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Cataloguing Ii  Question Paper

Cataloguing Ii  

Course:Bachelor Of Library And Information Science

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009



KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR
OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE

BLIS 105/ELS 201: CATALOGUING II

DATE: Thursday, 27th August, 2009
TIME: 2.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer question ONE and any other TWO.
1.
a)
Discuss descriptive cataloguing with special reference to its importance, technical reading of an item, and levels of description.
b)
Giving examples distinguish between “see references and see also references.”
2.
a)
What is the purpose of subject cataloguing?
b)
Highlight two objectives of a subject heading
c)
Describe the functions of a list of subject headings
3.
a)
What is the importance of filing catalogue entries?
b)
File the following using letter by letter and word by word.
Car port
Carpet tiles
Carpets
Carburettors
Carborundum
Car sales
Car
Cardiff
Car maintenance
4.
Discuss the cataloguing policies with special reference to simplified cataloguing and centralized cataloguing.
5.
a)
Explain why a Library would use cataloguing in publication (CIP) data.
b)
Most Libraries have resorted to the use of ICT in their cataloguing process. Discuss.






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