LIS Notes for Copmpetitive Examination - 30:Quotes in LIS

 

Francis Bacon: Said that “some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested”.

M. C. Yovits: Stated that Information is data of value to decision making.

Madden, Moon, Moore, Mc Pheron: Stated that “Librarianship is not a profession”.

Melvil Dewey: Quoted “To provide the best books to the maximum readers at the least cost”.

Powell: Stated ”It is a library with little or no physical presence of books, periodicals, reading space or support staff, but are that disseminate disseminate selective information directly to distribute library customers, usually electronically”.

R. Astall: Stated “Special libraries serve a specialist clientèle, located within a single establishment or group and all engaged in working towards one common purpose.”

T. S. Eliot: Stated “Where is the Wisdom, We Lost in Knowledge…”

LIS Notes for Copmpetitive Examination - 29:Mnemonics Devices in Library Classification

 

In library classification, the mnemonics means the power of adding the memory that means some of its notational symbols have more or less the same significance through out the classification schedule. Colon classification scheme is best example of mnemonics. Dr. S R Ranganathan has used four types of mnemonics in colon classification.

(a) verbal mnemonics

(b) schedule mnemonics

(c) seminal mnemonics

(d) systematic mnemonics

Verbal mnemonics

Verbal mnemonics is the letter for notational symbol for a class and subclass. So the verbal mnemonics consist in representing a class by first or more letter generally maximum three letters in the name. First letter should be English capital and after may be small but only alphabet are used. For example

(According to Colon Classification 6.0)

Basmati Rice J381 B

Begmi Rice J381 Be

Scheduled mnemonics 

 

Scheduled mnemonics can be defined a systemic list of divisions, tables or parts of schedules. According to Dr. Ranganathan , “a scheme of classification should include a preliminary set of schedules of isolate likely to occur in any array of some order or other of all or several classes or it should refer any recurrent sets of isolates to the one schedule of them given in connection with an appropriate basic class”.

Scheduled mnemonics consists following devices

(1) Common isolate Device

(2) Geographical Device

(3) Chronological Device

(4) Subject Device

(5) Facet Device

(6) Phase Device

Examples:

Encyclopedia of social science SZk

Flora of India I:12.44

Fauna of India K:12.44

Anatomy of neck L17:2

Anatomy of eye L184:2

Seminal mnemonics

Seminal mnemonics means specified digit should be seminally equivalent to entire schedule that means the same concepts is represented by the same term and also same number in entire schedule, if any conflict occurs, then we simply say that particular classification schedule ignore this concept. In colon classification entire schedule divide into seminal mnemonics such as

Number Meaning

1 Fundamentals, preliminary, persons

2 Structure, parts, forms, constitute

3 Function, syntax, method analysis

4 Fault, disease, pathology

5 Liquid, blood, environment

6 Money, finance, evolution, movement

7 Personality, composition, growth, produce

8 Management, organization

Systematic mnemonics

Systematic mnemonics represent the sequence of isolate in array that means the schedule arrange according to some rules such as later-in-time, arrangement of isolates according any principles. Colon classification gives well defined systematic mnemonics such as in Medicine Main Class(L) the class number arranged according to human body structure from upper parts to lower. Space schedule arranged according to most nearest to far distance. Similarly we can also examine the main class Psychology(S), the personality facet [p] are arranged according to growth such as new born, toddler, boy, middle age and old age.

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LIS Notes for Copmpetitive Examination - 28:Page Rank

  PageRank is an algorithm used by Google Search to rank websites in their search engine results. PageRank was named after Larry Page, one of the founders of Google. PageRank is a way of measuring the importance of website pages. According to Google, “PageRank works by counting the number and quality of links to a page to determine a rough estimate of how important the website is. The underlying assumption is that more important websites are likely to receive more links from other websites.”

LIS Notes for Copmpetitive Examination - 27: Index Indiana

INDEX INDIANA is a publication of Central Reference Library Kolkatta. It is an index to trace the periodical literature appearing in the Indian Language periodicals. The first issue of the Index Indiana appeared as quarterly in 1977 and since 1981 it is being published as annual cumulated volumes. As a beginning 6 languages viz. Bengali, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil and Malayalam periodicals are covered. Indexing articles pertaining to Indian Literature, Social Science, Indian Systems of Medicine, Folk literature, Social Science, Philosophy etc. could be of great help to research scholars. For science and technology etc. such publications are already available. Due to lack of language competent professionals certain languages goes unrepresented occasionally. Efforts are being to include all Indian languages.

This index is divided into three parts - classified part, subject index and author index. The entries are grouped in the classified part according to Dewey Decimal Classification system. The entries under the subject are further arranged by the author and wherever not available then by title. All the entries are serially numbered in the classified part. The name of the authors and titles are given in popular spelling in Roman script but near to their transliterated forms without the use of any diacritical marks. The subject and author indices are linked to these serial numbers.The latest volume published is for the years covering 1999-2003. It is covering only six languages namely Bengali, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam & Tamil.

LIS Notes for Competitive Examinations 26: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. Founded in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 30 September 1927 at an international conference. Its headquarters at the National Library of the Netherlands in The Hague. It has over 1300 Members in approximately 140 countries around the world. IFLA sponsors the annual World Library and Information Congress. IFLA is also part of various developmental activities of Library and Information Services in cooperation with various agencies like UNESCO. The website is http://www.ifla.org/

LIS Notes for Competitive Examinations 25 : Farmington Plan

 The Farmington Plan was developed by American research libraries in order to ensure access to research materials and publications regardless of war or other events around the world. The plan created a cooperative acquisitions program for foreign materials by region and subject. The Farmington Plan was directed from a central office located at the Harvard College Library. This central office was responsible for financial coordination as well as maintaining and collating annual records regarding the plan. The office was initially supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and later by the Harvard College Library. Materials were selected and purchased by Farmington Plan Agents in foreign countries, classified, and shipped to participant libraries. The Farmington Plan's origins stemmed from the outbreak of World War II in 1939 and the ensuing lack of access to foreign research materials by American scholars, along with the destruction of many such materials during times of conflict. Between 1939 and 1942 numerous suggestions and plans were put forward on the subject by several prominent American librarians of the time, all of which influenced the form of the plan at its inception.The plan was initiated on October 9, 1942 when an advisory committee met in Farmington, Connecticut to discuss collaborative collection development for preservation and access to foreign materials.At its initial inception, the plan was known as the Proposal for a Division of Responsibility among American Libraries in the Acquisition and Recording of Library Materials and existed as an autonomous entity until it was formally incorporated into the Association of Research Libraries on March 1, 1944.The plan went into decline through the 1960s and was eventually discontinued in 1972.

LIS Notes for Competitive Examinations 24 Shelf List

 A shelf list  is defined as a formal catalog with entries sorted in the same order as the bibliographic items are shelved. That is the catalogue records are arranged by call number. Each title is represented by a card giving the author, title, edition, number of volumes , number of copies , call number and such other items as the library deems necessary.  The shelf list may  serve as the primary inventory for the library .It is also useful for maintaining uniformity in classification; it prevents duplication of book numbers when they are used ; it is an aid in buying, as it shows what works the library has in each class.

Merriam Webster defines Shelf list as - "a record kept on cards of the books and other materials in a library in the order in which they stand on the shelves ".