Library Automation and Digital Libraries Questions and Answers

Answer: C

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

A halftone is an image reproduced with varying densities. A threshold is the minimum level at which a signal is detected. Emulation translates the instructions of the original software so that it runs on new platforms. Migration is the transfer of digital materials to new formats or systems.

The other codes interchange these terms, for example treating emulation as the transfer of digital materials.

Answer: C

Both statements are true.

Many academic libraries in India have been slow to become technology-oriented service institutions, and the apex academic bodies and library associations have not led the way in setting standards and policies, so the second statement gives the reason for the first.

Options A, B and D declare one or both statements false.

Because both are accepted and the second explains the first, the code that says both are true and (R) explains (A) is the keyed answer, and the other combinations misstate one of the two links.

Answer: D

In CDS/ISIS, delimiters mean subfield indicators. A field can hold several parts, and each part is marked by a delimiter, a caret followed by a letter, such as ^a or ^b, which separates one subfield from the next.

The field address (tag), the repeatability of a field and the format used to display records are different things in CDS/ISIS and are not called delimiters.

Answer: D

A situation where a digital resource is no longer readable is called digital obsolescence. It happens when the hardware, software or file format needed to read the resource is no longer available or supported.

The digital divide is the gap between those with and without access to technology. Digital representation is how information is encoded, and digital rendering is the display of content. None of these describes loss of readability.

Answer: D

EULA stands for End User License Agreement, the legal contract between the maker of software or an e-resource and the person who uses it, setting out what the user may and may not do.

The other expansions given are not terms in common use. They do not describe any standard agreement, so the keyed expansion is the only correct one.

A EULA is the agreement a library accepts when it licenses e-journals or databases, and it sets out the permitted uses, the number of simultaneous users and restrictions on copying, which makes it important to e-resource management in libraries.

Answer: B

In order of development the items are Memex (Vannevar Bush, 1945), hypermedia (Ted Nelson, 1965), GML (1969) and SGML (1986), so iv, ii, i, iii.

The other options start with GML or hypermedia ahead of Memex, or put SGML ahead of GML, which it grew out of.

Bush described the Memex in his 1945 essay, Nelson coined the word hypermedia, and generalized markup began at IBM before it was standardised as SGML, which explains why Memex must come first and SGML last.

Answer: D

The correct matching is a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i. Virtua is by VTLS of Virginia, Alice by Softlink of Australia, Libsys by Infotech Consultants and New Genlib by Veeru Technologies (KIIKM).

The other codes give Virtua to Veeru Technologies or Infotech Consultants, which is wrong, since Virtua is from VTLS.

Remembering the vendors helps: Virtua is the integrated library system from VTLS of Virginia, and Alice is the product of Softlink of Australia. The remaining two pairs follow from these.

Answer: A

The assertion is true and the reason is false. In the digital environment users expect to connect a broad range of resources in many formats through a single point of access.

Libraries do not already have much of what the digital environment requires, so the reason fails and the combination is A true, R false.

The assertion states the user expectation of one point access to a wide range of resources, which is true. The reason overstates what libraries already hold, since they have to build the integrated services themselves.