Library Science True Or False

Front 1

Although the old fashioned card catalog is/was easily updated, the problem is/was in typing all of the separate cards for the various entries (author, title, etc.).

Back 1

True

Front 2

"Key words" are a relatively new method of searching devised with the advent of computerization.

Back 2

False

Front 3

In most card catalogs and online databases, the bibliographic record supplies the physical and intellectual description of the item and its location in the collection.

Back 3

True

Front 4

Today the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR) is the publication that catalogers consult for standard cataloging rules to create bibliographic records.

Back 4

True

Front 5

Very few library functions (such as cataloging) were affected by computerization.

Back 5

False

Front 6

The reason that CIP information is often erroneous is due to changes between the time the book is cataloged and when it is actually published.

Back 6

True

Front 7

When the MARC format was developed, it was based on descriptive cataloging of books. Now the library field has the challenge of organizing and describing metadata.

Back 7

True

Front 8

According to Taylor , the "information package" is the item being described, be it a book, videotape, or a web site.

Back 8

True

Front 9

Although the Library of Congress provides hundreds of millions of cataloging records at no cost, there are items in a school library collection that cannot be located in the LC catalog.

Back 9

True

Front 10

Because CIP information is created before an item is published, there may be errors in the cataloging.

Back 10

True

Front 11

Copy catalogers should know about free and fee-based databases available because all catalogers have the need for assistance.

Back 11

True

Front 12

Although there are several fee-based programs to assist catalogers, the best one for school media centers is the OCLC database.

Back 12

False

Front 13

Because no one database is perfect for all needs, we should look at more than just one. Also, we must always examine the bib records for accuracy and completeness.

Back 13

True

Front 14

There are many sites on the Internet that supply quality cataloging at no cost.

Back 14

True

Front 15

Copy cataloging allows catalogers to use records from other libraries. When we use these other records, we must accept them as they are and make no changes.

Back 15

False

Front 16

The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has developed a standard communications protocol called Z39.50 (pronounced "zee-thirty-nine-dot-fifty"). Because of this protocol, it is possible to search any Internet library database using familiar commands and to retrieve and download records belonging to that library.

Back 16

True

Front 17

One distinctive feature of the following online catalogs -- Access Pennsylvania and CowlNet -- is that they are searchable by Sears subject headings.

Back 17

True

Front 18

It may be practical for small libraries to use a book catalog or a card catalog, but for larger libraries, the online catalog is the best for their purposes.

Back 18

True

Front 19

The chief source of information for a DVD is the container if the title screen and/or label are missing.

Back 19

True

Front 20

MARC 21 -- despite complaints that it is archaic -- is the standard format used today for organizing data.

Back 20

True

Front 21

The information in Area 1 corresponds to information recorded in only the 245 tag.

Back 21

False

Front 22

When we refer to Area 4 as "Imprint," we recognize this to be the same as "Publication, Distribution, etc."

Back 22

True

Front 23

ISBNs are located in the Standard Numbers area. A MARC record may contain more than one ISBN based on different formats of the item.

Back 23

True

Front 24

"Signposts" may be in text format or in MARC tag format.

Back 24

True

Front 25

If a community college were to publish a college catalog, the main entry would be a corporate main entry under the name of the community college.

Back 25

True

Front 26

Using the MARC standard prevents duplication of work and allows libraries to better share bibliographic resources and to acquire data that is predictable and reliable.

Back 26

True

Front 27

When a book has an author and an illustrator (two different people), record the illustrator as an added entry.

Back 27

True

Front 28

When there are five (5) authors responsible for a work, list the first named author as the personal main entry.

Back 28

False

Front 29

There is only one main entry, and it is the most important heading. All of the other headings (access points) are added entries.

Back 29

True

Front 30

Subfield codes are one lowercase letter (occasionally a number) preceded by a delimiter.

Back 30

True

Front 31

As copy cataloging and purchased cataloging take the place of original cataloging, Sears headings will probably fall into disuse.

Back 31

True

Front 32

If a book is an autobiography, the MARC record will have a 600 tag for the personal name of the author.

Back 32

True

Front 33

If "$2 gsafd" is recorded in the subject heading field, this subject heading is describing a fiction item.

Back 33

True

Front 34

References to and from similar subject headings are very much the same in Sears as in LCSH.

Back 34

True

Front 35

Subject headings are typically single-word entries used to convey a concept or topic.

Back 35

True

Front 36

Topical subject headings are located in the 651 tag in MARC format.

Back 36

False

Front 37

When the second indicator value is "7" in 6XX tags, this means that the subject headings are from LCSH.

Back 37

False

Front 38

Controlled vocabularies of subject terms are known as subject headings. The two most common lists of subject headings used worldwide are the LCSH and Sears.

Back 38

True

Front 39

The benefit of controlled vocabulary searching is that all items with the same subject heading will be retrieved.

Back 39

True

Front 40

Keyword searching is just as precise as searching by subject headings.

Back 40

False

Front 41

The Library of Congress Annotated Card headings were created to meet the needs of cataloging children's materials. LC/AC headings are more general and less technical than LCSH.

Back 41

True

Front 42

It is probably safe to say that school libraries have both LCSH and Sears subject headings in their library catalogs.

Back 42

True

Front 43

If a cataloger does not know the proper form of a person's name, the cataloger should make up a name entry as best as he/she can.

Back 43

False

Front 44

Subdivisions of subjects in MARC records use subfields such as $v and $x. If a librarian is subdividing a subject according to the type/form of the publication (for example: "Fiction" or "Juvenile literature"), he/she should use the $v subfield.

Back 44

True

Front 45

Authority control refers to the linking of various forms of a name or subject heading. "See" and "See also" references make these linkages.

Back 45

True

Front 46

All fiction books, regardless of language or nationality, must be shelved together.

Back 46

False

Front 47

Although an item may have several subject headings, the choice of the classification number actually places the item on the shelf.

Back 47

True

Front 48

Books or other library materials with similar Dewey Decimal numbers are about similar subjects.

Back 48

True

Front 49

In the United States, only 45% of all school and public libraries use the DDC.

Back 49

False

Front 50

Library of Congress call numbers begin with numbers, followed by letters.

Back 50

False

Front 51

The DDC lists a specific geographical number for each state in the United States.

Back 51

True

Front 52

The more complex a DDC number, the more specialized the topic.

Back 52

True

Front 53

Authority control refers to the linking of various forms of a name or subject heading. "See" and "See also" references make these linkages.

Back 53

True

Front 54

All fiction books, regardless of language or nationality, must be shelved together.

Back 54

False

Front 55

Although an item may have several subject headings, the choice of the classification number actually places the item on the shelf.

Back 55

True

Front 56

Books or other library materials with similar Dewey Decimal numbers are about similar subjects.

Back 56

True

Front 57

In the United States, only 45% of all school and public libraries use the DDC.

Back 57

False

Front 58

Library of Congress call numbers begin with numbers, followed by letters.

Back 58

False

Front 59

The DDC lists a specific geographical number for each state in the United States.

Back 59

True

Front 60

The more complex a DDC number, the more specialized the topic.

Back 60

True

Front 61

Area 5, Physical Description, is concerned with describing the "extent" of the item. If there are no page numbers in a children's picture book, one option is to record the number of volumes and note that it is unpaged.

Back 61

False

Front 62

Automated systems automatically enclose the series statement in parentheses.

Back 62

False

Front 63

"Imprint" is a term used for the publishing information located in tag 260.

Back 63

False

Front 64

Part of the "extent" of item of an audiocassette or a DVD is the running time. If the time given on the item or the container is approximate, record that running time preceded by the abbreviation "ca."

Back 64

False

Front 65

A "display constant" is the information the computer inserts into the record automatically that will show up in the public record of the item.

Back 65

False

Front 66

The authors recommend that instead of using the various 5XX tags for specific notes, that librarians make it easy on themselves and use the 500 tag for all notes.

Back 66

False

Front 67

There are several considerations in the decision to create a new bib record. In general, if there is a change in publisher, this constitutes a different edition and requires a new record.

Back 67

False

Front 68

With an integrated system all function modules share a common bibliographic database.

Back 68

False

Front 69

Maintaining a collection of electronic resources takes no more time than maintaining a book collection.

Back 69

False

Front 70

When cataloging the parent site in Internet resources, use the home screen as the chief source of information.

Back 70

False

Front 71

Although thought archaic by today's cataloging theoreticians, the MARC record has a field for electronic links to Internet sites. The authors, however, believe that school librarians are too busy to create those links for their users.

Back 71

False