Q.1: State-of-art- integrated library management software developed and designed for the needs of college and university libraries is ________?
a) SOUL b) IRINS c) INDCAT d) VIDWAN
Ans: a) SOUL
Imp Facts
- Software for University Libraries (SOUL) is designed and developed by INFLIBNET Centre in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. This software is designed to automate all housekeeping operations in library and follow international standards for bibliographic formats, networking and circulation protocols.
Q.2: Read the following statements:
i) RDBMS is a type of datebase management system.
ii) MySQL is an open-source RDBMS.
a) (i) is true and (ii) is false b) (i) is false c) (i) and (ii) are true d) (i) and (ii) are false
Ans: c) (i) and (ii) are true
Imp Facts
- RDBMS is called as relational database management system. It stores related data points in the form of tables. RDBMS is a most popular database system among organizations. It is the basis for modern database system like MySQL.
- MySQL is considered as the world’s most popular open source database. It is RDBMS known for its speed and reliability. Other open source databases are, Cassandra, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB and ClickHouse.
Q.3: Read the following statements:
i) NCIP 2.0 and SIP 2 are used in library automation system and RFID systems.
ii) NCIP is a standard used for RFID applications.
a) (i) and (ii) are true b) (i) and (ii) are false c) (i) is false (ii) are true d) (i) true (ii) are false
Ans: a) (i) and (ii) are true
Imp Facts
- Full form of NCIP 2.0 is NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP) is a standard used in Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and other applications. It helps in electronic surveillance and self-check-in and check-out.
- SIP 2 means Standard Interchange Protocol. It is a proprietary standard for communication between library computer systems and self-service circulation terminals. It is also known as library self-service applications.
- OPAC is used by SOUL. Online Public Access Catalog is an online database of libraries. It has replaced the analog card catalog.
Q.4: Following are the feature of Software for University Libraries (SOUL) statements:
i) UNICODE based multilingual support for Indian and foreign languages
ii) Compliant to International Standards such as MARC21, AACR-2, MARCXML
a) (i) and (ii) are false b) (i) and (ii) are true c) (i) is true (ii) is false d) (i) is false (ii) is true
Ans: b) (i) and (ii) are true
Q.5: Read the following statement:
i) SOUL allows users to save reports in Word, PDF, Excel MARCXML.
ii) SOUL supports data exchange through ISO-2709 standard.
a) (i) and (ii) are true b) (i) and (ii) are false c) (i) is true (ii) is false d) (i) is false (ii) is true
Ans: a) (i) and (ii) are true