Libraries, Profession and Users Questions and Answers

Q: Chairman of the Curriculum Development Committee (CDC), Library and Information Science appointed by UGC in 2001 was :

The chairman was C.R. Karisiddappa.In the late 1990s the University Grants Commission set up Curriculum Development Committees to draft model syllabi for each discipline. The committee for Library and Information Science was headed by Prof. C.R. Karisiddappa of Karnatak University, Dharwad, and its report of 2001 became the UGC Model Curriculum for LIS, the basis on which many Indian universities revised their BLISc and MLISc courses.K.A. Isaac, P.N. Kaula and P.B. Mangla were also prominent Indian LIS educators, but none of them chaired this 2001 committee.

Q: IATLIS is an association of :

IATLIS is an association of Teachers of Library and Information Science.The name expands as the Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science. It is the professional body of LIS educators in India and works on curriculum, teaching standards and the quality of library education in university departments.The other groups have their own bodies: special librarians are represented by IASLIC (the Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres), and college and school librarians by various state and national library associations. None of them is called IATLIS, which is why the word 'Teachers' in the acronym settles the question.

Q: First All India Library Conference was held in 1918 at :

The first All India Library Conference of 1918 was held at Lahore.The conference met at Lahore in January 1918, at a time when the Punjab was one of the active centres of the early library movement in India; Lahore had a library training class at Punjab University from 1915 under the American librarian Asa Don Dickinson.Baroda is associated with W.A. Borden's library movement and the first library training class of 1911, Madras with the Madras Library Association of 1928 and Ranganathan, and Calcutta with the Imperial Library. None of them hosted the 1918 conference.

Q: The Library Science Education in India started at :

Library science education in India started at Baroda.Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda invited the American librarian William Alanson Borden to organise a library system for the state. Borden started a training class for library workers at Baroda in 1911, the first formal library science training in India.Lahore (Punjab University, 1915) and Madras (the Madras Library Association's course of 1929) followed later. Bombay's diploma course began in the 1940s, and New Delhi's university programme under Ranganathan came after Independence, so none of them was the starting point.

Q: Identify the information scientist who developed 'sense making' theory of information needs :

The sense-making theory was developed by Brenda Dervin.Dervin's sense-making methodology, developed from the early 1970s, sees an information need as a gap that a person meets while moving through a situation. People seek information to bridge that gap and make sense of their situation, so user studies should ask about situations, gaps and uses rather than about library sources.Nicholas Belkin proposed the anomalous state of knowledge (ASK) model of information needs, a different theory. Michael Buckland is known for 'information as thing', and Blaise Cronin for work on citation analysis and scholarly communication.

Q: P.V. Verghese prize is awarded by Indian Library Association for :

The P.V. Verghese prize is awarded for the best article.The award was instituted by P.V. Verghese and is given by the Indian Library Association to the author of the best paper published in the Journal of Indian Library Association during the year, chosen by the ILA's award committee.It is not a book prize, and it does not honour a library or a service; the ILA has other awards for those purposes. The 'best article' option is the only one that matches what the prize recognises.

Q: Which association's tagline is "managing information" ?

The tagline belongs to ASLIB.ASLIB, founded in Britain in 1924 as the Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux, later styled itself The Association for Information Management and used the line managing information as its tagline; its members' magazine was also called Managing Information.IFLA is the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, ALA the American Library Association and ILA the Indian Library Association; none of them used this tagline, which reflects ASLIB's focus on information management in organisations.

Q: "Library Herald" is the publication of :

Library Herald is published by the Delhi Library Association.The Delhi Library Association, founded in 1953, has published Library Herald as its quarterly journal since 1958; it is one of the older LIS journals in India.IASLIC publishes the IASLIC Bulletin, the Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation is a funding body rather than a publisher of this journal, and the Andhra Pradesh association has its own publications. None of them publishes Library Herald.

Chairman of the Curriculum Development Committee (CDC), Library and Information Science appointed by UGC in 2001 was :

A.K.A. Isaac
B.C.R. Karisiddappa
C.P.N. Kaula
D.P.B. Mangala

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: B

The chairman was C.R. Karisiddappa.

In the late 1990s the University Grants Commission set up Curriculum Development Committees to draft model syllabi for each discipline. The committee for Library and Information Science was headed by Prof. C.R. Karisiddappa of Karnatak University, Dharwad, and its report of 2001 became the UGC Model Curriculum for LIS, the basis on which many Indian universities revised their BLISc and MLISc courses.

K.A. Isaac, P.N. Kaula and P.B. Mangla were also prominent Indian LIS educators, but none of them chaired this 2001 committee.

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IATLIS is an association of :

A.Special Librarians
B.Teachers of Library and Information Science
C.College Librarians
D.School Librarians

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: B

IATLIS is an association of Teachers of Library and Information Science.

The name expands as the Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science. It is the professional body of LIS educators in India and works on curriculum, teaching standards and the quality of library education in university departments.

The other groups have their own bodies: special librarians are represented by IASLIC (the Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres), and college and school librarians by various state and national library associations. None of them is called IATLIS, which is why the word 'Teachers' in the acronym settles the question.

Discuss in Forum

First All India Library Conference was held in 1918 at :

A.Baroda
B.Calcutta
C.Madras
D.Lahore

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: D

The first All India Library Conference of 1918 was held at Lahore.

The conference met at Lahore in January 1918, at a time when the Punjab was one of the active centres of the early library movement in India; Lahore had a library training class at Punjab University from 1915 under the American librarian Asa Don Dickinson.

Baroda is associated with W.A. Borden's library movement and the first library training class of 1911, Madras with the Madras Library Association of 1928 and Ranganathan, and Calcutta with the Imperial Library. None of them hosted the 1918 conference.

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Which was the first Indian university that has changed the Diploma Course in Library Science to B.Lib.Sc. ?

A.Banaras Hindu University
B.Delhi University
C.Aligarh Muslim University
D.Madras University

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: C

The first university to convert its diploma course into the B.Lib.Sc. degree was Aligarh Muslim University.

In the early decades of library education in India, universities offered a post-graduate diploma in library science. Aligarh Muslim University is credited in the standard accounts of Indian library education with being the first to replace the diploma with a bachelor's degree, the B.Lib.Sc., a pattern later followed across the country.

Delhi University is remembered for other firsts, the first full master's degree and doctoral programme in library science under Ranganathan. Madras is remembered for the certificate course begun in 1929 by the Madras Library Association, and Banaras Hindu University for an early diploma course, but neither was first with the B.Lib.Sc.

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Who has introduced Advancement of Librarianship Programme ?

A.IFLA
B.UNESCO
C.FID
D.ICSU

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: A

The Advancement of Librarianship Programme was introduced by IFLA.

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions launched its core programme for the Advancement of Librarianship in the Third World (ALP) in 1984. It supported library development, education and training in developing countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America through regional offices, seminars and projects.

UNESCO worked with IFLA and ran its own programmes such as the General Information Programme, but ALP was IFLA's. FID (the International Federation for Information and Documentation) dealt with documentation, and ICSU is the International Council for Science, a body of scientific unions.

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The Library Science Education in India started at :

A.Baroda
B.New Delhi
C.Madras
D.Bombay

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: A

Library science education in India started at Baroda.

Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda invited the American librarian William Alanson Borden to organise a library system for the state. Borden started a training class for library workers at Baroda in 1911, the first formal library science training in India.

Lahore (Punjab University, 1915) and Madras (the Madras Library Association's course of 1929) followed later. Bombay's diploma course began in the 1940s, and New Delhi's university programme under Ranganathan came after Independence, so none of them was the starting point.

Discuss in Forum

Identify the information scientist who developed 'sense making' theory of information needs :

A.Brenda Dervin
B.Blaise Cronin
C.Michael Buckland
D.Nicholas Belkins

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: A

The sense-making theory was developed by Brenda Dervin.

Dervin's sense-making methodology, developed from the early 1970s, sees an information need as a gap that a person meets while moving through a situation. People seek information to bridge that gap and make sense of their situation, so user studies should ask about situations, gaps and uses rather than about library sources.

Nicholas Belkin proposed the anomalous state of knowledge (ASK) model of information needs, a different theory. Michael Buckland is known for 'information as thing', and Blaise Cronin for work on citation analysis and scholarly communication.

Discuss in Forum

P.V. Verghese prize is awarded by Indian Library Association for :

A.Best article
B.Best book
C.Best library
D.Best service

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: A

The P.V. Verghese prize is awarded for the best article.

The award was instituted by P.V. Verghese and is given by the Indian Library Association to the author of the best paper published in the Journal of Indian Library Association during the year, chosen by the ILA's award committee.

It is not a book prize, and it does not honour a library or a service; the ILA has other awards for those purposes. The 'best article' option is the only one that matches what the prize recognises.

Discuss in Forum

Which association's tagline is "managing information" ?

A.IFLA
B.ASLIB
C.ALA
D.ILA

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: B

The tagline belongs to ASLIB.

ASLIB, founded in Britain in 1924 as the Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux, later styled itself The Association for Information Management and used the line managing information as its tagline; its members' magazine was also called Managing Information.

IFLA is the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, ALA the American Library Association and ILA the Indian Library Association; none of them used this tagline, which reflects ASLIB's focus on information management in organisations.

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10.

"Library Herald" is the publication of :

A.Delhi Library Association
B.Library and Information Science Professional Association of Andhra Pradesh
C.Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation
D.IASLIC

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: A

Library Herald is published by the Delhi Library Association.

The Delhi Library Association, founded in 1953, has published Library Herald as its quarterly journal since 1958; it is one of the older LIS journals in India.

IASLIC publishes the IASLIC Bulletin, the Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation is a funding body rather than a publisher of this journal, and the Andhra Pradesh association has its own publications. None of them publishes Library Herald.

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