Libraries, Profession and Users Questions and Answers

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.

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.

31.

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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32.

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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33.

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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34.

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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35.

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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36.

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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37.

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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38.

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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39.

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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40.

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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