which generation computers uses integrated circuits(ICs)?


Third


6. The concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI) belongs to ____________________


Fifth Generation Computers


7. Computer memory is measured in ____________________


· Bytes


· Kilobytes


· Megabytes


8. The term "Cyberspace" was first used by _________________


William Gibson


9. The term hypertext was coined by whom?


Ted Nelson


10. What are three types of basic languages used in computer programming?


· Machine


· Assembly




· High level languages









1. Outdated and seldom used books are withdrawn from the library is known as ___________.


Weeding


2. The objective of library binding is ________of the library materials.


Durability


3. All part and pages of a volume are correctly sequenced in the first stage of binding process known as?


Collation


4. Sheets before and after the text of a book is called _________.


End papers


5. Leather being used as one of the binding materials i.e., _________ is the strongest leather.


Sheep skin


6. ________ has prescribed certain standards for library binding.


ALA


7. A skillful method of providing means mechanism and structural elements to streamline organizational work is known as _______


Strategic planning


8. Posting the right person at the right place is called …………..


Induction


9. _______ budgeting does not take into account what happened in the past but emphasizes on current activities.


Performance


10. Getting books back from the users and releasing the borrower’s ticket is known as…………




Discharging






1. Who introduced three card systems?


S. R. Ranganathan


2. ________ are the storage areas for the various types of documents kept in a library.


Stacks


3. Study carrels are exclusive areas meant for……………


Researchers


4. Information Gatekeepers come under ________ sources.


· Documentary


· Human


· Institutional


· Neo-conventional


5. …………… categorizes documents into three types such as primary, secondary and tertiary.


Grogan


6. ________ is a legal document and can be used as a source of industrial information.


Specification


7. In Encyclopaedia Britianica, ___________ acts as an index to macropaedia.


Micropaedia


8. Payments for the books purchased can be made only after……………..


Accessioning


9. Books misplaced on the shelves by readers are restored. This work is referred to as .


Shelf rectification


10. The three card systems introduced by Ranganathan are




Register Card

Check Card

Classified Index Card






1. What are the two parts of the annual report of the library?


Descriptive and Statistical


2. Who is the pioneer of open access system in British libraries ?


James Duff Brown


3. When was Browne charging system started?


1895


4. Who started New York Charging system?


John Cotton Dana


5. When did electrically operated book charging system introduced first?


1932


6. When was PERT developed?


1958


7. Zero based budgets is concerned with …………


Future


8. Who is the father of Classical School?


Henri Fayol


9. Another term of PERT is ……………


CPM


10. POSDCORB is related to …………..




Library administration









1. When Zero Base Budgeting system was first prepared…………..


1970


2. Posting the right person at the right place is called ________


Recruitment


3. TQM is a system of continuous improvement employing participative management and centered on needs of the ________


Organization


4. Financial support given to libraries are of two types - Recurring and ……………..


Endowments


5. Principle of maximum aggregate benefit is concerned with……………


Library service


6. …….. takes items of expenditure for libraries as the working data for allocation of funds.


Library budget


7. A budget which mainly covers items of current revenue and expenditure is called __.


Capital budgeting


8. The library budget of a university is passed by the?


Executive Council


9. In fund accounting, _______ fund cannot be used for other purposes.


Recurring


10. Scrutiny of financial transactions is called……………




Auditing ​











1. In which edition “Auxiliary table for area” was first introduced?


DDC 17


2. 112. What does LED stands for in CC?


Latest Effective Decade


3. The Dewey Decimal Classification divides human knowledge into …………..


10 basic categories.


4. Editor in Chief of 19, 20, 21, 22, 23th ed. of DDC?


Benjamin A. Custer 19


John P. Comaromi 20


Winton E. Matthews 21


John S. Mitchell 22


John S. Mitchell 23


5. Who said the demand and supply theory of books?


Mc Colvin


6. Theory X and Theory Y is developed by ……………….


Douglas Mc Gregor


7. Herzberg’s theory deals with……………


Motivation


8. Who is the father of Scientific Management?


F.W. Taylor


9. CPM (Critical Path Method) is developed by…………


Dupoint Company


10. Theory X and Theory Y related to ……………..




Motivation

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

"Dharmaganja" was the name of the library of which University/Monastry ?

Dharma Ganja is the Library of Nalanda University. 

Consisting of three separate building namely:
 1. Ratnasagar 
 2. Ratnaranjika 
 3. Ratnadadhi

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

15 Doublin core metadata elements:

15 Doublin core metadata elements:

1.Creator
2.Publisher
3. Contributor 
4.Right management
5.Title
6.Subject
7. Data
8.Identifier 
9.Description 
10.Source
11.Language
12.Relation
13.Coverage
14.Type
15. Format

Thursday, September 13, 2018

LIS

1.     Who defined notation as shorthand sign?
E. C. Richardson
2.     How many Auxiliary tables are there in DDC 23rd Edition?
6
3.     103.    Phoenix schedules are part of which classification …………….
DDC
4.     Sear’s List of Subject Headings (SLSH) is mainly useful for …………
Small and medium libraries
5.     In which year DDC 23rd edition was published ……………..
2011
6.     The word classification comes from the Latin word ……………..
Classis
7.     MESH is a ………………
Thesaurus
8.     The First edition of DDC Consisted of ………….
44 pages
9.     What are the four entity of FRBR model?
Work, Expression, Manifestation, Item
10.   When was the different typological study towards mode of formation of subjects done?

1950


1.     Action research means………..
A research initiated to solve an immediate problem
2.     A reasoning where we start with certain particular statements and conclude with a universal statement is called……………..
Inductive Reasoning
3.     Research is conducted to………….
·        Generate new knowledge
·        Obtain research degree
·        Reinterpret existing knowledge
4.     Which of the following variables cannot be expressed in quantitative terms?
Socio-economic Status (B) Marital Status (C) Numerical Aptitude (D) Professional Attitude
5.     The essential qualities of a researcher are……………
·           Spirit of free enquiry
·           Reliance on observation and evidence
·           Systematization or theorizing of knowledge
6.     In the process of conducting research ‘Formulation of Hypothesis” is followed by……….
Selection of Research Tools
7.     A research paper is a brief report of research work based on………..
Both Primary and Secondary Data
8.     Who Invented the Dictionary Catalogue?
C. A. Cutter
9.     What is another name of Added entries?
Secondary entries
10.   When was MARC project completed?
1967

Friday, September 7, 2018

LIS

1.     The term “Information Service” is an improvised name …
Reference service
2.     Abstracting service provides…………
Whole bibliographic description along with abstracts of article
3.     “Reference service is the contact between the right reader and the right book in the right personal way” was stated by…
S R Ranganathan
4.     CAS is defined as ………
A process of dissemination of current information
5.     The person who provides reference service is called …………
Reference Librarian
6.     Questionnaire is a:………….
Tool for data collection
7.     ‘Cranfield Studies’ are an example of:…………….
Experimental Research
8.     Research is……………
Working in a scientific way to search for truth of any problem
9.     First step in starting the research process is……………
Identification of problem
10.     A common test in research demands much priority on……………
o   Reliability
o   Usability

o   Objectivity