Trivandrum Public Library: The Library That Made The State

Commemorating the event of reading week to be observed from June 19 – 25, a peek into Trivandrum Public Library and the place it has in the history of the state |Mukesh Venu

Officially recognised as the State Central Library, the Trivandrum Public Library has a history that dates back to almost two hundred years. Its books have provided inspiration to many generations of leaders and reformers throughout the course of history. The significance that the habit of reading has in transforming an entire society is evident from the place that the Public Library holds in history books. And what paved the way for the formation of this library was the love for reading that a great king of Travancore once had...

Swathi Tirunal Rama Varma, whose reign began in 1819, was a ruler who understood the importance of developing reading as a habit and to acquire knowledge. It was this knowledge that brought him respect even from the British administrators of the time. In the very first year of his reign, he established a library with British Resident Col. Edward Cadogon as the President. Membership to this exclusive library was limited to the members of the Royal Durbar.

In 1847, the library committee was transformed into the Public Library Society and soon the library was open to persons residing in Trivandrum who conformed to the rules of the state. In 1898, the entire library assets were handed over to the Government on condition of building a new, permanent building for the library, which would be open to the public. Swathi Tirunal Rama Varma took special interest in building the library and in 1900, Trivandrum got the beautiful Public Library building that has now become a landmark of the city. It is also one of the oldest libraries in India.

The library was briefly managed by the University of Travancore (later University of Kerala) from 1938 till 1949. In 1958, the Government sanctioned Rs. Seven lakhsto upgrade it to the status of State Central Library. In 2005, a new building was constructed adjacent to the same model and design, which currently holds the Children's Section and the Technical Division of the State Central Library.

At present, the library has a collection of about 3,88,000 books, which gets updated every year by around 12, 000 books. The library also houses the collection from the British Library following its closure in 2008. Every year, the library purchases journals, magazines and literary works worth Rs. Five lakhs for the British Library section. The maintenance cost for such a vast collection of books, ranging from literature works to Government records to gazettes, is no small task. The library spends another Rs. Five lakhs every year on repairing and binding the books. The collections, which are over a century old and that which are vulnerable to the slightest of human touch, are being digitized to make them accessible without causing any harm to the book.

The library receives an average of around 50,000 readers every month. And even though the advent of electronic media might have given a lethal blow to newspapers, the reading habit of the people has only increased with the passing years, according to a study conducted by the library administration. The report also reveals that students are forming an increasing share in the new memberships that are being registered.

The place has been consistently visited by many historical personalities. Most of the brightest minds of this state still regularly come here seeking new information from the thousands of books it has in store. The legendary Ulloor S Parameswara Iyer, whose statue is erected in the library compound, had served as a working committee member of the library. The importance of this library to the state is as important as the changes that were brought by the many people who were deeply associated with it.

Reading has formed the base for almost all the major upheavals in human history every since the advent of communication through figures and alphabets. The greatest revolutionaries, the biggest religions and brightest scientists always had their concepts recorded in books, in words, which guided the future generation in moving forward towards cultural superiority.

For Kerala, the State Central Library or the Trivandrum Public Library had provided the state's visionaries with the knowledge that their craving mindssought. The library and its books were one of the vital factors, which collectively led to creating a modern, progressive state, and form a population educated with a modern outlook towards the changing world. 

Reading is a habit that helps with the development of the character of an individual and the development of the individual leads to the development of the society he/she lives in. In that perspective, the State Central Library has more to do with the development of the state than anything else, and deserves to be termed as the library which made the state.

Source: http://www.yentha.com/news/view/4/trivandrum-public-library-the-library-that-made-the-state

The Hindu : Auto Library

The Hindu : Cities / Chennai : Auto library

Chronology of Library Cataloguing Schemes

1841-British Museum Code by The British Museum Research Board
1876-Rules For Dictionary Catalogues  by Cutter C.A.
1908-Anglo American Code by ALA
1927-Vetican Code
1934-Classified Catalogue Code (CCC) by Dr. S.R. Ranganathan
1949-ALA Code by ALA
1967-Anglo American Cataloguing Rules –I
1978-Anglo American Cataloguing Rules –II
1988-Anglo – American Cataloging Rules II  (revised)

Chronology of Library Classification Schemes

1876-Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) devised by Melvil Dewey
1891-Expansive Classification (EC) devised by Cutter C.A.
1904-Library of  Congress Classification (LC) devised by Library of Congress
1905-Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) devised by FID
1906-Subject Classification  (SC) devised by J.D. Brown
1933-Colon Classification (CC) devised by S.R. Rangnathan
1935-Bibliographic Classification (BC) devised by Bliss H.E.
1959-Library Bibliographic Classification (LBK) devised by Lenin Library Moscow
1961-International Classification (IC) devised by F.Rider
1978-Broad System of Ordering (BSO) devised by  FID/Unesco

Chronology of Library Legislation in India

  1948-Madras (Tamil Nadu) Public  Library Act
1960-Andhara Pradesh Public Library Act
1965-Karnataka (Mysore) Public Library Act
1967-Maharashtra Public Library Act
1979-West Bengal Public Library Act
1988-Manipur Public Library Act
1989-Kerala Public Library Act
1989-Haryana Public Library Act
1993-Mizorum Public Library Act
1993-Goa Public Library Act
2001-Gujrat Public Library Act
2001-Orrissa Public Library Act
2005-Uttar Pradesh Public Library Act
2005-Uttrakhand Public Library Act
2005-Rajasthan Public Library Act
2007-Bihar Public Library Act
2007-Chattisgarh Public Library Act
2007-Pondichery Public Library Act
2009-Arunchal Pradesh Public Library Act

Forbes Ranks Library and Information Science Degree the Worst Career Path by Michael Kozlowski

A Information and Science degree has been rated the worst Masters Degree for a job. Forbes recently proclaimed “that Library and information science degree-holders bring in $57,600 mid-career, on average. Common jobs for them are school librarian, library director, and reference librarian, and there are expected to be just 8.5% more of them by 2020. The low pay rank and estimated growth rank make library and information science the worst master’s degree for jobs right now.”

Being a librarian in today’s wired world is not as cut and dry as it once was. Instead of having the entire collection of Encyclopedia Britannica line of books,  you now have a subscription based online service. People use Wikipedia for research papers and libraries see significant cuts across the board. Most libraries are starting to use services like Overdrive and 3M Cloud Library service to facilitate digital books to tablets and e-readers.  The librarian’s job is on the downswing and as the article cites, not a viable career choice.

Some users on Reditt had a field day with this research paper and here are a few of the notes;

Colput: “I graduate with my MLIS in 2 months I can see how that would be depressing. None of us got into this business with the expectation of making insane money. That being said there are jobs out there you just have to be willing to move and look outside your comfort zone.”

Cheese and Puppies: “My understanding was that the profession was aging and many current librarians would be retiring soon. I personally know several librarians who hoped to retire by now but can’t afford to yet. I think the projections for job growth in the field assumed a lot of retiring would be happening, allowing people with some experience to move up and free the entry level jobs for the (many) new graduates.”

I think librarians are a tremendous valued commodity in both schools and your local town library. The world is becoming digital, but young minds need a real person to talk to and get technical support, research guidance, and general resources. As ebooks gain more traction, people want to learn how to do it and your average person may not know how to download books and get them on their device. Librarians wear many different hats when they are on the job and are often unsung heroes in the educational system. You may not remember your school librarian’s name from twenty years ago, yet he or she always had the right answers to your questions.

Source:- http://digg.com/newsbar/Technology/forbes_ranks_library_and_information_science_degree_the_worst_career_path

School Librarian, The Maurya School, Gurgaon

Post: Librarian

Source: The Times of India, New Delhi, Ed. 20 June 2012

Send resume at: hr@themauryaschool.com

http://www.themauryaschool.com/

Walk in on: 25 and 26 June 2012

Contact: 9911405330

Project Trainees and Junior Project Trainees, J.R.D. Tata Library, IISc, Bangalore

The Library of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, was established in 1911 and it is one of the first three departments started in the Institute. It is regarded as one of the best scientific and technical libraries in India. Apart from the Main Library it has departmental libraries also. The Library moved in to the present premises in January 1965, built out of grants provided by University Grants Commission (UGC), in commemoration of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Institute in 1959. In 1995 the library was renamed as "JRD Tata Memorial Library". The National Board for Higher Mathematics(NBHM) has recognized this library as Regional Center for Mathematics for the more..

Recritment for Trainees -2012

J.R.D Tata Memorial Libaray, at the Indian Institute of Science is one of the oldest yet modern Science and Technology libraries in India. Started in 1911, as one of the first set of departments in the institute, It has become a precious national resource center in the field of science and technology. The collection of the Library which includes books,journals ,reports,thesis,Indian patents and standards is regarded one of the richest collections in the country.The rich and valuable collection built over nearly a century,has some of the rare reference materials and back volumes of several important journals. Apart from its print resources, the library has access to a large collections of e-journals ,e-books and databases. Primary goal of the library remains being an effective support system for information services across the campus.

Name of the Post                                                                      No.Of Positions Tenure
Junior Project Trainees                                                                     05 2 Yrs.
Project Trainees( Library Information & Management)               08 2 Yrs.
Project Trainees( Electronic Resource & Management)                     02                        2rs.

How to apply: Apply online only at JRD Tata Memorial Library website from 20/06/2012 to 02/07/2012.

Kindly visit http://federated.library.iisc.ernet.in/projecttrainee/ for detailed information and links to online submission of application.
Note:
Last date for receipt of online registration and hard copy of online application form: July 2nd, 2012

Further queries please mail to- enquire@library.iisc.ernet.in


Source:
http://federated.library.iisc.ernet.in/projecttrainee/pt-jrdtml2012.pdf
http://www.library.iisc.ernet.in/
http://www.library.iisc.ernet.in/projecttrainee/

Full Detailed Adv:- The Adv. appears in The Hindu, 20 June 2012

Librarian Vacancy, Rajkumar Goel Institute of Technology for Women, Ghaziabad

Post: Librarian

Last Date: 04 July 2012

Send Resume to: Director, Rajkumar Goel Institute of Tech. for Women

5th Km. Stone, Delhi Meerut Road, Ghaziabad, UP

Mail to: cse@rkgitw.edu.in

website: www.rkgitw.edu.in

Question Bank for UGC-NET - 5

Indian national Bibliographical first appeared in
(A) 1947
(B) 1957
(C) 1967
(D) 1937
Answer: (B)

Who is the author of “Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous literature” 
(A) S. Halkett & J. Laing
(B) Robert Proctor
(C) Ralph De sols
(D) Hanuman Sastri
Answer: (A)

Compton year book contains
(A) Political events
(B) Cultural events
(C) Outstanding events
(D) Economic events
Answer: (C)

Online Europa year book has a coverage since
(A) 1965 
(B) 1975
(C) 1984
(D) 1985
Answer: (D)

Which of the following is a multi-subject gateway?
(A) Renardus 
(B) Humbul
(C) Sapling
(D) EdWEb
Answer: (A)

Which of the following is a specialized information organization online tool? 
(A) Mamma
(B) Dogpile
(C) Vivisimo
(D) Entireweb
Answer: (C)

Research periodicals are which category of sources?
(A) Primary 
(B) Secondary
(C) Tertiary
(D) Non documentary.
Answer: (A)

Reference sources are those
(A) Which are large in size?
(B) Which are read at home easily?
(C) Which used to obtain particular information?
(D) Which are costly?
Answer: (C)

Who is the publisher of Encyclopedia of Library and information science? 
(A) Boweker
(B) H.W.Wilson company
(C) M.Dekker
(D) H.W.Wilson
Answer: (C)

Retrospective search service is a type of
(A) Referral service
(B) Responsive service
(C ) CAS
(D) SDI
Answer: (B)

Which part of new encyclopedia Britannica is useful for ready references?
(A) Macropaedia
(B) Propaedia
(C ) Micropaedia
(D) Premedia
Answer: (B)

Year book are also known as
(A) Hand book
(B) annual
(C ) Directory
(D) Dictionary
Answer: (B)

What is India: A reference annual? 
(A) Year Book
(B) Almonac
(C ) Gide book
(D) Hand book
Answer: (A)

What is Trade bibliography?
(A) List of Author Bibliography
(B) List of Special Bibliography
(C ) List of books in print or for sale compiled by a publisher
(D) List of books of trade Library
Answer: (C)

Who publishes INIS Atom Index? 
(A) INIS (Viena)
(B) LC
(C) ICSU
(D) AGRIS
Answer: (A)

What is the meaning of E-Documents? 
(A) All Documents other than printed 
(B) Non-Paper documents
(C ) In electronic form such as Cassettes, CD- ROMs, etc.
(D) Audio visual tools
Answer (C)

Which of the following is not the documents?
(A) Manuscript
(B) Book
(C) Inscription
(D) Periodical
Answer: (C)

Generally the information sources are divided mainly in to following categories?
(A) Primary and secondary.
(B) Reference and information sources.
(C) Documentary and non-documentary
(D) Books and periodicals
Answer: (C )

What are non- documentary sources?
(A) Which are in printed form.
(B) Which are in not printed form
(C) Which are nor documents
(D) None of these
Answer: (B)

Today which type of information sources is most useful?
(A) Reference sources
(B) Documentary source
(C) Non- Documentary source
(D) Both the Documentary and Non- Documentary sources
Answer: (C)

Cover to cover translation is treated as
(A) Selective dissemination service
(B) Current awareness services
(C) On demand services
(D) Anticipatory services
Answer: (B)

What is the suitable reference sources to know about the information of a particular place?
(A) Directory
(B) Gazetteer
(C) Encyclopedia
(D) Year book
Answer: (B)

What is the suitable reference sources to find out the list of historical monuments of Delhi? 
(A) Atlas
(B) Gazetteer
(C) Guide book
(D) Globe
Answer: (C)

What do you call a collection of maps, tables, charts, etc.?
(A) Globe
(B) Gazetteer
(C) Atlas
(D) Map
Answer: (C)

How many volumes Micropaedia of new Encyclopedia Britannica is published?
(A) 2 
(B) 10
(C) 19
(D) 12
Answer: (B)

Encyclopedia Americana consists of
(A) 20 Volumes 
(B) 25 Volumes
(C) 28 Volumes
(D) 30 Volumes
Answer: (D)

Which of the following are not the secondary sources?
(A) Encyclopedia
(B) Digest
(C) Thesis
(D) Text book
Answer: (C)

What is the publication frequency of books in print?
(A) Monthly 
(B) Weekly
(C) Annually
(D) Quarterly
Answer: (C)

What is National bibliography?
(A) List of books of National Library
(B) List of books published in a particular Nation
(C) List of books written by National government
(D) List of books on a nation
Answer: (B)

What is world of learning? 
(A) Directory
(B) Encyclopedia
(C) Dictionary
(D) Year book
Answer: (A)

What is the frequency of I.N.B.? 
(A) Quarterly
(B) Monthly
(C) Weekly
(D) Annual
Answer: (B)

‘ Facts on File’ is a
(A) Weekly list
(B) Fortnightly
(C) Monthly
(D) Quarterly
Answer: (A)

The term “Information Service” is an improvised name …
(A) Administration 
(B) Documentation
(C) Bibliography
(D) Reference service
Answer: (D)

Which terms was coined by S.R. Ranganathan for mobile libraries
(A) Moving library
(B) Library on wheels
(C) Library machine
(D) All of the above
Answer: (B)

Abstracting service provides… 
(A) Abstract of articles
(B) Whole bibliographic description of articles
(C) Whole bibliographic description along
with abstracts of article
(D) Whole bibliographic sources
Answer: (C)

Which service demands the creation of a
‘user’ profile?
(A) CAS
(B) Information retrieval
(C) SDI
(D) Reference service
Answer: (C)

“Reference service is the contact between the right reader and the right book in the right personal way” was stated by…
(A) D J Fockett
(B) S R Ranganathan
(C) James I Wyer
(D) A.L.A Glossary of library terms
Answer: (B)

CAS is defined as
(A) A process of dissemination of information
(B) A process of information
(C) A process of dissemination of current information
(D) A simple information service
Answer: (C)

Feedback mechanism is a part of which service?
(A) Reprography service
(B) CAS
(C) Translation service
(D) SDI
Answer: (D)

Mobile library is a kind of which service? 
(A) Reference service
(B) Extension service
(C) Ready reference service
(D) Long range reference service
Answer: (B)

The person who provides reference service is called
(A) Chief librarian
(B) Grade One Librarian
(C) Deputy Librarian
(D) Reference Librarian
Answer: (D)

Reading centre, story hours, exhibition and reading to literature are form of
(A) Extension service
(B) Service of Public library
(C) Both
(D) None
Answer: (A)

Who Invented the Dictionary Catalogue? 
(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(B) C. A. Cutter
(C) D. B. Krishna Rao
(D) K. N. Raj
Answer: (B)

What is the another name of Added entries? 
(A) Main entry
(B) Cross reference entry
(C) Secondary entries
(D) Subject entry
Answer: (C)

When was SLSH published? 
(A) 1903
(B) 1897
(C) 1923
(D) 1933
Answer: (C)

When was MARC project completed? 
(A) 1987
(B) 1967
(C) 1947
(D) 1968
Answer: (B)

Who defined notation as shorthand sign
(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(B) Benjamin A. Custer
(C) Immanuel Kant
(D) E. C. Richardson
Answer : (D)

Who enunciated the five fundamental categories
(A) Benjamin A. Custer
(B) Paul Otlet
(C) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(D) W. C. Sayers
Answer: (C)

Who enunciated the subject Classification
(A) J. D. Brown
(B) W. C. Sayers
(C) Benjamin A.Custer
(D) Frist Donker Duyvis
Answer: (A)

How many Auxiliary tables are there in DDC 23rd Edition
(A) 16 
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 8
Answer: (B)

Colon classification was first published in
(A) 1905
(B) 1931
(C) 1933
(D) 1944
Answer: (C)

Phoenix schedules are part of which classification
(A) CC
(B) DDC
(C) UDC
(D) LCC
Answer: (B)

Sear’s List of Subject Headings (SLSH) is mainly useful for
(A) Small and medium libraries
(B) Special libraries
(C) Academic libraries
(D) College libraries
Answer: (A)

In which year DDC 23rd edition was published
(A) 2000 
(B) 2011
(C) 2003
(D) 2010
Answer: (B)

The word classification comes from the Latin word
(A) Classis 
(B) Classes
(C) Clauses
(D) Fiction
Answer: (A)

The first edition of DDC published in
(A) 1875 
(B) 1876
(C) 1874
(D) 1896
Answer: (B)

The first edition of UDC published in
(A) 1904
(B) 1901
(C) 1905
(D) 1894
Answer: (C)

Who is the publishers of Sear’s list of subject headings
(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(B) Brown
(C) H. W. Wilson
(D) C. A. Cutter
Answer: (C)

MESH is a
(A) Thesaurus 
(B) Dictionary
(C) Journal
(D) Library
Answer: (A)

The First edition of DDC Consisted of
(A) 144 pages
(B) Four volume
(C) 44 pages
(D) 124 pages
Answer: (C) (1876)

What are the four entity of FRBR model? 
(A) Personality, Matter, Energy, Space
(B) Work, Expression, Manifestation, Item
(C) Book, Form, Availability, Type
(D) Discipline, Entity, Action, Personality
Answer: (B)

Who is the Editor in Chief of 23rd Edition of DDC
(A) Benjamin A. Custer 
(B) John P. Comaromi
(C) Winton E. Matthews
(D) John S. Mitchell
Answer: (D)

When was the different typological study towards mode of formation of subjects done? 
(A) 1950
(B) 1960
(C) 1970
(D) 1975
Answer: (A)

In which edition “Auxiliary table for area” was first introduced?
(A) DDC 14 
(B) DDC 15
(C) DDC 16
(D) DDC 17
Answer: (D)

What does LED stands for in CC? 
(A) Latest Energy Developments 
(B) Latest Effective Decade
(C) Large Energy Distribution
(D) Lowest Effective Decade
Answer: (B)

The term prenatal cataloguing first used by
(A) Michael Gorman
(B) Dr. S.R.Ranganathan
(C) E.B.Ross
(D) Melvin Dewey
Answer :(B)

The Dewey Decimal Classification divides human knowledge into
(A) 10 basic categories. 
(B) 100 basic categories.
(C) 1000 basic categories.
(D) 10000 basic categories.
Answer: (A)

Who devised Dewey Decimal Classification(DDC) System?
(A) Melville Dewey
(B) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(C) Tim Berners-Lee
(D) Vint Cerf
Answer: (A)

Call Number of a Book Means
(A) Book Number
(B) Class Number
(C) Both (A) and (B) are true
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C)

Accession Number means
(A) Call Number of a book
(B) Unique Number for a book inside a particular library.
(C) Book Number
(D) Class number Answer: (B)

Who is the Editor in Chief of 19th Edition of DDC
(A) Benjamin A. Custer 
(B) John P. Comaromi
(C) Winton E. Matthews
(D) John S. Mitchell
Answer: (A)

Who is the Editor in Chief of 20th Edition of DDC
(A) Benjamin A. Custer 
(B) John P. Comaromi
(C) Winton E. Matthews
(D) John S. Mitchell
Answer: (B)

Who is the Editor in Chief of 21st Edition of DDC
(A) Benjamin A. Custer
(B) John P. Comaromi
(C) Winton E. Matthews
(D) John S. Mitchell
Answer: (C)

Who is the Editor in Chief of 22nd Edition of DDC
(A) Benjamin A. Custer
(B) John P. Comaromi
(C) Winton E. Matthews
(D) John S. Mitchell
Answer: (D)

“POSDCORB” coined by
(A) Peter F. Drucker 
(B) Harold Koontz
(C) F.W. Taylor
(D) Luther Gulick
Answer: (D)

When Peter F.Drucker defined M.B.O.(Management by Objectives)?
(A) 1950
(B) 1960
(C)1954
(D) 1964
Answer: (C)

Who said the demand and supply theory of books?
(A) Melvil Dewey
(B) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(C) Mc Colvin
(D) Sayers Answer: (C)

"To provide the best books to the maximum readers at the least cost" said by
(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(B) P. N. Kaula
(C) E.Mayo
(D) Melvil Dewey
Answer: (D)

Question Bank for UGC-NET - 4

Theory X and Theory Y is developed by
(A) Louis Brandeis
(B) Douglas Mc Gregor
(C) Abraham Maslo
(D) Mayo
Answer: (B)

ISBN now consists of how many digit
(A) 10 
(B) 9
(C) 15
(D) 13
Answer: (D)

Herzberg’s theory deals with
(A) Staffing 
(B) Directing
(C) Motivation
(D) Planning
Answer: (C)

Who is the father of Scientific Management
(A) F.W. Taylor 
(B) Harold Koontz
(C) Peter F. Drucker
(D) Luther Gulick
Answer: (A)

CPM (Critical Path Method) is developed by
(A) Dupoint Company
(B) Aircraft Corporation
(C) IIM
(D) IBM
Answer: (A)

How many digits have in the ISSN 
(A) 10
(B) 8
(C) 13
(D) 15
Answer: (B)

Main use of Shelf list is
(A) Cataloging
(B) Circulation
(C) Stock Verification
(D) Book Selection
Answer: (C)

Theory X and Theory Y related to
(A) Planning 
(B) Motivation
(C) Directing
(D) Staffing
Answer: (B)

Which national agency in India is responsible for assigning the ISBN
(A) RRRLF
(B) BARC
(C) NCL
(D) National Library of India
Answer: (A)

Zero Base Budgeting system was propounded by
(A) Peter F. Drucker
(B) P.N. Kaula
(C) E.Mayo
(D) Pter Phyrr
Answer: (D)

When Zero Base Budgeting system was first prepared
(A)1950
(B) 1960
(C)1970
(D) 1980
Answer: (C)

Posting the right person at the right place is called                 
(A) Recruitment
(B) Coaching
(C) Deployment
(D) Induction
Answer: (A)

TQM is a system of continuous improvement employing participative management and centered on needs of the                 
(A) Customers
(B) Staff
(C) Organization
(D) Government
Answer: (C)

Financial support given to libraries are of two types - Recurring and
(A) Ad-hoc
(B) Endowments
(C) Annual
(D) Non-recurring
Answer: (B)

Principle of maximum aggregate benefit is concerned with    
(A) Growth of library
(B) Library use
(C) Library service
(D) Library fee
Answer: (C)

A budget which mainly covers items of current revenue and expenditure is called     
(A) Programme budget
(B) Welfare economics
(C) Current budgeting
(D) Capital budgeting
Answer: (D)


The library budget of a university is passed by the ?
(A) Senate
(B) Executive Council
(C) Academic Council
(D) Research Council
Answer: (B)

In fund accounting,fund can not be used for other purposes.
(A) Recurring
(B) Non-recurring
(C) Restricted
(D) Encumbering
Answer: (A)

Scrutiny of financial transactions is called
(A) Budgeting
(B) Programming
(C) Accounting
(D) Auditing
Answer: (D)

What are the two parts of the annual report of the library
(A) Primary and Secondary
(B) Analytical and Systematic
(C) Upper and Lower
(D) Descriptive and Statistical
Answer: (D)

Who is the pioneer of open access system in British libraries
(A) Nine e.Brown
(B) James Duff Brown
(C) John cotton dana
(D) S. R. Ranganathan
Answer: (B)

When was Browne charging system started? 
(A) 1895
(B) 1896
(C) 1899
(D) 1875
Answer: (A)

Who started New york Charging system? 
(A) Peter Drucker
(B) Elton Mayo
(C) John Cotton Dana
(D) Francis Bacon
Answer: (C)

When did electrically operated book charging system introduced first?
(A) 1926 
(B) 1905
(C) 1933
(D) 1932
Answer: (D)

How many columns are there in the accession register?
(A) 10 
(B) 12
(C) 14
(D) 16
Answer: (C)

When was PERT developed? 
(A) 1958
(B) 1968
(C) 1955
(D) 1948
Answer: (A)

Who had invented the MBO? 
(A) Eltomn Mayo
(B) Frederic Winslow Taylor
(C) Peter Drucker
(D) Kermeth Blanchard
Answer: (C) (1954)

PPBS relates to 
(A) Book selection 
(B) Journal selection
(C) Budgeting
(D) Library records
Answer: (C)

The standard “X” and theory “Y” was conceived by
(A) Peter F.Drucker
(B) Doughlas Mc Gregor
(C) Gulik and URwick
(D) Taylor
Answer: (B)

Zero based budget is concerned with
(A) Present
(B) Past
(C) Future
(D) Remote future
Answer: (C)

Who is the father of Classical School
(A) Lyndall Urwick
(B) Gulick
(C) Cutter
(D) Henri Fayol
Answer: (D)

Who coined the word POSDCORB 
(A) Henri Foyal
(B) Luther Gulick
(C) Herbert
(D) Elizabeth stone
Answer: (B)

Another term of PERT is
(A) CPM
(B) POSDCORB
(C) MBO
(D) HRM
Answer: (A)

POSDCORB is related to
(A) Library cataloguing
(B) Library reference service
(C) Library administration
(D) Library automation
Answer: (C)

Who introduced Three card system
(A) Krishan Kumar 
(B) C. K. Sharma
(C) Cutter
(D) S. R. Ranganathan
Answer: (D)

What are the standard size of the Accession Register is
(A) 16” * 12” 
(B) 16” * 13”
(C) 16” * 11”
(D) 16” * 18” Answer: (B)

A good library building is an outcome of librarian and                  .
(A) Registrar
(B) Building Corporation
(C) Finance Officer
(D) Architect
Answer: (D)

.......... are the storage areas for the various types of documents kept in a library.
A. Tasks  
B. Racks
C. Stacks
D. Desks
Answer (C)

Study carrels are exclusive areas meant for……………
A. students
B. public
C. women
D. researchers
Answer (D)

Library catalogue cards are filed in specially designed. drawers called                 
A. Charging tray
B. Catalogue cabinet
C. Display rack .
D. Filling equipment
Answer (B)

Information Gatekeepers come under sources. 
A documentary
B. human
C. institutional
D. neo-conventional
Answer (A)

…………… categorises documents into three types such as primary, secondary and tertiary.
A. Grogan
B. Skeltor
C. Dr.S.R. Ranganathan
D. Hanson
Answer (A)

...........is a legal document and can be used as a source of industrial information.
A. Report
B. Law Review
C. Patent
D. Specification
Answer (D)

In Encyclopaedia Britianica...acts as an index to macropaedia. 
A. Bibliography
B. Introduction Part
C. Propaedia
D. Micropaedia
Answer (D)

One of the book selection principles states that “the best reading for the largest number at the …Cost.”
A. maximum
B. medium
C. least
D. zero
Answer (C)

Payments for the books purchased can be made only after
A. accessioning 
B. classification
C Cataloguing
D arrangement in the shelve
Answer (A)

The standard size of an accession register is ? 
A.15” x 13”
B. 16 x 13”
C.12” x 5”
D. 5” x 3”
Answer (B)

ISBN stands for                 
A. Integrated Services Bibliographic Network
B. Indian Standard Book Number
C. International Standard Book Number
D. International Standard for Book and Non- book
Answer (C)

The three card system introduced by Ranganathan are 
(i) Register Card 
(ii) Check Card
(iii)……..
A. KARDEX B LINDEX
C. Ledger Card
D. Classified Index Card
Answer (D)

Technical section performs mainly two functions namely classification and………. 
A. accessioning
B. bills payment
C. cataloguing
D. shelving
Answer (C)

PRECIS was developed by Derek Austin for use in the                 
A. BNB
B. INB
C. ISBD
D. ISBN
Answer (A)

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Question Bank for UGC-NET - 3

Getting books back from the users and releasing the borrower’s ticket is known as
 A. charging
 B. holding
 C. reserving
 D. discharging
 Answer (D)

While entering the library, the personal belongings of a reader is kept in                
 A. Cloak room
 B. Property counter
 C. Gate counter
 D. Store room
 Answer (B)

Books misplaced on the shelves by readers are restored. This work is referred to as
 A. Shelving
 B. Stock verification
 C. Shelf rectification
 D. Shifting
 Answer (C)

Outdated and seldom used books are withdrawn from the library is known as
A. Shelving
B. Weeding
C. Circulating
D. Guiding
Answer (B)

The objective of library binding is...........of the library materials.
A. Proper organisation
B. accessibility.
C. durability
D. humidity control
Answer (C)

All part and pages of a volume are correctly sequenced in the first stage of binding process known as?
A. sewing
B. guard
C. pulling
D. collation
Answer (D)

Sheets before and after the text of a book are called      
A. End papers
B. Attach cover
C Head bands
D Gilding
Answer (A)

Leather being used as one of the binding materials i.e., ...... is the strongest leather.
A Roan
B. Imitation
C. Pig skin
D. Sheep skin
Answer (D)

........has prescribed certain standards for library binding.
A. ILA
B. ALA .
 C. BLA
D. NBT
Answer (B)

A skillful method of providing means mechanism and structural elements to. streamline organizational work is known as
A. Strategic planning
B. Role analysis
C. Work culture
D. Autonomous planning
Answer (A)

On which of the following technologies semantic web is not based?
(A) RDF
(B) Ontologies
(C) Cloud seeding
(D) URI
Answer: (C)

World Wide Web (WWW) was first designed by whom?
(A) Charles Babbage
(B) F. W. Lancaster
(C) Ted Nelson
(D) Tim Berner's Lee
Answer: (D)

Which generation computers uses integrated circuits(ICs)?
(A) First
(B) Second
(C) Third
(D) Fourth
Answer: (C)

The concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI) belongs to                                        
(A) Second Generation Computers
(B) Third Generation Computers
(C) Fourth Generation Computers
(D) Fifth Generation Computers Answer: (D)

Computer memory is measured in
(A) Bytes
(B) Kilobytes
(C) Megabytes
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D)

The term "Cyberspace" was first used by
(A) Andrew Pollock
(B) William Gibson
(C) John Postal
(D) Joe Flower
Answer: (B)

The term hypertext was coined by whom?
(A) Ted Nelson
(B) Vannevan Bush
(C) John Brown
(D) J. C. Kith
Answer: (A)

What are three types of basic languages used in computer programming?
(A) Zero, low and high levels
(B) COBOL, BASIC and PROLOG
(C) FOTRAN, PL/I and SNOWBOL
(D) Machine, Assembly and high level lannguages
Answer: (D)

When CD-ROM was prepared and made?
(A) 1985
(B) 1982
(C) 1980
(D) 1977
Answer: (A)

In how many ways switching system can be established?
(A) Two
(B) Three
(C) Five
(D) Seven
Answer: (B)


Which type of switching system is  telephone network?
(A) Circuit switching
(B) Packet switching
(C) Message switching
(D) None of the above
Answer: (A)

Which of the following software  is usful for word processing ?
(A) DBASE
(B) LIBSYS
(C) WordStar
(D) CDS/ISIS
Answer: (C)

NICNET and INDONET are the networks of which category?
(A) LAN
(B) MAN
(C) WAN
(D) IN
Answer: (C)


Who designed analytical engine?
(A) Charles Babbage
(B) Pascal
(C) James watt
(D) Boyl
Answer: (A)

Calculating machine is developed by
(A) Charles Babbage
(B) Pascal
(C) Shakuntala Devi
(D) Boyl
Answer: (B)

What is a bug?
(A) Computer Virus
(B) Error in Computer Configuration
(C) Error in a Programme
(D) None of these
Answer: (C)

Which is not a programming language?
(A) FORTRAN
(B) BASIC
(C) COBOL
(D) ASCII
Answer: (D)

ENIAC stands for?
(A) Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator
(B) Electrified Numerical Integration and Calculator
(C) Electronic Number Integrator and Calculator
(D) Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator
Answer: (A)

ISO-9960 is related with?
(A) Standard for encoding data on CD-ROM
(B) Standard for Computer Hardware
(C) Standard for Information Processing
(D) Standard for Networking
Answer: (A)

ASCII has how many codes?
(A) 256
(B) 526
(C) 265
(D) 254
Answer: (A)

Raw, unevaluated, unprocessed and unorganized facts is known as:
(A)  Data
(B)  Information
(C) Knowledge
(D)  Wisdom
Answer: (A)

INTERNET was initially developed by US Department of
(A)  Commerce
(B)  Defense
(C) Interior
(D) State
Answer: B

Information retrieval is fastest from
(A)  Floppy Disk
(B)  Magnetic Tape
(C) Hard Disk
(D)  None of the above
Answer: C

An University providing Open Access to Sanskrit  dissertations through Internet
(A)  Jawaharlal Nehru University
(B)  Delhi University
(C) Mahatma Gandhi University
(D) University of Madras
Answer: B

In which of the following the term “Truncation” is used
(A) Budgeting
(B) Search Formulation
(C) Coordination
(D) Classified bibliography
Answer: B

The term “Hypertext” was coined by
(A)  Garfield
(B)  Bill Gates
(C) Ted Nelson
(D) Raj Reddy Answer: (C)

UNIX is a
(A) Single user operating system
(B)  Double user operating system
(C) Triple user operating system
(D) Multi user operating system
Answer: *(D)

The CD alphabets in CDS/ISIS stands for
(A) Computerized Documentation
(B)  Condensed Disk
(C) Confirmed Disc
(D)  Compact Disc
Answer: A

LYCOS is a
(A)  search engine
(B)  programming language
(C) database
(D)  database vendor
Answer: A

Electronic telecommunications system joining millions of computers together.
(A) E-mail
(B) Internet
(C) US Mail
(D) UPS
Answer: B

Following is not a social bookmarking site:
(A) Digg
(B) Delicious
(C) Sqidoo
(D) Facebook
Answer: (C)

Following is not a network protocol:
(A) HTTP
(B) SMTP
(C) TCP/IP
(D) Z39.50
Answer: (D)

LOCKOSS (Software) is an international community initiative by:
(A) MIT Libraries
(B) Stanford University
(C) University of Waikato
(D) University of Southampton
Answer: (B)

Identify the odd one from the following:
(A) Koha
(B) VTLS
(C) SLIM++
(D) SOUL
Answer: (A)

Following is not a Web 2.0 tool:
(A) Blog
(B) Facebook
(C) UGC-INFONET 2.0
(D) RSS feeds
Answer: (C)

PDA stands for:
(A) Personal Digital Assistance
(B) Personal Document Archive (c) Personal Digital Archive
(D) Program Download Accessories
Answer: (A)

PLONE is a:
(A) Content Mnagement System
(B) Digital Library Software
(C) ILMS
(D) Federated Search Engine
Answer: (A)

Pi is the e-book reading device by:
(A) Amazon
(B) Sony
(C) Infibeam
(D) Nokia
Answer: (C)

Following is an example of microblogging:
(A) Wordpress
(B) Blogspot
(C) Livejournal
(D) Twitter
Answer: (D)

CCF stands for
(A) Common Communication Format
(B) Centre for Communication Format
(C) Committee for Communication Format
(D) Common Curriculum Format
Answer: (A)

In Which five year plan the INFLIBNET was established
(A) Fourth five year plan
(B) Fifth five year plan
(C) sixth five year plan
(D) seventh five year plan
Answer: (D)

INFLIBNET headquarters is located at
(A) Ahmedabad
(B) New Delhi
(C) Bangalore
(D) Chennai
Answer: (A) (Ahmedabad, Gujarat)

Resource sharing is a part of …
(A) Library cooperation
(B) Library administration
(C) Library management
(D) Library cataloguing
Answer: (A)

What is the full form of ERNET?
(A) Engineering Network
(B) Eastern Regional Network
(C) Electronic Research Network
(D) Education and Research Network
Answer: (D)

Which network in India provided the first e- mail service in the country?
(A) NICNET
(B) DELNET
(C) ERNET
(D) INFLIBNET
Answer: (C)

Who publishes Annals of Library Science and documentation?
(A) ILA
(B) INSDOC
(C) DRTC
(D) IASLIC
Answer: (B)

What is full text e-Resource ?
(A) JCCC
(B) ISID
(C) Science finder scholar
(D) ACS
Answer: (D) (American chemical society)

Which one is E-Bibliographic database?
(A) Nature
(B) Blackwell
(C) ISID
(D) Springer
Answer: (C)

Virtua accomadates Different version of the
MARC Standard?
(A) USMARC
(B) UKMARC
(C) CANMARC
(D) SWEMARC/All of above
Answer: (D)

Which  is the journal of Llibrary and
Information Science?
(A) Abacus
(B) Acta numerica
(C) Interlending and Document supply
(D) 4OR
Answer: (C)

The Electronic Library is......................
(A) A Magazine
(B) A Journal Name
(C) A LIbrary
(D) An Encyclopeadia
Answer: (B)

What is e-prints ?
(A) A catalogue
(B)  A journal
(C) A repository Software
(D) An encyclopeadia
Answer: (C)

What  two is a Library Management  Software for small libraries?
(A) Library Solution and Follet
(B) Follet and MSN
(C) MSN and Tar
(D) LYCOS and Live  Search
Answer: (A)

What is APS ?
(A) A Search Engine?
(B) A Full-text e-resourse
(C) Bibliographic database
(D) Library Management Software
Answer: (B)

Which one is Library and Information
Science Journal name?
(A) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB Book Guide
(B) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB Book journals
(C) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB Book Review
(D) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB E-Book
Answer: (A)

"Shodhganga" is a national level repository of:
(A) E-Books
(B) E-Journals
(C) E-Theses
(D) Journal Articles
Answer: (C)

Questionnaire is a :
(A) Research method
(B) Measurement Technique
(C) Tool for data collection
(D) All the above
Answer: (C)

Mean, Median and Mode are :
(A) Measures of deviation
(B) Ways of sampling
(C) Measures of control tendency
(D) None of the above
Answer: (D)

‘Cranfield Studies’ are an example of :
(A) Survey Research
(B) Experimental Research
(C) Historical Research
(D) Case Study
Answer: (B)

Research is
(A) Searching again and again
(B) Finding solution to any problem
(C) Working in a scientific way to search for truth of any problem
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C)

Which of the following is the first step in starting the research process?
(A) Searching sources of information to locate problem.
(B) Survey of related literature
(C) Identification of problem
(D) Searching for solutions to the problem
Answer: (C)

A common test in research demands much priority on
(A) Reliability
(B) Useability
(C) Objectivity
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D)

Action research means
(A) A longitudinal research
(B) An applied research
(C) A research initiated to solve an immediate problem
(D) A research with socioeconomic objective
Answer: (C)


A reasoning where we start with certain particular statements and conclude with a universal statement is called
(A) Deductive Reasoning
(B) Inductive Reasoning
(C) Abnormal Reasoning
(D) Transcendental Reasoning
Answer: (B)

Research is conducted to
I. Generate new knowledge
II. Not to develop a theory
III. Obtain research degree
IV. Reinterpret existing knowledge

Which of the above are correct?
(A) I, III & II
(B) III, II & IV
(C) II, I & III (D) I, III & IV Answer: (D)


Which of the following variables cannot be expressed in quantitative terms?
(A) Socio-economic Status
(B) Marital Status
(C) Numerical Aptitude
(D) Professional Attitude
Answer: (C)

The essential qualities of a researcher are
(A) Spirit of free enquiry
(B) Reliance on observation and evidence
(C) Systematization or theorizing of knowledge
(D) All the above
Answer: (D)

In the process of conducting research ‘Formulation of Hypothesis” is followed by
(A) Statement of Objectives
(B) Analysis of Data
(C) Selection of Research Tools
(D) Collection of Data
Answer: (C)

A research paper is a brief report of research work based on


(A) Primary Data only
(B) Secondary Data only
(C) Both Primary and Secondary Data
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C)


One of the following is not an open source software :
(A) D’space
(B) Windows
(C) Green-stone
(D) Linux
Answer: (B) Windows

When RRRLF was established?
(A) 1970
(B) 1971
(C) 1972
(D) 1974
Answer: (C)

Where is the headquarter of RRRLF?
(A) Banglore
(B) Delhi
(C) Calcutta
(D) Lucknow
Answer: (C)

Who provides the ISBN?
(A) Niscair
(B) Nissat
(C) Insdoc
(D) RRRLF
Answer: (D)

RRRLF provides the?
(A) ISSN
(B) ISBN
(C) CCF
(D) MARC
Answer: (B)

“It is a library with little or no physical presence of books, periodicals, reading space or support staff, but are that disseminate disseminate selective information directly to distribute library customers, usually electronically”. Said by whom?
(A) Kay Gapen
(B) Powell
(C) Sherwell
(D) H. G. Wells
Answer: (B)

”A library is a public institution or establishment charged with the care of collection of books, the duty of making them accessible to those who require the use of them and the task of converting every person in its neighborhood into a habitual library goers and reader of books.”Quoted by whom?
(A) Dr S R Ranganathan
(B) K.N.Raj
(C) C.A.Cutter
(D) W.C.Sayers
Answer: (A)

Classification of all types of libraries has been made by-
(A) IFLA
(B) UNISIST
(C) UNESCO
(D) INSDOC
Answer: (C)

”Special libraries serve a specialist clientele, located within a single establishment or group and all engaged in working towards one common purpose.” Who said this
(A) R.Astall
(B) UNESCO
(C) J.D.Brown
(D) E.C.Richardson
Answer: (A)

Reading centre’s, story hours, exhibitions and reading to literature are forms of …
(A) Extension service
(B) Service of a public library
(C) Both
(D) None
Answer: (C)

Which library first introduced the printed catalog
(A) British Museum
(B) Library of Congress
(C) Lelin State
(D) Imperial Library
Answer: (A)

Informal self education is possible in what kind of library?
(A) National Library
(B) Public Library
(C) Specific Library (D) College Library
Answer: (B)