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Classification Ii  Question Paper

Classification Ii  

Course:Bachelor Of Education

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009



KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION

ELS 204: CLASSIFICATION II

DATE:
Wednesday 16th September 2009 TIME: 11.00am-1.00pm



INSTRUCTIONS
Answer any THREE questions
1.
Explain why general classification schemes are considered unsuitable for special libraries.

2.
What is meant by systematic order in libraries and what objections are raised against it?

3.
a)
Why is it necessary to guide the classified arrangement of stock in a library?
b)
Describe THREE methods that can be used in guiding the classified arrangement.

4.
a)
Explain how parallel and broken orders of arrangement occur in a library.
b)
What problems are likely to arise from these orders and how can they be solved?

5.
Describe two methods of classifying both biographies and subject bibliographies according to the Dewey decimal classification giving advantages and disadvantages of each.






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