Practices Of Cataloguing And Classification Question Paper

Practices Of Cataloguing And Classification

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 302: PRACTICAL CATALOGUING AND CLASSIFICATION

DATE: Tuesday 15th September, 2009

TIME: 11.00 p.m –1.00 p.m

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer THREE questions. ONE question from each section

MUST be attempted.

SECTION A

1.
a)
Explain NINE principles that should be observed in the classification of books in a library justifying each of them.
b)
Distinguish between descriptive cataloging and subject cataloging clearly showing the role played by each.

SECTION B
Using the AACR2, Sears list of subject headings, and the Dewey decimal classification scheme 19th, 21st or 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 titles whose details are given below in questions 2 and 3. ( State the edition of DDC used)

2. TITLE PAGE

Physical Fitness for Young
Champions
Robert Antanacci
and
Jane Barr
Illustrations by Frank Mullins
© 1975
Mc Graw –Hill Book Co. Ltd.
New York St. Louis. Tokyo
Other Details
This title is 22.35 cm in height and it has various illustrations some of which are in
colour. Its ISBN is 0070021422 and it has bibliographies at chapter ends. It has six
unmarked pages followed by a numbering in Arabic numerals from 7-144. This book is about what young persons should try to do to be physically fit. It deflects people from taking too much of their time sitting, at the telephone, watching the TV and even watching others play. It has extensive discussions on jogging, walking, hiking, exercises for muscle strength, exercises for coordination, exercises for power and speed among others.

3. TITLE PAGE
AGILI WRITING
The Readable Shorthand of the
English Language
by
Anne Gresham
Illustrations by Allin Ley – Edwards
Second Revised Edition
©1990
Agilityping Ltd.
London. Nairobi.
Other Details
The ISBN of this book is 1-872968-00-7. It is 15.1 cm in width and 22.3 cm in height. Its preliminary pages are 18 marked in Roman while text pages are 230 marked in Arabic numerals. Agili Writing is a complete shorthand which can be used by business people, secretaries, students, journalists, or wherever the English Language needs to be written quickly in a readable form. It is based on phonetic principles and can be learnt by the average person in only a few hours.

SECTION C
Using the AACR2, the Library of Congress subject headings, the Library of Congress classification scheme, and 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 titles whose details are given below in questions 4 and 5.

4. TITLE PAGE
A Manual for Writers of Term Papers ,
Theses and Dissertations
Kate L. Turabian
Fifth Edition
Revised and Expanded
by
Bonnie B. Henigsblum
1987
University of Chicago Press
London. Chicago
Other
Details
Preliminary pages of this book are 9, marked in Roman numerals while text pages are in Arabic numerals from 1-300. The book has a select bibliography covering pages 281-284. Its ISBN is 0-226-81625-7 and it is title number 16 in “Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing “series. It measures 22.2 cm in height and 17.1 cm in width. Kate L. Turabian designed this manual as a guide to suitable style in the presentation of term papers, theses and dissertations in both scientific and nonscientific fields. Written originally from Turabian’s perspective as dissertation secretary at the University of Chicago, the manual has always championed the cause of the individual producing a finished manuscript, often serving as researcher, writer, typist, graphic artist, proofreader and printer or photocopier operator, all in one. The current edition has retained the format of the previous editions. It remains a reference tool designed to help the writer use whatever methods, materials, or technologies that may be needed to assemble the final manuscript of a research paper.

5.TITLE PAGE
Cases in Medical Microbiology and Infections Diseases

Peter H. Gilligan , M. Lynn Smiley and Daniel S. Shapiro
Third Edition

ASM PRESS
© 2003
New York. Nairobi
Other Details
This book is profusely illustrated in colour and its ISBN is 1-55581-207-4. It is 25.6cm in width
and 17.5 cm in height. Its preliminary pages are marked i -xiv while text pages are marked
1-440. Bibliographies appear at chapter ends. The third edition of this bestselling text presents interesting and challenging clinical cases to enable students to develop a working knowledge of the variety of microorganisms that cause infections in humans. The 68 cases are presented as “unknowns”, are arranged by organsystem, and reflect actual case histories the authors have encountered at two university teaching hospitals.

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