Libraries, Profession and Users Questions and Answers

Q: Which of the following are the data analysis methods used for user studies ?(i) Statistical analysis(ii) Citation analysis(iii) Semantic analysis(iv) Facet analysis.

The University's key gives (i) and (iii), statistical analysis and semantic analysis.Statistical analysis is the usual quantitative treatment of questionnaire and use data in a user study: counts, percentages, means and tests. Semantic analysis is read here as the qualitative interpretation of what users say or write in interviews and open answers. I could not find a standard text that names "semantic analysis" in this list, so this half of the key rests on the University's reading.Facet analysis (iv) is a classification technique used to build subject schemes, not a way of analysing data from users, so options B and C fail. Citation analysis (ii) appears in the user-study literature as an indirect method of finding what a community uses (INFLIBNET's course material lists it with library records analysis), so it is a way of collecting use data rather than analysing responses, which is why the key leaves it out and option D is not chosen.

Q: Arrange the following Professional Association in order of their establishment :(i) ASIS(ii) SLA(iii) LAUK(iv) ASLIB

The order is LAUK, SLA, ASLIB, ASIS, so the answer is (iii), (ii), (iv), (i).Library Association of the United Kingdom: 1877.Special Libraries Association: 1909.ASLIB, the Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux: 1924.ASIS: founded in 1937 as the American Documentation Institute and renamed in 1968.The other options misplace at least one body; for example, putting ASLIB before SLA or ASIS first ignores that SLA dates from 1909 and ASIS's forerunner from 1937.

Q: Assertion (A) : The Association for Information Management still uses the acronym ASLIB.Reason (R) : ASLIB earned a great reputation by its record of professional service to sustain the acronym.

Both (A) and (R) are true.ASLIB began in 1924 as the Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux. When it was renamed the Association for Information Management in 1983, it kept the acronym Aslib as its name, so A is true.The reason the acronym was retained is the one R gives: over six decades the name ASLIB had earned a strong reputation for professional service, publications and training, and the association did not want to lose it. Neither statement is false, which rules out the other three options.

Q: Which association among the following was established in the year 1876 ?

The association founded in 1876 is the ALA.The American Library Association was founded in Philadelphia in 1876, with Melvil Dewey among its founders; it is the oldest national library association.The Library Association of the United Kingdom followed in 1877, the Indian Library Association in 1933, and IASLIC in 1955, so none of them dates from 1876.

Q: Arrange the following institutions in the order in which they were established ?(i) NASSDOC(ii) RRRLF(iii) DRTC(iv) INSDOC

The order is (iv), (iii), (i), (ii): INSDOC, DRTC, NASSDOC, RRRLF.INSDOC, the Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre: 1952.DRTC, the Documentation Research and Training Centre, Bangalore, founded by Ranganathan: 1962.NASSDOC, the social science documentation centre of the Indian Council of Social Science Research: about 1970.RRRLF, the Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation: 1972.The other options start with NASSDOC or RRRLF, the two youngest bodies, so they cannot be right.

Q: Karnataka State enacted the Public Library Act in ........

Karnataka enacted its Public Library Act in 1965.The Karnataka (then Mysore) Public Libraries Act was passed in 1965, making it one of the early state library laws in India, after Madras (1948) and Andhra Pradesh (1960) and before Maharashtra (1967).1962, 1963 and 1968 are not the year of the Karnataka Act.

Q: What is the primary goal of a usability study ?

The primary goal is Evaluating user satisfaction.A usability study observes real users performing tasks with a website, catalogue or product to judge how easily, efficiently and satisfactorily they can use it. Its aim is to evaluate the user's experience and find what gets in the way.Collecting demographic information, analysing competitors and finding software bugs are tasks of market research and software testing, not the goal of a usability study, even if bugs sometimes turn up along the way.

Q: Which of the following is a key focus area of UNESCO's user education program ?

A key focus area is Information and communication technologies.UNESCO's work on user education and information literacy (under its Information for All Programme and its media and information literacy work) concentrates on helping people find, evaluate and use information, which today means teaching the use of ICTs and digital resources.Agriculture, space exploration and automotive engineering are subject fields, not the focus of a user education programme.

Q: Which of the following organizations play a role in advocating for public libraries in the USA through the committee for public libraries ?(i) American Library Association(ii) Public Library Association(iii) Library of Congress(iv) Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCodes :

The answer is (i) and (ii) are correct: the American Library Association and the Public Library Association.The Public Library Association is the division of the ALA devoted to public libraries, and together they carry out advocacy for public libraries in the United States, through committees, campaigns and lobbying.The Library of Congress is a federal research library and the national library, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services is a federal grant-making agency; neither is an advocacy body of this kind.

Q: Which of the following are important ethical considerations for librarian ?(i) Intellectual freedom(ii) Patron privacy(iii) Collection weeding(iv) Marketing strategiesCodes :

The answer is (i) and (ii) are correct: intellectual freedom and patron privacy.Library codes of ethics, such as those of the ALA and IFLA, centre on the right of users to seek and receive information without censorship (intellectual freedom) and on protecting the confidentiality of what users read and ask (privacy).Weeding is a routine collection-management task, and marketing is a management activity; neither is an ethical principle in itself.

41.

Which of the following are the data analysis methods used for user studies ?

(i) Statistical analysis
(ii) Citation analysis
(iii) Semantic analysis
(iv) Facet analysis.

A.(i) and (iii) are correct
B.(iii) and (iv) are correct
C.(ii) and (iv) are correct
D.(ii) and (iii) are correct

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: A

The University's key gives (i) and (iii), statistical analysis and semantic analysis.

Statistical analysis is the usual quantitative treatment of questionnaire and use data in a user study: counts, percentages, means and tests. Semantic analysis is read here as the qualitative interpretation of what users say or write in interviews and open answers. I could not find a standard text that names "semantic analysis" in this list, so this half of the key rests on the University's reading.

Facet analysis (iv) is a classification technique used to build subject schemes, not a way of analysing data from users, so options B and C fail. Citation analysis (ii) appears in the user-study literature as an indirect method of finding what a community uses (INFLIBNET's course material lists it with library records analysis), so it is a way of collecting use data rather than analysing responses, which is why the key leaves it out and option D is not chosen.

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42.

Arrange the following Professional Association in order of their establishment :

(i) ASIS
(ii) SLA
(iii) LAUK
(iv) ASLIB

A.(iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
B.(i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
C.(iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
D.(iii), (ii), (iv), (i)

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: D

The order is LAUK, SLA, ASLIB, ASIS, so the answer is (iii), (ii), (iv), (i).

Library Association of the United Kingdom: 1877.
Special Libraries Association: 1909.
ASLIB, the Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux: 1924.
ASIS: founded in 1937 as the American Documentation Institute and renamed in 1968.

The other options misplace at least one body; for example, putting ASLIB before SLA or ASIS first ignores that SLA dates from 1909 and ASIS's forerunner from 1937.

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43.

Assertion (A) : The Association for Information Management still uses the acronym ASLIB.
Reason (R) : ASLIB earned a great reputation by its record of professional service to sustain the acronym.

A.(A) is true but (R) is false
B.(A) is false but (R) is true
C.Both (A) and (R) are false
D.Both (A) and (R) are true

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: D

Both (A) and (R) are true.

ASLIB began in 1924 as the Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux. When it was renamed the Association for Information Management in 1983, it kept the acronym Aslib as its name, so A is true.

The reason the acronym was retained is the one R gives: over six decades the name ASLIB had earned a strong reputation for professional service, publications and training, and the association did not want to lose it. Neither statement is false, which rules out the other three options.

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44.

Which association among the following was established in the year 1876 ?

A.LA
B.ALA
C.ILA
D.IASLIC

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: B

The association founded in 1876 is the ALA.

The American Library Association was founded in Philadelphia in 1876, with Melvil Dewey among its founders; it is the oldest national library association.

The Library Association of the United Kingdom followed in 1877, the Indian Library Association in 1933, and IASLIC in 1955, so none of them dates from 1876.

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45.

Arrange the following institutions in the order in which they were established ?

(i) NASSDOC
(ii) RRRLF
(iii) DRTC
(iv) INSDOC

A.(i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
B.(ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
C.(iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
D.(ii), (i), (iv), (iii)

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: C

The order is (iv), (iii), (i), (ii): INSDOC, DRTC, NASSDOC, RRRLF.

INSDOC, the Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre: 1952.
DRTC, the Documentation Research and Training Centre, Bangalore, founded by Ranganathan: 1962.
NASSDOC, the social science documentation centre of the Indian Council of Social Science Research: about 1970.
RRRLF, the Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation: 1972.

The other options start with NASSDOC or RRRLF, the two youngest bodies, so they cannot be right.

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46.

Karnataka State enacted the Public Library Act in ........

A.1962
B.1963
C.1965
D.1968

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: C

Karnataka enacted its Public Library Act in 1965.

The Karnataka (then Mysore) Public Libraries Act was passed in 1965, making it one of the early state library laws in India, after Madras (1948) and Andhra Pradesh (1960) and before Maharashtra (1967).

1962, 1963 and 1968 are not the year of the Karnataka Act.

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47.

What is the primary goal of a usability study ?

A.Gathering demographic information
B.Evaluating user satisfaction
C.Conducting competitor analysis
D.Identifying software bugs

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: B

The primary goal is Evaluating user satisfaction.

A usability study observes real users performing tasks with a website, catalogue or product to judge how easily, efficiently and satisfactorily they can use it. Its aim is to evaluate the user's experience and find what gets in the way.

Collecting demographic information, analysing competitors and finding software bugs are tasks of market research and software testing, not the goal of a usability study, even if bugs sometimes turn up along the way.

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48.

Which of the following is a key focus area of UNESCO's user education program ?

A.Agricultural innovation
B.Space exploration
C.Information and communication technologies
D.Automotive Engineering

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: C

A key focus area is Information and communication technologies.

UNESCO's work on user education and information literacy (under its Information for All Programme and its media and information literacy work) concentrates on helping people find, evaluate and use information, which today means teaching the use of ICTs and digital resources.

Agriculture, space exploration and automotive engineering are subject fields, not the focus of a user education programme.

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49.

Which of the following organizations play a role in advocating for public libraries in the USA through the committee for public libraries ?

(i) American Library Association
(ii) Public Library Association
(iii) Library of Congress
(iv) Institute of Museum and Library Services

Codes :

A.(iii) and (iv) are correct
B.(i) and (ii) are correct
C.(ii) and (iii) are correct
D.(i) and (iv) are correct

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: B

The answer is (i) and (ii) are correct: the American Library Association and the Public Library Association.

The Public Library Association is the division of the ALA devoted to public libraries, and together they carry out advocacy for public libraries in the United States, through committees, campaigns and lobbying.

The Library of Congress is a federal research library and the national library, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services is a federal grant-making agency; neither is an advocacy body of this kind.

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50.

Which of the following are important ethical considerations for librarian ?

(i) Intellectual freedom
(ii) Patron privacy
(iii) Collection weeding
(iv) Marketing strategies

Codes :

A.(i) and (iii) are correct
B.(ii) and (iv) are correct
C.(iii) and (iv) are correct
D.(i) and (ii) are correct

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: D

The answer is (i) and (ii) are correct: intellectual freedom and patron privacy.

Library codes of ethics, such as those of the ALA and IFLA, centre on the right of users to seek and receive information without censorship (intellectual freedom) and on protecting the confidentiality of what users read and ask (privacy).

Weeding is a routine collection-management task, and marketing is a management activity; neither is an ethical principle in itself.

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