CBSE Academic XII STD Library & Information Science Sample Question Paper 2017-18

Name of the Board : CBSE Academic
Class : XII STD
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
Subject : Library And Information Science
Year : 2017-18
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Library & Information Science Question :

General Instructions :
** There are 28 questions.

Related : CBSE Academic Library & Information Science Sample Question Paper 2016 – 17 : www.pdfquestion.in/10107.html

** Question nos. 1-11 are very short answer questions carrying 1 mark each. Answer to these questions should not exceed 40 words.
** Question nos. 12-22 are short answer questions carrying 3 marks each. Answer to these questions should be between 80-100 words.

** Question nos. 23-28 are long answer questions carrying 6 marks each. Answer to these questions should not exceed 200 words.

** All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice has been provided in two questions of six marks. You have to attempt only one of the choices in such questions.

Q1. What do you mean by stack maintenance?
Q2. Why is reservation of library material required?
Q3. Name all the volumes of 19th edition of DDC.

Q4. What is the main purpose of ISBD?
Q5. Differentiate between Class Number and Book Number.
Q6. If the required documents are not available in the library then which type of information services will be provided by the library?

Q7. What is the purpose of Reference Services?
Q8. What is value added information services?
Q9. How does cloud computing help libraries?

Q10. What do you mean by Institutional Repositories?
Q11. Differentiate between passive information service and active information service.
Q12. Write three different categories of library collection.

Q13. What are the main objectives of user education? Mention any three.
Q14. Differentiate between Facets and Isolates in the context of Library Classification.
Q15. What is personality facet and how can it be recognized?

Q16. Why are Inspection and Stamping in the technical processing of books/documents considered necessary?
Q17. Explain different User’s Approach to Information.

Q18. You have been assigned the work of reference service. Write the steps to be followed for delivering the Current Awareness Service.
Q19. How is the application of ICT in libraries beneficial?

Q20. How does automation help circulation desk?
Q21. Elaborate the merits and demerits of Open Source Software.
OR Explain the Boolean Operators and their impact on search result while connecting two keyword “A” and “B”.

Q22. As a Librarian, would you prefer automation of your library? Justify your answer.
Q23. Discuss the different selection criteria for documentary sources.
Q24. What is stock verification? Enlist two main advantages of stock verification. Explain different methods of stock verification.

Q25. You have been assigned the duty of classification. Explain the steps of classifying a book titled “Feeding of Cattle in India”.
Q26. Before shelving or issuing of newly acquired books, what are different steps that are followed in technical processing?
Q27. What is SDI service? How is this service provided to the user? OR Discuss the use of mobile application in libraries.

Q28. Why should a library opt for open source library automation software instead of proprietary software? OR Discuss the problems faced in Manual Library Housekeeping operations.

Answer/Key Point(s) Marks :
1. Stack maintenance in any library is one of the most important functions as it helps the users of the library to locate the required books from their place on the shelves. 1

2. If documents are not available, as they are borrowed by other members, the Circulation Section reserves the document required by the user and informs the user when it becomes available for circulation. 1

3. The 19th edition of DDC has three volumes : Volume 1: Introduction & Tables Volume 2: Schedules Volume 3: Relative Index 1
4. The main purpose of the ISBD is to provide a standard form of bibliographic description that could be used to exchange records internationally. 1

5. The class number of a document is an ordinal number representing the position of a class in scheme of classification and also the subject matter of the document.

A book number is the ordinal number which fixes the position of a document in a library relative to other document belonging to the same class. ½ ½

6. Referral Service. 1
7. The purpose of reference services is to facilitate access to information. 1

8. “Value added‟ information services are those services which have an added value to the original in order to make them more useful for the users. 1

9. Cloud computing helps libraries to :
** Share searchable library data;
** Host websites;
** Develop cloud based digital libraries/repositories. (any two) ½ ½

10. An Institutional Repository is an electronic archive of the scientific and scholarly output of an institution, stored in a searchable digital format for later use.

11. Passive information services are provided in response to the requests from the library users while Active information services are provided in anticipation of the needs of the library users. ½