week 2 lesson

Question 1

The “book” is also known in Latin as?

Answer 1

liber

Question 2

The “library” is known in Roman & Greek as?

Answer 2

bibliotheca

Question 3

Library Science is a personal knowledge & skill with which recorded information is what to meet the clientele’s needs?

Answer 3

selected, acquired, organized, stored, maintained, retrieved, disseminated

Question 4

What is Information?

Answer 4

is a data-represented in readily comprehensible form

Question 5

What is information science?

Answer 5

a systematic study, analysis, and discipline that deals with the processes of storing & transferring information.

Question 6

What are the key important words about Library & Information Science?

Answer 6

organization, collecting, selecting, storing, and retrieval.

Question 7

What is a librarian?

Answer 7

a professionally trained personnel responsible for the care of libraries and their contents.

Question 8

What is the additional role of a librarian?

Answer 8

manage and mediate access to information which are available in electronic form (online environment)

Question 8

What is the additional role of a librarian?

Answer 8

manage and mediate access to information which are available in electronic form (online environment)

Question 9

What are the three main kinds of librarian work:

Answer 9

• selecting materials for the library
• organizing them
• find & use and helping people to get materials

Question 10

What is a reference librarian?

Answer 10

pursues deeper wisdom and understand all the questions in order to guide a clientele or provide answers to a clientele’s questions

Question 11

What is a school librarian?

Answer 11

work closely with teachers in helping students build a reading habit, learning study skills, and understand how to use a library.

Question 12

What is a cataloger?

Answer 12

examines every book and other media collections in the library to determine what they are about

Question 13

What is an acquisition librarian/collection management librarian?

Answer 13

specializes in locating and ordering materials

Question 14

What is a media specialist?

Answer 14

prepares the bibliographies/has an expertise in all media usage

Question 15

What is a public librarian?

Answer 15

provides unrestricted access to library and service fees to the whole community given that it is public-funded

Question 16

The profession devoted to applying theory and technology to the creation, selection, organization, management, preservation, dissemination, and utilization of collections of information in all formats

Answer 16

Librarianship

Question 17

a type of librarian that specialized in information retrieval, often holding a Masters degree in library science. This informative individual can be located at the reference desk in the library.

Answer 17

Reference Librarian

Question 18

What title do libraries give to books and materials that are in high demand, often those required for specific courses?

Answer 18

The Reserve Collection

Question 19

alphanumeric code that accurately identifies and locates materials in a library’s collection. These numbers are typically found on the spine of the book and correspond to the library catalog collection.

Answer 19

The call number

Question 20

What Amherst College graduate worked in the school library prior to being named “The Father of Modern Librarianship”?

Answer 20

Melvin Dewey

Question 21

Any publication which appears more or less regularly, such as daily, weekly, or monthly, falls under the category of? This includes newspapers, magazines, and of course, almanacs.

Answer 21

serials