Match the following :List IList II(a) IFLA(i) Science citation index(b) UNESCO(ii) First search(c) OCLC(iii) Public library manifesto(d) ISI(iv) Universal availability of publications

The correct matching is (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i).IFLA: Universal Availability of Publications (UAP), one of its core programmes.UNESCO: the Public Library Manifesto, first issued in 1949 and revised since, with IFLA.OCLC: FirstSearch, its online reference service giving access to WorldCat and other databases.ISI, the Institute for Scientific Information: the Science Citation Index, founded by Eugene Garfield.The first option swaps IFLA and UNESCO, and the others misplace FirstSearch or the Science Citation Index.

Libraries, Profession and Users Questions and Answers

Q: Arrange the following ancient libraries in order of their origin with the help of codes given below :(i) Library of Ashurbanipal(ii) Library of Celsus(iii) Library of Pergamum(iv) Villa of the Papyri

The order of origin is (i) (iii) (iv) (ii).Library of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh: seventh century BCE, a royal collection of clay tablets.Library of Pergamum: built up by the Attalid kings in the third and second centuries BCE.Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum: a private library of the first century BCE, buried by Vesuvius in 79 CE.Library of Celsus, Ephesus: built in the early second century CE.Ashurbanipal's library is centuries older than the others, so it comes first, and only the second option begins with it.

Q: Assertion (A) : The profession of Library and Information Science is under tremendous pressure.Reason (R) : The application of various kinds of technologies in professional activities has widened.

Both (A) and (R) are true.Assertion A: the library and information profession is under great pressure, from shrinking budgets, rising costs of resources, competition from the internet and search engines, and users' changing expectations.Reason R: the use of technology in library work has widened enormously, through automation, digital libraries, electronic resources, networks and online services. This expansion is itself one of the pressures, since staff must keep acquiring new skills.Since both statements describe the profession accurately, the options calling either of them false are wrong.

Q: Assertion (A) : User studies are useful in bridging the gap between the kind of information services needed and the kind of services in existence.Reason (R) : User studies are not needed for the creation of information systems, services and product.

(A) is true but (R) is false.User studies investigate who the users are, what information they need and how they seek and use it. Their purpose is precisely to compare the services users need with the services that exist, and so to close the gap. Assertion A is true.Reason R says user studies are not needed to create information systems, services and products. That is false: they are the basis on which such systems and services are designed, so that they match actual needs. A system built without knowing its users risks missing them. So the options calling R true are wrong.

Q: IATLIS was established in the year .................. .

IATLIS was established in 1969.The Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) was founded in 1969 as the professional body of LIS educators in India. It works to improve the curriculum, teaching and research in library and information science education and holds regular national conferences.1964, 1965 and 1967 do not match its founding.

Q: In which year was Kolhapur Public Libraries Act passed ?

The Kolhapur Public Libraries Act was passed in 1945.The princely state of Kolhapur passed a Public Libraries Act in 1945. It is remembered as one of the earliest pieces of public library legislation in India, enacted three years before the Madras Public Libraries Act of 1948.The other years do not match the Kolhapur Act.

Q: Assertion (A) : Information Literacy is the process of knowing when and why information is required, where to find it and how to evaluate, use and communicate it in an ethical way.Reason (R) : Information Literacy is the ability to use a computer and its software to accomplish practical tasks.Codes :

(A) is true but (R) is false.The assertion states the accepted definition of information literacy, close to the American Library Association's: the ability to recognise when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, use and communicate it effectively and ethically.The reason defines computer literacy, the ability to use a computer and its software for practical tasks. That is a different, narrower skill, so as a definition of information literacy (R) is false.

Q: Special Library Association was established in the year :

The Special Libraries Association was established in 1909.It was founded in the United States in 1909, with John Cotton Dana of the Newark Public Library as its first president, to serve libraries attached to businesses, government bodies and research organisations.1877 is the founding year of the Library Association of the United Kingdom, and 1937 that of the American Documentation Institute, the forerunner of ASIS&T. Neither of those, nor 1926, is the year SLA was set up.

Q: Which of the following awards are given by IATLIS ?(i) Motiwale Award(ii) Prof. A.K. Mukherjee Award(iii) Prof. S.P. Narang Award(iv) Mrs. Ratna Laxman Rao Award

The answer is (i), (iii) and (iv): the Motiwale Award, the Prof. S.P. Narang Award and the Mrs. Ratna Laxman Rao Award.The IATLIS (Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science) awards page lists the IATLIS-Motiwale Best LIS Teacher Award, the IATLIS-Prof. S.P. Narang Research Promotion Award (for a researcher), the Prof. Jagindar Singh Ramdev Lifetime Achievement Award and the Mrs. Ratna Laxman Rao Best Woman LIS Teacher or Professional Award.No Prof. A.K. Mukherjee Award appears in that list, so (ii) is the odd one out and every code containing it is wrong. A trap: an A.G. Motiwale Award for the best paper by a young author also exists, but it belongs to the Indian Library Association; the IATLIS award that carries the Motiwale name is the one for the best LIS teacher.

31.

Arrange the following ancient libraries in order of their origin with the help of codes given below :

(i) Library of Ashurbanipal
(ii) Library of Celsus
(iii) Library of Pergamum
(iv) Villa of the Papyri

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

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: B

The order of origin is (i) (iii) (iv) (ii).

Library of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh: seventh century BCE, a royal collection of clay tablets.
Library of Pergamum: built up by the Attalid kings in the third and second centuries BCE.
Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum: a private library of the first century BCE, buried by Vesuvius in 79 CE.
Library of Celsus, Ephesus: built in the early second century CE.

Ashurbanipal's library is centuries older than the others, so it comes first, and only the second option begins with it.

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32.

Assertion (A) : The profession of Library and Information Science is under tremendous pressure.
Reason (R) : The application of various kinds of technologies in professional activities has widened.

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 - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: D

Both (A) and (R) are true.

Assertion A: the library and information profession is under great pressure, from shrinking budgets, rising costs of resources, competition from the internet and search engines, and users' changing expectations.

Reason R: the use of technology in library work has widened enormously, through automation, digital libraries, electronic resources, networks and online services. This expansion is itself one of the pressures, since staff must keep acquiring new skills.

Since both statements describe the profession accurately, the options calling either of them false are wrong.

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33.

Assertion (A) : User studies are useful in bridging the gap between the kind of information services needed and the kind of services in existence.
Reason (R) : User studies are not needed for the creation of information systems, services and product.

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 - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: A

(A) is true but (R) is false.

User studies investigate who the users are, what information they need and how they seek and use it. Their purpose is precisely to compare the services users need with the services that exist, and so to close the gap. Assertion A is true.

Reason R says user studies are not needed to create information systems, services and products. That is false: they are the basis on which such systems and services are designed, so that they match actual needs. A system built without knowing its users risks missing them. So the options calling R true are wrong.

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34.

Match the following :

List I	List II
(a) IFLA	(i) Science citation index
(b) UNESCO	(ii) First search
(c) OCLC	(iii) Public library manifesto
(d) ISI	(iv) Universal availability of publications

A.(a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
B.(a)-(i), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)
C.(a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
D.(a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: C

The correct matching is (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i).

IFLA: Universal Availability of Publications (UAP), one of its core programmes.
UNESCO: the Public Library Manifesto, first issued in 1949 and revised since, with IFLA.
OCLC: FirstSearch, its online reference service giving access to WorldCat and other databases.
ISI, the Institute for Scientific Information: the Science Citation Index, founded by Eugene Garfield.

The first option swaps IFLA and UNESCO, and the others misplace FirstSearch or the Science Citation Index.

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35.

IATLIS was established in the year .................. .

A.1969
B.1965
C.1967
D.1964

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2021, SET Exam - 2021,

Answer: A

IATLIS was established in 1969.

The Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) was founded in 1969 as the professional body of LIS educators in India. It works to improve the curriculum, teaching and research in library and information science education and holds regular national conferences.

1964, 1965 and 1967 do not match its founding.

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36.

In which year was Kolhapur Public Libraries Act passed ?

A.1941
B.1938
C.1936
D.1945

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2021, SET Exam - 2021,

Answer: D

The Kolhapur Public Libraries Act was passed in 1945.

The princely state of Kolhapur passed a Public Libraries Act in 1945. It is remembered as one of the earliest pieces of public library legislation in India, enacted three years before the Madras Public Libraries Act of 1948.

The other years do not match the Kolhapur Act.

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37.

Assertion (A) : Information Literacy is the process of knowing when and why information is required, where to find it and how to evaluate, use and communicate it in an ethical way.
Reason (R) : Information Literacy is the ability to use a computer and its software to accomplish practical tasks.

Codes :

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 - 2021, SET Exam - 2021,

Answer: D

(A) is true but (R) is false.

The assertion states the accepted definition of information literacy, close to the American Library Association's: the ability to recognise when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, use and communicate it effectively and ethically.

The reason defines computer literacy, the ability to use a computer and its software for practical tasks. That is a different, narrower skill, so as a definition of information literacy (R) is false.

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38.

Special Library Association was established in the year :

A.1926
B.1909
C.1877
D.1937

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: B

The Special Libraries Association was established in 1909.

It was founded in the United States in 1909, with John Cotton Dana of the Newark Public Library as its first president, to serve libraries attached to businesses, government bodies and research organisations.

1877 is the founding year of the Library Association of the United Kingdom, and 1937 that of the American Documentation Institute, the forerunner of ASIS&T. Neither of those, nor 1926, is the year SLA was set up.

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39.

Which are the Indigenous Library Associations ?

(i) IFLA
(ii) IASLIC
(iii) ILA
(iv) ALA

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

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: B

The indigenous associations are IASLIC and ILA, so the answer is (ii) and (iii) are correct.

The Indian Library Association was founded in 1933, and the Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC), based in Kolkata, in 1955. Both are Indian bodies.

IFLA, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, is an international body founded in 1927, and the ALA is the American Library Association, founded in 1876. Neither is indigenous to India, so options containing i or iv are wrong.

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40.

Which of the following awards are given by IATLIS ?

(i) Motiwale Award
(ii) Prof. A.K. Mukherjee Award
(iii) Prof. S.P. Narang Award
(iv) Mrs. Ratna Laxman Rao Award

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

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: B

The answer is (i), (iii) and (iv): the Motiwale Award, the Prof. S.P. Narang Award and the Mrs. Ratna Laxman Rao Award.

The IATLIS (Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science) awards page lists the IATLIS-Motiwale Best LIS Teacher Award, the IATLIS-Prof. S.P. Narang Research Promotion Award (for a researcher), the Prof. Jagindar Singh Ramdev Lifetime Achievement Award and the Mrs. Ratna Laxman Rao Best Woman LIS Teacher or Professional Award.

No Prof. A.K. Mukherjee Award appears in that list, so (ii) is the odd one out and every code containing it is wrong. A trap: an A.G. Motiwale Award for the best paper by a young author also exists, but it belongs to the Indian Library Association; the IATLIS award that carries the Motiwale name is the one for the best LIS teacher.

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