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Practices Of Cataloguing And Classification Question Paper

Practices Of Cataloguing And Classification

Course:Master Of Library And Information Sciences

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2010

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
INSTITUTIONAL BASED EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER
OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
MLIS 502: PRACTICES OF CATALOGUING AND CLASSIFICATION

DATE: Thursday 29th April, 2010
TIME: 9.00 a.m. – 12.00 noon
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INSTRUCTIONS
Answer THREE questions.
One question from each section MUST be attempted.

SECTION A
1.
Explain how both broken and parallel orders of arrangement occur in a library and
suggest possible solutions to the problems likely to arise from these orders.

2. Discuss
the
principles
that should be observed in practical library stock
classification.

SECTION B
Using the AACR2, Sears list of subject headings, and the Dewey decimal classification
scheme 22nd edition, and following the second level of description, prepare main
catalogue entries with the necessary notes and tracings for a divided dictionary catalogue,
and assign CLASS NUMBERS to the publications whose titles and other relevant details
are given below in questions 3 and 4.

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3. Title
Page

POLITICS AND POLICY
MAKING IN EDUCATION
Explorations in Policy Sociology
STEPHEN J. BALL
Assisted
by
CHARLES D. RAAB

Illustrations
by John C. Taylor

ROUTLEDGE
London.Oxford
? 1990

Other
Details

This book is 13.2cm wide and 19.4cm high and its ISBN is 0-415-03507-4. Its
preliminary pages are marked i-vi while text pages are marked 7-236. It has a
comprehensive bibliography covering pages 219 -229.

Based on interviews with key actors in the policy-making process, Stephen Ball’s
book attempts to map the changes in educational policy and policy making in the
Thacherite decade. The focus of the book is the 1988 Educational Reforms Act,
its origins, purposes and effects, and it looks behind the scenes at the priorities of
politicians, civil servants and government advisers who were influential in
making the changes. The book focuses on real-life political conflicts, examining
the way in which contemporary educational policy is related to the ideal of
society projected by THACHERISM. This book is of interest not only to
educationalists, but also to policy analysts and political scientists.
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4. Title
Page

Electron Radical Wave
Functions and Nuclear Beta-decay Edited by
Heinrich Behrens and Wolfgang Buhring
Illustrated by Gerda Hanko Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition
CLARENDON PRESS Oxford. New York. Kisumu 1982

Other Details

The ISBN of this title is 0-19-851297-x while it measures 16.2cm in width and
24.4cm in height. It has a comprehensive bibliography covering pages 608 to 622
and some of its illustrations are in colour. Its preliminary pages are numbered
i – xii while text pages are marked 13 – 626. It is title number 67 in the
“International Series of Monographs on Physics”.
This title is a comprehensive treatise on the subject of nuclear beta decay and the
prospective reader is expected to have already some knowledge of the basic
physical phenomena and their elementary theoretical description. Further
prerequisites are some knowledge of the techniques of the quantum-mechanical
theory of angular momenta, of nuclear physics and of the physical aspects of
relativistic quantum mechanics.

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SECTION C
Using the AACR2, theLibrary of Congress subject headings, the Library of Congress
classification scheme, the Library of Congress book number table, and following the
second level of description, prepare main catalogue entries with the necessary notes and
tracings for a divided dictionary catalogue, and assign CALL NUMBERS to the
publications whose titles and other relevant details are given below in questions 5 and 6.

5. Title
Page

Business Economics and Managerial
Decision Making
Trevor Jones
Second Edition
Illustrations by Peter Benton.

Academic Press
2004
LONDON.CAIRO.NAIROBI

Other
Details
This book measures 23.25 cm in width and 19.3cm in height. Some of its
illustrations are in colour, and it has bibliographies at chapter ends. Its ISBN is 0-
471-48674-4. Preliminary pages are marked i-xix while text pages are numbered
1 – 570.

This title is an essential introduction to business economics. A core textbook for
students with a grounding in introductory microeconomics. It examines the
nature and structure of the firm and explores the economic principles underlying
major business decisions. The accessible text avoids overly mathematical
analysis using diagrams, graphs and tables to explain economic theory.
Extending the approach traditionally taken by business economics texts, Trevor
Jones introduces material on the boundaries of firm, including its growth and
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development, diversification and mergers. The book discusses managers’
responsibilities to owners and/or stakeholders, analyses the decision making of
the firm in relation to the market, examines why firms exist and how they
determine their boundaries, and investigates decision making by private firms in
government regulated industries.

6. Title
Page

An Introduction to Animal Physiology
Edited by Michael Stewart, John E. Alton
and Stephen E. Lucas

Illustrated by Knut Schmidt-Nielson
Third Revised and Expanded
Edition
Holder & Stoughton
London.Nairobi.New Delhi
? 1997

Other Details
This book is 26.15cm wide and 22.5cm high. It has bibliographies at chapter ends and all
its illustrations are in colour. It is title number seven in the “Biology: Form and
Functions” series and its ISBN is 0-340-53187-1. Preliminary pages are marked in
Roman numerals up to 18 while text pages are numbered in Arabic figures from 19-486.
The book is designed for first and second year university students and each title in the
series combines carefully structured text with questions (and answers) for self-
assessment. This introduction looks at how animals function. Dealing largely with
mammals and other vertebrates, it examines the physiological mechanisms of procedures
such as internal communication, respiration, reproduction, digestion and excretion. The
regulation and control of the various systems is considered throughout along with the
physiological basis for the adaptation of animals to a range of different environments.
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