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What does Information Technology (IT) encompass?

Technologies that help produce, manipulate, store, communicate, and disseminate information (correct)
Technologies specific to mobile devices
Technologies related to library shelving units
Technologies used for rebinding books and classifying items in a collection

What are the two main reasons technology is used in libraries?

To serve the needs of the library’s community and streamline workflow (correct)
To digitize all library resources and automate cataloging
To reduce costs and increase staff productivity
To implement complex technological systems and improve security

From where do library technologies come?

Those created specifically for libraries and library work, those created within the larger world and adapted for use in libraries, those brought into libraries without much alteration (correct)
Those brought into libraries without much alteration, those created specifically for libraries and library work, those created within the larger world and adapted for use in libraries
Exclusively from the larger world and adapted for use in libraries, those created specifically for libraries and library work, those brought into libraries without much alteration
Those created within the larger world and adapted for use in libraries, those brought into libraries without much alteration, those created specifically for libraries and library work

What is the scope of technology in libraries?

<p>Encompasses both the products and the processes, including methods of rebinding books, classifying items, and products such as full-text periodical databases and mobile devices (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers