Libraries, Profession and Users Questions and Answers

Q: Which of the following is not an implication of Fourth Law of Library Science ?

The one that is not an implication of the Fourth Law of Library Science is rural library services, so the answer is D.The Fourth Law, 'Save the time of the reader', leads to measures that make finding and borrowing quick: a classified arrangement of books on the shelves (A), guides to the stack room (B) and efficient methods of issue (C).Rural library services extend the library to people who are far from it and belong to the ideas of the first and second laws, that books are for use and for all, so it is not an implication of the fourth.

Q: Assertion (A) : Internet can replace libraries.Reason (R) : Google searches will satisfy the maximum users needs.

Both statements are false, so the answer is B.The Internet cannot replace libraries. Much scholarly material, such as books, journals under licence, archives and rare items, is not freely on the web, and libraries provide selection, organisation, preservation and help from trained staff. So the assertion is false.The reason is also false: a search engine does not satisfy the needs of the maximum number of users, since it returns unfiltered results of mixed quality and cannot reach what is not freely online. So options A, C and D, which call one of them true, are wrong.

Q: Assertion (A) : LIS profession is not considered at par with medical and legal professions.Reason (R) : There is no constitutional body for LIS profession like Medical Council of India (MCI) and Bar Council of India (BCI).

Both statements are true, so the answer is A.The library and information profession is not generally given the same standing as the medical and legal professions. One reason is that there is no statutory body for it, comparable to the Medical Council of India and the Bar Council of India, which register practitioners and enforce standards of conduct.The reason therefore explains the assertion, and options B, C and D, which call either false, are wrong.

Q: Identify the correct order of the LIS Associations as per their year of establishment

The order of the associations by year of establishment is ALA, SLA, CLA and IASLIC, so the answer is B.The American Library Association was founded in 1876 and the Special Libraries Association in 1909. The Canadian Library Association followed in 1946, and the Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) in 1955.The other options put IASLIC or CLA before the older ALA, which is not the order of their founding.

71.

Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) (USA) is a

A.Division of American Library Association
B.Independent Association for Academic & Research Libraries
C.Division of Special Libraries Association (USA)
D.Division of IFLA

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is a division of the American Library Association, so the answer is A.

ACRL is the largest of the divisions of the ALA and serves academic and research librarians, with its own publications, standards and conferences, but it works within the ALA.

It is not an independent association (B), it does not belong to the Special Libraries Association (C), and it is not a division of IFLA (D).

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72.

Which of the following is not an implication of Fourth Law of Library Science ?

A.Classified arrangement
B.Stack-room-guides
C.Issue Methods
D.Rural Library Services

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: D

The one that is not an implication of the Fourth Law of Library Science is rural library services, so the answer is D.

The Fourth Law, 'Save the time of the reader', leads to measures that make finding and borrowing quick: a classified arrangement of books on the shelves (A), guides to the stack room (B) and efficient methods of issue (C).

Rural library services extend the library to people who are far from it and belong to the ideas of the first and second laws, that books are for use and for all, so it is not an implication of the fourth.

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73.

Which one of the following is not a recommendation of National Knowledge Commission (India) ?

A.Preparation of a National Census of Library
B.Encourage greater community participation in library management
C.Raja Rammohan Roy library foundation to act as the National co-ordination agency
D.Facilitate donation and maintenance of private collection

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

The recommendation that the National Knowledge Commission did not make, according to the key, is the one naming the Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation as the national co-ordination agency, so the answer is C.

The commission recommended a national census of libraries (A), greater community participation in the management of libraries (B) and the facilitation of donation and maintenance of private collections (D). It proposed the setting up of a National Commission on Libraries to co-ordinate library development.

The key treats option C as not among its recommendations.

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74.

Which of the following are the scientists' approach according to Melvin J. Voigt (1961) ?

(i) Current Approach
(ii) Everyday Approach
(iii) Exhaustive Approach
(iv) 'Catching up' or 'brushing up' approach.

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

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: D

The scientists' approaches according to Voigt (1961) are the current, everyday and exhaustive approaches, so the answer is D.

In Scientists' Approaches to Information, Melvin Voigt describes three ways in which scientists seek information. In the current approach they keep up with new developments. In the everyday approach they look for facts needed for their daily work. In the exhaustive approach they want all the information on a topic.

The 'catching up' or 'brushing up' approach (iv) is not one of the three, so options A, B and C, which contain it, are wrong.

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75.

Assertion (A) : Internet can replace libraries.

Reason (R) : Google searches will satisfy the maximum users needs.

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

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

Both statements are false, so the answer is B.

The Internet cannot replace libraries. Much scholarly material, such as books, journals under licence, archives and rare items, is not freely on the web, and libraries provide selection, organisation, preservation and help from trained staff. So the assertion is false.

The reason is also false: a search engine does not satisfy the needs of the maximum number of users, since it returns unfiltered results of mixed quality and cannot reach what is not freely online. So options A, C and D, which call one of them true, are wrong.

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76.

Assertion (A) : LIS profession is not considered at par with medical and legal professions.

Reason (R) : There is no constitutional body for LIS profession like Medical Council of India (MCI) and Bar Council of India (BCI).

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

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

Both statements are true, so the answer is A.

The library and information profession is not generally given the same standing as the medical and legal professions. One reason is that there is no statutory body for it, comparable to the Medical Council of India and the Bar Council of India, which register practitioners and enforce standards of conduct.

The reason therefore explains the assertion, and options B, C and D, which call either false, are wrong.

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77.

Assertion (A) : Dr. S.R. Ranganathan has been called 'Father of Library and Information Science' in India.

Reason (R) : Library Science education in India was started by Dr. S.R. Ranganathan.

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

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

The assertion is true and the reason is false, so the answer is B.

Ranganathan is called the father of library and information science in India for his Five Laws, the Colon Classification and the Classified Catalogue Code, and for his teaching.

Library science education in India did not begin with him. Training courses were started earlier, at Baroda in 1911 under W. A. Borden and at Lahore in 1915 under Asa Don Dickinson; Ranganathan began the course at Madras University in 1929. So the reason is false.

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78.

Which is the correct sequence of the national libraries in the order of their year of establishment ?

(i) British Library (formerly British Museum Library)
(ii) Library of Congress (Washington D.C.)
(iii) Lenin Library (Moscow)
(iv) Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris)

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

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

The key gives the order British Library, Library of Congress, Lenin Library and Bibliotheque Nationale, so the answer is (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), option A.

The British Museum Library, now part of the British Library, dates from 1753. The Library of Congress was established in 1800, and the Lenin Library in Moscow, which began as the Rumyantsev Museum library, dates from 1862. The key places the Bibliotheque Nationale of Paris last, in the form in which it is counted as a national library.

The other sequences put the Lenin Library or the Library of Congress before the British Museum Library, which is out of order. The order of the Paris library follows the official key.

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79.

What is the correct order of SCONUL's "Seven Pillar Model of Information Skills" ?

(i) Recognise information need
(ii) Construct strategies for locating
(iii) Compare and evaluate
(iv) Locate and access

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

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

The order of the SCONUL Seven Pillars of information skills is recognise the information need, construct strategies for locating, locate and access, and compare and evaluate, so the answer is (i), (ii), (iv), (iii), option C.

The model in the 1999 SCONUL paper begins by recognising a need for information, goes on to distinguish ways of addressing the gap and to construct strategies for locating, then to locate and access the information, and only then to compare and evaluate what was found, before organising, applying and communicating it and synthesising and creating new knowledge.

Options A and B do not start with the need, or evaluate before the information has been located, which cannot be so.

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80.

Identify the correct order of the LIS Associations as per their year of establishment

A.CLA, ALA, SLA, IASLIC
B.ALA, SLA, CLA, IASLIC
C.SLA, IASLIC, ALA, CLA
D.CLA, SLA, IASLIC, ALA

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

The order of the associations by year of establishment is ALA, SLA, CLA and IASLIC, so the answer is B.

The American Library Association was founded in 1876 and the Special Libraries Association in 1909. The Canadian Library Association followed in 1946, and the Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) in 1955.

The other options put IASLIC or CLA before the older ALA, which is not the order of their founding.

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