Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Digital Library

(Answers underlined)
1. Open Library is an initiative of the ------------ a non-profit, building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
Kindle e-book Reader

*Internet Archive

*Koha
*e-brary

2. Wayback machine is an example for ---------------------

* Web Archiving
* Datamining
* Library Automation

3. The Internet Archive is a ---------------- that was founded to build an Internet library.

*Non Profit
*Commercial
*Open

4. Project Gutenberg is the --------- and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks

Book Scanner

*Third
*First
*Second

5.  -------------------- is the founder of Project Gutenberg 

*Tim Bernesely
*Michael Hart 
*Simour Cray

6. ----------------------- invented eBooks in 1971.

*Michael Hart
*Campbell
*Thomson

7. .e-pub and .mobi are the example of -------------- formats

*word
*e journal
*e book

8. -------------------- (1895 - 1975) was a teacher, writer and inventor and pioneer of the ---------------------

*Digital Library
*Virtual Library
*Angela Ruiz Robles ;  e-Reader (1949)

9. Amazon launches Kindle e-book reader in ------------- 

*USA, 2007

10. Open Library is a ------------- project, with its source code freely available on the Open Library site.

*Free/open source software 

11. e-ink (electrophoretic ink) is a technology used in----------- e-book readers


12. iBooks bookstore is the e-books store of -------------------
Apple

13.---------------- is the former name of Google Books

Google Print


14. The INFLIBNET Centre promotes open access to Indian scholarly content through  -------------

INFOPORT


15. INFOPORT is a  ---------------------  to all Indian Scholarly electronic contents  

Subject Gateway


16. SOSIG means --------------
 Social Science Information Gateway

17. The World Digital Library (WDL) is an international digital library operated by -------- and the United States ----------UNESCO; Library of Congress.


18. http://www.loc.gov/ and http://www.bl.uk/ is the web addresses of  -------------------- and ------------------ respectively

Library of Congress; British Library



19.  --------------- is a web search engine for students and researchers that aims to make academic information easily accessible to everyone.
http://www.refseek.com/ 


20. IndCat , a service from INFLIBNET is a unified ---------------of books, theses and journals available in major university libraries in India.
Online library Catalogue

21.---------------- is a union catalog which itemizes the collections of 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories which participate in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) global cooperative. 
*WorldCat
*OPAC
*AACR2

22. The term Digital Libary was used first by ---------------------

*ALA
*OCLC
*Corporation for National Research Initiatives® (CNRI) Virginia USA


23.
T
he term digital libraries was first popularized by-------------
*ALA
*OCLC
*NSF/DARPA/NASA Digital Libraries Initiative in 1994 

24. American Memory is a digital library of -----------------------  *OCLC    *IFLA   *Library of Congress.

25. ------------ is a free and open-source software package for building open access repositories that are compliant with the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting. * * * Koha   
* CDS ISIS   
E prints

26. ----------------- is a free and open-source software package, created by University of Southampton for building open access repositories that are compliant with the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting.

*NewGenlib
*Koha
*EPrints

27. ---------------------- was a book digitization project, led by Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science and University Libraries.
*INFONET
*The Million Book Project,


28. Universal Digital Library is another name of ----------------
*The Million Book Project,



29. Digital Library of India, part of the online services of the --------------------- and partner in the Million Book Project, provides free access to many books in English and Indian languages. 

*Greenstone
*MALIBNET
*Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore


30. ------------------------------ database contains 1200 formulations selected from various classical texts of Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha systems of medicine. 500 formulations from Ayurveda, 500 formulations from Unani and 200 Siddha formulations are readily available.
*Traditional Knowledge Digital Library

31. ---------------------- is a technical standard for digital audio books, periodicals and computerized text that has been designed to be a complete audio substitute for print material and is specifically designed for use by people with print disabilities ,including blindness, impaired vision, and dyslexia.

DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System)

32.----------------- at INFLIBNET Centre provides a platform for research students to deposit their Ph.D. theses and make it available to the entire scholarly community in open access. The repository has the ability to capture, index, store, disseminate and preserve ETDs submitted by the researcherShodhganga









Monday, January 21, 2013

Bibliography

1. Bibliology is another name for ---------------------------
Bibliography

2. Analytical bibliography investigates the --------------- of a book that yield evidence establishing a book's history and transmission.

Printing and other physical features 



3. Bibliographic works differ in the amount of detail depending on the purpose and can generally be divided into ---------categories:  ----------- , which results in an overview of publications in a particular category and ---------- which studies the production of books.
2; Enumerative bibliography; Analytical or Critical bibliography



4.EndNote is a commercial ----------- package, used to manage -------------------and ------- when writing essays and articles
Reference management software;Bibliographies ; References


5. EndNote is a product of ------------------------ company

Thomson Reuters.

6.  ---------------------- for America is similar to BNB for Great Brirtian

Cumulative Book Index (CBI)


7. CBI are published -------------------- month and cumulated ----------------------------

in every: annually

8. CBI is published by ----------------------

H.W.Wilson Company

9.------------, ---------------, ---------------- and ------------- are excluded in CBI



  • non print materials
  • government documents
  • periodicals
  • self-published works
10. ----------------------------- has been bringing out a series of bibliographies on doctoral dissertations accepted by Indian Universities since 1957.
AIU (Association of Indian Universities)




11. --------------------------  bibliography seeks to identify variations in a text and whether the author, editor, compositor, printer, or another is responsible for those variations.

Textual Bibliography



12 ---------------------- Bibliography deals with the history and methods of book production ie-printing binding , paper making, illustrating and publishing
Historical Bibliography.


13. ------------------------- Bibliography is the area of bibliography which makes known precisely the material conditions of books ie- the full name of Author, exact title,  date and place of publication... etc.
Descriptive

14. 5 Branches of Bibliography are ----------------, ------------------- , ------------------------, Textual, historical.
Analytical or Critical, systematic or enumerative, descriptive 

15. --------------------------- is a kind of bibliography which determines the facts and data concerning a publication by examining the signature, catchwords, cancels, and watermarks and making a record in an approved form of results 
Analytical bibliography 


16------------------------- Bibliography concerns itself with the --------------------- forms of books and not with their literary contexts
Descriptive; material


17. Bibliographica Universalis (1545) is the work of -------------------------------

Conrad Gessner


18.-----------------------Bibliography is based on a single work
Unit

19. --------------------------- is an example of Bibliography of Bibliographies 
A world Bibliography of  Bibliographies


20 .A world Bibliography of  Bibliographies was created by -------------------------
Theodore Besterman


21. The word 'Bibliography' was first used by -----------------------------
Louis Jacob de Saints Charles


22. -------------------  is a legal requirement that a person or group submit copies of their publications to a repository, usually a library. The requirement is mostly limited to books and periodicals. Legal Deposit

23. The International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) is a set of rules produced by the ------------------------------------- to create a bibliographic description in a standard, human-readable form, especially for use in a bibliography or a library catalog.

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)




What is the meaning of et al?what is this language?what is its original form?
Ans:- Others : Latin : et alil
What is the plural feminine gender of et al?
Ans:- et aliae

Friday, January 18, 2013

The Librarianship

''The Librarian'', a 1556 painting by
Giuseppe
Arcimboldo.
------------------------ is the Association formed by US Librarians in 1990 at NewYork
Progressive Librarians' Guild

----------------------- is the Journal published by The Progressive Librarians' Guild
''The Progressive Librarian''

First Doctorate in LIS was offered by -------------------------  School , 
Graduate Library School,University of Chicago

In UK, maters and Bachelors degree in LIS is accredited by-----
CILIP and Society of Archivists

'Dean of Libraries' is the other name of ---------------
University Librarian

Librarian who deals with the Adolescent members is called-----
YA Librarian. (Young Adult Librarian)

Librarian who is in charge of Library extension services is ------
Out Reach Librarian

----------------------------Report, created for the Carnegie Corporation, however, was the most important review of library education programs.in USA
The Williamson Report



---------------------------- is the first Library school to train African-American Librarians in USA

Hampton Institute of Library School


Standards for Library Education in America was set by ---------
ALA

What is the first English book on Librarianship? Who was the author?
The Reformed Librarie keeper; John Dury  1650 )



-------------------------   (A Famous Latin American 

writer) worked as a librarian. In 1955 he was appointed ,director of the National Public Library and professor of Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. At that time he was blind

Jorge Luis Borges




Thursday, January 17, 2013

Library Technology Services - New approaches

Book Drop

(Answers in Red colour)

1. ''Readalikes'' are------------------------
A.Readers Forum
B.Readers Club
C.Reader's Suggestions for fictions 
Returns

2. YALSA is ------------------service offered by ALA
A. Catalogue
B. Online Search
C. Adolescent Fiction for Young Adults
     (Young Adult Library Services Association)

3. ''Large Print'' and ''Braille'' is indented to ---------
A. Visually Challenged
Self check out machine
B. Children
C. Working Class

4. ''Book-Drop'' is

A. Weeding Out
B. Shelving
C. Automated  Returns

5. ''Self Check out'' means

A. Mobile Library
B. Stock Verification
C. Check Out done by the user him(her)/self (Automated)

6. In some countries, Library would pay author a certain amount (like royalty) to authors when their books are borrowed from library by the users. This system is called --------

A.Royal pay
B fee pay
C. Public Lending Right Program

7. Public Lending Right Program was started in -------------------

A.USA
B.UK
C.Denmark,1941

8. UJI is a -------------- tool that was created at University of Jaume, Spain in 2004

A.GPS
B.Robot Library
C.Circulations
9. First 'Librarian Robot' in the world is --------------------
A.Robolib
B.Libmachine
C.UJI Library Robot
Machine aided Book Sorting in Modern Libraries

10.  What is ASRS?

A.Library Association
B.Resource Sharing 
C.Automated storage and retrieval system 


11.The first library to install ASRS system(August 1991) was --------- .
Automatic Storage and Retrieval of Books
A.Bodlean Library
B.Newyork Public Library
C.California State University, Northridge (CSUN)


12. The Ergonomic Carts is specifically designed to reduce the 
effort 
involved in -----------------------
A.Inter Library Loan
B.Library Extension Program

C.Reshelving.

To watch the video kindly click

http://www.lyngsoesystems.com/library/library-cart.asp




13. Reading Room of British Library is called -------------------


Boston Spa Reading Room




14. The elevator used to lift books from down floor to upper 

floors in a library is called ---------------------

Dumb waiters




History of American Libraries

The Library Company Philadelphia USA
Who is the founder of The Library Company Philadelphia USA?
Benjamin Franklin in 1731
Libraries built by the donation of Andrew Carnegie are called 
Carnegie Libraries
Who were the first and Second Librarian of Library Company?
Louis Timothee and Benjamin Franklin
Who was behind the selection of books to the Library company for the first time?
James Logan

The first public library to lend books (In America)?


Boston Public Library

The first library (In America)to have branch, and the first to 

have a children’s room is ------------------------------

Boston Public Library

Boston Public Library was established in -----------------

1848

In America 80 % of public Libraries were started by -------clubs

Women s clubs









Monday, January 14, 2013

Library Movement in United Kingdom, Milestones



Andrew Carnegie

Library Association was formed in the year :
1877

The Carnegie Grants for Libraries are restricted to:
Library Building construction

Passmore Edwards is related to:
Grants for Public Libraries

First Public Library Act in UK was in the Year:
1850

Reading society, book society, Literary Society is the Examples for:
Book club

Subscription Libraries worked under ---------- motives
Commercial

------------------ Class benefited by Book clubs:
Working Class

Did the Book clubs have Librarians?
No

Was there a Permanent Building for Book clubs?
No

Inns, coffee houses, member’s homes were the meeting places of----------:
Book club members

London Library was formed in 1841 by the efforts of……………………….
Thomas Carlyle



What type Libraries came for the first time, in UK?
Monastic Libraries

Cathedral Libraries and Parish Libraries were related to---------------------- libraries
Monastic Libraries

Earliest Public Library of England is -----, established in -----London Guildhall; 1425

City Library was established in ----------
1608

Oldest Public Library in the English speaking world is -----------
Chetham's Library, Manchester, 1653

Dr.Thomas Bray associated with the establishment of---------------------libraries
Parish

St.Paul Library and Lincoln Library were destroyed by----------
Fire

Subscription Libraries are the forerunners of-----------------------
Public Libraries

Biggest Subscription Library in UK was at---------------------------
Liverpool

‘’Boots’’ and ‘’W.H.Smith & Sons’’ are the examples of------------------------libraries
Circulating Commercial libraries

Groups of mechanics, working in various industries known as---
‘'mechanic institutes’’

First circulating commercial Library in UK was at-------------------- established by-------------
Edinburgh; Allan Pamsay

Glasgow mechanic institute was formed in year --------------------
1823

Who was the chairman for the enactment of Library Legislation in 1850?
William Ewart (Member of Parliament)

Adams Report was based on the survey of--------------------Libraries
Public Libraries

Full name of Adams is-------------------------
William George Stewart Adams

Parry committee report (1967) paved the way towards the formation of------------------------
British National Library

Parry committee was appointed under-----------------------------
Thomas Parry

British Library Act came to force in -------------------------------
1973

BLAISE means
British Library’s Automated Information Service


Present British Library is actually an amalgamation of-------- ,--------, --------- and --------.

British Museum Library, National Central Library, National Lending Library for Science and Technology and British National Bibliography

The --------------- Libraries are the integrated Library services of The Oxford University

Bodlein 

-------------------- is credited with the formation of Bodlean Library

Thomas Bodley

Liverpool subscription Library was renamed as ------------ in 1798
Athenaeum




















Book Related terms

WHIPSTITCHING
Blurb
A short description of a book found on the inside front cover

Dentelle
Ornamental Lace work

WHIPSTITCHING

Book stitching method. Stitching on spine


VERSO

left page of an opened book
TOP STAIN

VELLUM
calfskin, lambskin, kidskin, etc., treated for use as a writing surface.

VANITY PRESS/PUBLISHERS
press or Publisher who publish books in the author's expense
lorem ipsum 

Unopened
Unread pages joined together

TOP STAIN
Color given to top  page edges by the publisher

TIPPED IN
Unbound color plates inside the books
Buckram

TEXT BLOCK
Pages containing 'Contents', ie, illustration

lorem ipsum (Latin term)

Dummy text of printing and type setting industry

Tape residue
Remains of  cello tapes on pages or cover of book creating brown stains

Buckram

Buckram
Stiff, coarsely woven, filled cloth used for less expensive, but stronger wearing, cloth book binding material


ADVANCE REVIEW
A special pre-publication copy mainly for review purposes – sent to reviewers and others prior to publication date

BIOPREDATION
 An attack to books by living matter
ie  insects or mildew


Elzevir

Books printed or Published by Elzevir Family Amsterdam

Bibliopegy
Art of Book Covering
Andropoderma Bibliopegy


Andropoderma Bibliopegy
Art of Book covering with Human Skin



Cancels
cancel  is a bibliographic term for a replaced leaf in a printed book. The technique for this is usually to tear out the rejected leaf, and paste a new one to the stub left on the cognate leaf.  


Ex-library 
Book/Books, legitimately removed (discarded) from an institutional library, such as a public library, university library, historical society, etc

Calico/calico bind
Plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. It is used in book making. Originally from the city of Kozhikode, Kerala, India (known by Europeans as Calicut in the 11th century). 


 Ex Library
Discarded book from a library


Ex Libris
Coming from a personal collection


Remainder
A book that remains with a publisher after sales have fallen off, usually sold at a reduced price.