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Arrange the following individuals chronologically by their year of birth:

i) C. A. Cutter ii) B. S. Kesavan iii) Melvil Dewey iv) Paul Otlet

  • iv, iii, i, ii
  • i, iii, iv, ii (correct)
  • ii, i, iii, iv
  • iv, ii, i, iii

Tipasa is a service provided by which organization?

  • OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) (correct)
  • ALA (American Library Association)
  • LC (Library of Congress)
  • IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)

What does the acronym PADI stand for in the context of digital information?

  • Preserving Academic Digital Information
  • Public Academic Digital Information
  • Public Access and Digital Information
  • Preserving Access to Digital Information (correct)

OWL (Web Ontology Language) is primarily categorized as what type of technology?

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Where is the headquarters of the Internet2 Consortium located?

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Which institution was responsible for creating the Internet Public Library?

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The Madras Library Association issued the first edition of the Colon Classification in which year?

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In which year was the Library Association's Cataloguing Rules Sub-Committee reconstituted?

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Which statistical test is appropriate for assessing the relationship between two ordinal variables?

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What term describes the difference between the mean of a researcher's sample and the mean of the population?

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RightsStatements.org provides rights statements primarily for what type of resources?

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What does the 5th element of a 13-digit ISBN number represent?

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RDF (Resource Description Framework) Schema definitions primarily include which of the following?

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In a rigidly-faceted classification system, how are the facets and their citation order determined?

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Who is credited with the creation of the first websites?

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In Colon Classification, what do empty-emptying digits refer to?

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The PASCII Standards for encoding languages are based on which set of languages?

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Who is known as the founder of OCLC (Online Computer Library Center)?

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Arrange the following acts in chronological order:

i) Information Technology Act ii) Right to Information Act iii) Free Access to Science and Technology Research Act iv) Digital Millennium Copyright Act

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In library science, Dr. S.R. Ranganathan conceptualized the library as a trinity consisting of what elements?

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Flashcards

What is OWL?

Web Ontology Language; a computational logic based language used to verify knowledge consistency.

What is sampling error?

The difference between sample mean and population mean.

What does the 5th element of ISBN denote?

A number denoting the check digit in a thirteen digit ISBN

What does RDF Schema include?

Classes and properties within the RDF Schema.

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What are facets in rigid classification?

Fixed positions of facets.

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Who created the first website?

Tim Berners-Lee

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What is System Analysis?

Collecting facts, identifying problems, system decomposition

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Canon of Currency belongs to which plane?

Verbal Plane

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What estimates likelihood and outcome of future events?

Delphi Research

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What did Ranganathan visualize as a library?

Staff, Readers, and Books

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Provided who the Linear Model of Communication?

C.E. Shannon and W. Weaver

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Who develops web guidelines?

W3C

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When did Shibboleth project start?

2000

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Who founded W3C?

Tim Berners-Lee

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Who wrote Human Behaviour?

George Kingsley Zipf

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Where is Softlink based?

Brisbane

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First introduction of relative location in classification?

DDC

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What is Assigned Indexing also known as?

Concept indexing

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What is the Federal Trademark Act 1946 known as?

Lanham Act

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Who introduced G index?

Leo Egghe

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LIS Paper - 1 Sample Questions

  • Chronological Order: Correct order by birth year is C.A. Cutter (1837), Melvil Dewey (1851), Paul Otlet (1868), B. S. Kesavan (1909).
  • OpenAthens Launch: OpenAthens was launched as 'Athens' in 2001.
  • Tipasa Service: Tipasa is a service provided by OCLC.
    • Tipasa is a cloud-based interlibrary loan (ILL) management system streamlining resource sharing.
  • PADI Full Form: PADI stands for Preserving Access to Digital Information.
  • OWL Definition: OWL is a computational logic-based language used to verify knowledge consistency and make implicit knowledge explicit.
  • Internet2 Headquarters: The headquarters of the Internet2 Consortium is located in Arbor, Michigan.
  • Internet Public Library Creator: The Internet Public Library was created by the University of Michigan's School of Information.
  • Colon Classification Issuer: The Colon Classification was issued in 1933 by the Madras Library Association.
  • Library Association's Cataloguing Rules Sub-Committee: The Library Association's Cataloguing Rules Sub-Committee was reconstituted in 1951.
  • Ordinal Variables Test: Spearman's rho is used to assess the relationship between two ordinal variables.
  • Sample Mean Difference: The difference between a researcher's sample mean and the population mean is known as sampling error.
  • Rights Statements: Rights Statements.org rights statements relate to cultural heritage institutions.
  • ISBN-13 5th Element: The 5th element of a 13-digit ISBN number denotes the check digit.
    • ISBN-13 Structure: Includes a prefix element (3 digits), registration group element, registrant element, publication element, and check digit.
  • RDF Schema: RDF Schema definitions include classes and properties.
  • Rigidly-Faceted Classification: Facets and citation order are fixed in Rigidly-Faceted Classification.
  • First Website Credit: Tim Berners Lee is credited with the creation of the first websites.
  • Colon Classification Digits: Empty-emptying digits in Colon Classification refer to U, W, Y.
  • PASCII Encoding: PASCII Standards for encoding languages is based on Kashmiri, Persian, Sindhi, and Urdu.
  • Fred Kilgour: Fred Kilgour is the founder of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).
  • Chronological Order (Acts): Correct order is Information Technology Act, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Right to Information Act, Free Access to Science and Technology Research Act.
  • International Cataloguing Principles Publication: The Statement of International Cataloguing Principles was published in 2009 by IFLA.
  • System Definition: System Analysis describes the process of collecting and interpreting facts, identifying problems, decomposing a system.
  • Canon of Currency: Canon of Currency belongs to the verbal plane.
  • Future Events Research: Delphi research is used for estimating the likelihood and outcome of future events.
  • Library System Trinity: S.R. Ranganathan visualized the library as a trinity of Staff, Readers, and Books.
  • Deductive Theory: Deductive theory of research is commonly associated with quantitative research.
  • Open Access Repository: The first ever formal Open Access repository launched was arxiv.org.
  • Linear Model of Communication: C.E. Shannon and W. Weaver provided the Linear Model of Communication.
  • Web Growth: W3C develops protocols and guidelines for long-term web growth.
  • Shibboleth Project Year: The Shibboleth project started in 2000.
    • Shibboleth is a widely used identity management system, emerging as an Internet2 middleware activity.
  • W3C Founder: Tim Berners-Lee founded the W3C.
  • Human Behavior Book: George Kingsley Zipf wrote "Human Behaviour and the Principle of Least Effort".
  • WorldCat Support: This question was deleted.
  • Alice Developer: The developer of Alice for Windows, Softlink, is based in Brisbane.
  • Modern System: DDC was the first timely Modern System, introducing relative locations and indexes.
  • Assigned Indexing: Assigned Indexing is also known as concept indexing.
  • Federal Trade Mark Act: The Federal Trade Mark Act 1946 is known as the Lanham Act.
  • Null Hypothesis: ANOVA is used in the text null hypothesis.
  • g index Originator: Leo Egghe introduced the g index.
  • Elli Model Features: Elli's Behavioural Model consists of 8 features.

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