QUIZ 3 - REVIEW

“As early as the third millennium B.C. records on clay tablets were stored in a temple in Babylon,”

• Second known library in the history

• First known library in the history

• Third known library in the history

• A known library in the history

There are those who believe that this shift toward emphasis on ownership to materials rather than access of materials will eventually lead to the demise of the library and librarianship.

• True

• False

Some have claimed that as materials become increasingly available in machine-readable format, as computer networks proliferate, and as the Internet begins to dominate the information industry, libraries as buildings will no longer be needed

• True

• False

As more and more people become computer literate and have their own PCs with links to the information highway, it is predicted that librarians will no longer be needed.

• True

• False

People believe that because ownership has been the primary emphasis since that first library in Babylon so many centuries ago, the library world will not be able to change its mindset to the ideas of access in time. Patrons will become patient and will not turn elsewhere for the information they need, leading to the demise of libraries.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The idea of a library based solely on ownership is not feasible today, yet neither is the idea of a library based solely on access.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The problems of rapidly rising costs of library materials and insufficient budgets have already been mentioned. A library such as this one would have difficulty maintaining its collection, with no hope at all of developing it.

• LIBRARY BASED SOLELY OWNERSHIP

• LIBRARY BASED SOLELY ON ACCESS

No single staff could ever be large enough to fill ILL requests when all other libraries have abandoned ownership in favor of access.

• LIBRARY BASED SOLELY OWNERSHIP

• LIBRARY BASED SOLELY ON ACCESS

Without proper communication among libraries or links to the information highway, this library’s materials would soon become out of date. The second option for this library would be to simply become an archive.

• LIBRARY BASED SOLELY OWNERSHIP

• LIBRARY BASED SOLELY ON ACCESS

Most librarians assume that cancelling print serial subscriptions in favor of accessing them on the Internet or through other networks is going to eliminate the problem of soaring subscription costs.

• LIBRARY BASED SOLELY OWNERSHIP

• LIBRARY BASED SOLELY ON ACCESS