GST104 Question: What is the first daily task of the circulation department? Answer: Shelving of all books consulted by library users the previous day. Question: The staff responsible for taking statistics of the books consulted by users is Answer: Circulation staff Question: The major source of funding of public libraries is Answer: Public taxes Question: The basic difference between a public library and other types of libraries is that the main aim of public library is to provide the information needs of Answer: General public Question: When a reader asks a specific question relating to the use of library materials in the reference sections, this type of query is known as Answer: Quick reference question Question: Research outcomes and results from original research work fall into _____ sources of information Answer: Primary Question: Below are the three major components of open educational resources EXCEPT Answer: Teaching content Question: Journals have the following types of access EXCEPT Answer: Classified Question: Below are open access journals in Humanities EXCEPT Answer: Organic Syntheses Question: Below are open access journals in Education EXCEPT Answer: West African Journal of Education Question: Below are open access journals in Economics EXCEPT Answer: Logical Methods in Economics Question: Below are examples of institutional repository EXCEPT Answer: Open Engineering Question: The main class for “science” in LC is Answer: Q Question: The main class for “religion” in Dewey decimal classification is Answer: 200 Question: What is used to further divide subjects into more specific subject areas in Dewey classification? Answer: Decimal point (.) Question: What type of catalogue is very sensitive in spelling and may retrieve different information due to error. Answer: Online catalogue Question: What classification scheme has its language class merged with Literature class? Answer: UDC Question: The 35 main classes of Bliss classification scheme consist of __ numerical and ____ alphabetical classes. Answer: 9, 26 Question: What classification scheme was purposely designed to help remove the short comings observed in class K-Law, in the library of congress classification scheme? Answer: Moy’s Question: The fact that copies of information on the net can be speedily delivered to users on demand has helped to remove Answer: The challenge of geographical distance to information Question: Digital libraries can help to solve the following problems EXCEPT Answer: Information explosion Question: Digital libraries interface design should be all of the following EXCEPT Answer: Highly sophisticated Question: How often should you keep to your study schedule? Answer: Daily Question: In order to improve your grades you are advised to do the following EXCEPT Answer: Cram Question: In order to study without interruption you have to equip your study area with the following materials EXCEPT Answer: Musical equipment Question: The process of reading questions at the beginning/ end of the chapters or after each subheading in SQ3R is known as Answer: Questioning Question: In order to connect reading to your everyday life you have to engage in the following EXCEPT Answer: Read only when you feel like Question: There are grievous penalties upon any infringement on the following EXCEPT Answer: Fair use Question: In what year was the world’s first copyright law (statute of Anne) enacted in England? Answer: 1710 Question: What was the main purpose of the Berne convention in 1886? Answer: to provide mutual recognition of copyright between nation states Question: The acronym AMS in referencing style stands for Answer: American Meteorological Society Question: The acronym OSCOLA in referencing style stands for Answer: Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities Question: Where is the reference list of every academic/ research work located? Answer: At the end Question: Where multiple sources are used by same author, citations are listed in order by Answer: The date of publication. Question: In referencing a book what punctuation mark is used after the place of publication? Answer: Colon (:) Question: The librarian at the ________________ section of the library is responsible for charging and discharging of library resources Answer: circulation Question: Only registered library users are allowed to borrow books and other library resources True or False? Answer: True Question: Potential library users are required to ________________ before being permitted to use the library Answer: Register Question: Before you are allowed to go home with a borrowed book from the library, it must be stamped with ________________ stamp Answer: Date-due Question: style="text-align:left">A fine is usually charged per day for overdue books True or False? Answer: True Question: In order to know what book to borrow, the user may check the various catalogues which could be manual or electronic True or False? Answer: True Question: The ________________ mark indicates the location of the book on the shelf. Answer: Class Question: A borrowed book can be renewed if such book is NOT on reserve True or False? Answer: True Question: Academic libraries are under a board to serve the public True or False? Answer: False Question: Public libraries provide basic services for a fee True or False? Answer: False Question: Public libraries support both individual and self-conducted education as well as formal education at all levels True or False? Answer: True Question: Quick reference questions are everyday questions that readers regularly ask reference librarians True or False? Answer: True Question: Quick reference questions are NOT easily answered by mere consultation of specific reference source, such as almanacs, biographies, yearbooks, dictionaries True or False? Answer: False Question: Search questions cannot be met by one single reference source in the library True or False? Answer: True Question: Research questions do NOT Require comprehensive reference sources True or False? Answer: False Question: Vertical files usually contain sources of miscellaneous information True or False? Answer: True Question: It is NOT necessary to keep records of user’s queries True or False? Answer: False Question: Current awareness service is a personalized library service True or False? Answer: False Question: Resource sharing and collaboration is one of the new trends in librarianship True or False? Answer: True Question: All libraries should be able to meet the information needs of all its users at all times True or False? Answer: False Question: Heavily used materials stand the risk of being stolen or ________________ if kept on open shelves Answer: Mutilated Question: Research and information needs of users of special libraries are fairly homogeneous True or False? Answer: True Question: Information is being generated and transmitted by individuals on daily basis True or false? Answer: True Question: Document titles and abstracts CANNOT Help you find good descriptors when searching through literature True or false? Answer: False Question: A database may be dedicated to a single subject or cover several subjects True or False? Answer: True Question: In a card catalogue, cards for new materials can be added quickly and cards for those items no longer in the collection can be easily removed True or False? Answer: True Question: The card catalogue is NOT easy to use True or False? Answer: False Question: The card catalogue are NOT alphabetical arrangement True or False? Answer: False Question: Miss-filing and miss-shelving may not necessarily cause problems in the library True or False? Answer: False Question: Expensive equipment is required for users to have access and use microform catalogue True or False? Answer: True Question: With an online catalogue, users can retrieve ________________ in a variety of ways. Answer: Information Question: Training is needed for the users to optimally use online catalogue True or False? Answer: True Question: The purpose of library classification is to provide a comprehensive view of the documents on a given subject True or False? Answer: True Question: The basic aim of librarianship is to bring the user in contact with a specific document or information True or False? Answer: True Question: ________________ is the main class for “Technology”in Dewey decimal classification Answer: 600