Library Automation and Digital Libraries Questions and Answers

Q: Which one of the following is not a virtual library ?

The key treats 'with distributed physical locations' as the description that does not fit a virtual library, so the answer is B.A virtual library is a library without walls (A): it gives integrated and unified remote access to collections that may be spread over many places (C), and the library as a physical building does not exist (D). Its value lies in the access to the content, not in a building.Option B describes a library whose collections are held at physical sites, as in an ordinary library system, and so, in the key's reading, it is the one that is not a virtual library.

Q: E-Journal articles can be identified with the help of

E-journal articles can be identified with the help of the Digital Object Identifier, so the answer is D.A DOI is a persistent, unique identifier given to an article or other digital object, and it stays the same even if the location of the item on the web changes. Publishers assign one to each e-journal article.'Digital Journal Identifier', 'Journal Source Identifier' and 'Journal Article Identifier' (A, B, C) are not standard identification systems.

Q: Z39.50 is a standard for

Z39.50 is a standard for search and retrieval services, so the answer is B.It is a client-server protocol for searching and retrieving information from remote databases, and it allows one search to be run against catalogues of different libraries.The communication formats (A), such as MARC and CCF, define the record structure. Cataloguing web resources (C) is the task of other tools, and library management services (D) are the work of library software.

Q: Digital library function incorporate :(i) Creating and capturing(ii) Storage and management(iii) Search and access(iv) Abstracting and reviewing

The functions of a digital library are creating and capturing, storage and management, search and access, so the answer is A.A digital library collects digital objects or converts them, stores and organises them, and gives users the means to search for and reach them.Abstracting and reviewing (iv) are services of secondary publication and are not functions of the digital library as such, so options B, C and D, each of which includes (iv), are wrong.

Q: Which of the following are not partners of National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) ?(i) IIT Madras(ii) IIT Delhi(iii) IIIT Bangalore(iv) NIT Rourkela

The institutions that are not partners of NPTEL are IIIT Bangalore and NIT Rourkela, so the answer is A.The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning was started by the seven IITs (Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Roorkee and Guwahati) together with the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, to put engineering and science courses on the web and on video.IIT Madras (i) and IIT Delhi (ii) are among the partners, so options B, C and D, each of which names one of them, are wrong.

51.

Which one of the following is not a virtual library ?

A.Without walls.
B.With distributed physical locations.
C.Providing integrated and unified remote access to geographically distributed collections.
D.Which does not exist in reality.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

The key treats 'with distributed physical locations' as the description that does not fit a virtual library, so the answer is B.

A virtual library is a library without walls (A): it gives integrated and unified remote access to collections that may be spread over many places (C), and the library as a physical building does not exist (D). Its value lies in the access to the content, not in a building.

Option B describes a library whose collections are held at physical sites, as in an ordinary library system, and so, in the key's reading, it is the one that is not a virtual library.

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52.

E-Journal articles can be identified with the help of

A.Digital Journal Identifier
B.Journal Source Identifier
C.Journal Article Identifier
D.Digital Object Identifier

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: D

E-journal articles can be identified with the help of the Digital Object Identifier, so the answer is D.

A DOI is a persistent, unique identifier given to an article or other digital object, and it stays the same even if the location of the item on the web changes. Publishers assign one to each e-journal article.

'Digital Journal Identifier', 'Journal Source Identifier' and 'Journal Article Identifier' (A, B, C) are not standard identification systems.

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53.

Z39.50 is a standard for

A.Communication formats
B.Search and Retrieval services
C.Cataloguing Web Resources
D.Library Management Services

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

Z39.50 is a standard for search and retrieval services, so the answer is B.

It is a client-server protocol for searching and retrieving information from remote databases, and it allows one search to be run against catalogues of different libraries.

The communication formats (A), such as MARC and CCF, define the record structure. Cataloguing web resources (C) is the task of other tools, and library management services (D) are the work of library software.

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54.

Digital library function incorporate :

(i) Creating and capturing
(ii) Storage and management
(iii) Search and access
(iv) Abstracting and reviewing

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

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

The functions of a digital library are creating and capturing, storage and management, search and access, so the answer is A.

A digital library collects digital objects or converts them, stores and organises them, and gives users the means to search for and reach them.

Abstracting and reviewing (iv) are services of secondary publication and are not functions of the digital library as such, so options B, C and D, each of which includes (iv), are wrong.

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55.

Which of the following are not partners of National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) ?

(i) IIT Madras
(ii) IIT Delhi
(iii) IIIT Bangalore
(iv) NIT Rourkela

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

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

The institutions that are not partners of NPTEL are IIIT Bangalore and NIT Rourkela, so the answer is A.

The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning was started by the seven IITs (Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Roorkee and Guwahati) together with the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, to put engineering and science courses on the web and on video.

IIT Madras (i) and IIT Delhi (ii) are among the partners, so options B, C and D, each of which names one of them, are wrong.

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56.

Assertion (A) : Federated search technique is an integral component of an information portal.

Reason (R) : 'Content Index' contains content that is find by the search server.

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: C

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

An information portal offers one point of entry to many sources, and federated search, which sends a single query to several databases at once and gathers the results, is an integral part of it.

The reason is not accepted in the key: a content index holds the content that the search server has already gathered and indexed, which is not the same as the content that the federated search finds in remote databases at the time of the query. So A and D are rejected, and B is wrong because the assertion is true.

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57.

"Shodhganga" is a repository of

A.E - Resources
B.E - Thesis
C.E - Journals
D.E - Books

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

Shodhganga is a repository of electronic theses, option B. It is the digital repository of theses and dissertations of Indian universities, set up by the INFLIBNET Centre under the UGC regulation that requires research scholars to deposit their theses in electronic form.

E-resources (option A) is too broad a term, since it covers journals, books and databases of every kind. E-journals (option C) and E-books (option D) are specific types of electronic resources and Shodhganga does not hold them. The distinguishing word is thesis, which is the one thing the repository collects.

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58.

Assertion (A) : System analysis identifies the flow of work.

Reason (R) : System analysis is not necessary if the library is automated.

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

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

The keyed answer is that (A) is true but (R) is false, option B. System analysis studies how a library works and identifies the flow of work, so that it can be redesigned. That is the first statement.

The reason, that system analysis is not necessary if the library is automated, is false, because automation needs a careful system analysis first. A library cannot automate without understanding its routines and flow of work. Option A reverses the verdicts, option C calls (A) false, and option D calls (R) true, so they are wrong.

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59.

Radio Frequency Identification is used in library for :

(i) Circulation of Documents
(ii) Cataloguing of Documents
(iii) Security of Documents
(iv) Acquisition of Documents

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

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: D

Radio Frequency Identification uses tags put in books, and readers at the counter and the gate, so it speeds up circulation, the issue and return of documents, and provides security, since the gate gives an alarm if an item that has not been issued leaves the library. It is not a method of cataloguing or of acquisition, which are done by other means. So (i) and (iii) are correct, option (D), and the options that carry (ii) or (iv) are wrong.

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60.

Assertion (A) : Modern Integrated Library Management Softwares offer user friendly Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) on the web.

Reason (R) : Almost every module of modern Integrated Library Management Software is accessible through the internet.

A.Both (A) and (R) are correct.
B.(A) is correct but (R) is wrong.
C.Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
D.(A) is wrong but (R) is correct.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

Modern integrated library management software offers a web-based graphical user interface, so (A) is correct. Almost every module, such as acquisition, cataloguing, circulation, serials control and the OPAC, can be reached through the internet, so (R) is also correct, and it explains how the web interface is provided. The answer is that both are correct, option (A). The options that call either statement wrong are rejected, and the one that makes (R) alone correct is not supported by the key.

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