Frequently Used Abbreviations in Library and Information Science AACR: Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules. ANSI : American National Standards Institute API : Application Programming Interface. ARPANET: Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. ASIS: American Society for Information Science. ASLIB: Association for Information Management, previously, the Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureau. ARL : Association of Research Libraries. BLAISE : British Library’s Automated Information Service BIS : Bureau of Indian Standards CALIBER: Convention on Automation of LIBraries in Education and Research institutions. CAS: Current Awareness Service CCF: Common Communication Format CILIP: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. CMS: Content Management System. COPSAT : Current Online Patent in Science and Technology COUNTER : Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources CPM : Critical Path Method DCMI: Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. DDS: Document Delivery Service DELNET: Developing Library NETwork. DLF: Digital Library Federation. DNS: Domain Naming System. DRTC: Documentation Research and Training Centre. FRAD: Functional Requirements for Authority Data. FRBR: Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records. FSF: Free Software Foundation. FTE : Full-Time equivalent FTP: File Transfer Protocol. GPRS: General Packet Radio Service. GSDL: Green Stone Digital Library software. GUI : Graphic User Interface HTML: Hyper Text Mark Up Language. HTTP: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. IASLIC: Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centers. IATLIS: Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science. ICOLC : International Coalition of Library Consortia IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. ILL: Inter Library Loan INDEST: Indian National Digital library in Engineering Sciences and Technology INFLIBNET : INFormation and LIBrary NETwork IP: Internet Protocol. ISBD: International Standard Bibliographic Description. ISO: International Organization for Standardization. ISP: Internet Service Provider. ISSN : International Standard Serial Number. JANET: Joint Academic NETwork. JOCLAI : Joint Council of Library Associations of India LAN: Local Area Network. MALI: Medical Library Association of India. MAN: Metropolitan Area Network. MARC : MAchine Readable Catalogue. MEDLARS : Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System METS : Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard MIPS : Million Instructions Per Second NCP: Network Control Protocol. NISCAIR: National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources. NSF: National Science Foundation. OAI-PMH: Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting. OCLC: Online Computer Library Centre. OPAC: Online Public Access Catalogue PERT : Program Evaluation and Review Techniqu PLANNER: Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North Eastern Region. RDA: Resource Description and Access. RFID : Radio Frequency IDentification RRRLF: Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation SDI: Selective Dissemination of Information SIS: Society for Information Science. SOUL : Software for University Libraries SRU : Search / Retrieval via URL TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol. UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. UNIMARC: Universal Machine Readable Catalogue URL: Uniform Resource Locator. VDU : Visual Display Unit VGA : Video Graphic Adopter VLSI : Very large scale Integration WADEX : Word and Author Index WAN: Wide Area Network. WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization. WORM : Wrie Onece Ready Many WPI : World Patents Index WWW: World Wide Web. YAHOO : Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle ZBB : Zeor Base Budgeting 1. Information is Organised Data 2. ‘Fair use’ is a term most relevant to Copy right. 3. 'Fair use' is the norm for determining the legality of Photocopying an entire book 4. WIPO stands for World Intellectual Property Organisation 5. Handling of Information in the sense of production is called Information Industry 6. The term Information scence came into exisit in this year 1959 7. BERN CONVENTION (1886) is concerned with copy rights 8. Communication Barrier is noise 9. Communication Medium is Radio 10. In communication mode Shannon and weaver information is BIT, (Sendor, Channel, Message, Receiver and feedback) in 1948. 11. Communication channel Formal & Informal 12. Informal communication among knowledgeable person is known as Invisible college 13. Document is physical carrier of information 14. Entropy is not associated with the communication system, degree of Uncertainity in Information. Unavailable information for doing useful work 15. Logical sequence of the following Data, Infomation, Knowledge, Wisdom 16. The invisible web refers to that part of the internet, which is hidden from the search 17. Who was the chairman of National Library Committee of India. B.S. Jha 18. Which organisation applied Library and Information Policy in India at national level. RRRLF 19. The head quarter of Patent Information System in Nagpur, India 20. The act enacted in India in 1856 on Intellectual Property Right was based on British Patent Law 1852 21. Whether intellectual property can be sold. Sale is possible 22. The term communication came from which language Latin 23. Who is the propounder of the term information transfer Beesman 24. To which country the credit is given to coin the term information society Japan 25. Today information is regarded as which of the following Wealth, Commodity, Products 26. Now a days what is a most important vital resource for societal development of a country Information 27. The unit of information called Byte 28. Delivery of Book Act passed in the year 1954 29. Dr.S. R. Ranganathan was appointed as a National research professor of Library science 1962 30. Indian University first started M.Lib.Sc. & M.Phil courses University of Delhi 31. Which Commission recommended 10% of the total college budget for development of Libraries Kothari committee 32. UNISIST is a Programme 33. Where did Dr. S. R. Ranganathan put forth his five laws of library science? Meenakshi college, Annamalainagar 34. When did ILA became the member of IFLA? 1957 35. In which year Aslib was acquired by MCB group, the holding company for emerald group publishing? 2010 36. Which association`s tagline is “Managing Information”? ASLIB 37. Which association`s tagline is “connecting people and information” SLA located at Viginia 38. In 1931 International institute of Documentation was established 39. Which organization has introduced the concept of “Sister libraries” for children`s and young adults reading? IFLA 40. ISBN allocation office in India shifted from Kolkatta to Delhi in 2011 41. Which two organizations jointly publish survey on digitization and preservation? IFLA + UNESCO 42. Who said that “Librarianship is not a profession”? Madden, Moon, Moore, Mc Pheron 43. Which organization was joined with Library Association to form CILIP in 2002? Institute of Information Scientists 44. In which year International institute of Documentation changed to International Federation of Documentation? 1937 45. In which year headquarter of FID was shifted from Brussels to The Hague? 1934 46. Who gave the sixth law of library science “Every reader his/her freedom”? James R. Rettig 47. Where was the first library noticed in India? Saravasthi 48. When was the curriculam development committee on LIS instituted? 1990-93 49. Who published the Journal International Classification? ISKO 50. When was Information Science added to Librarianship? 1950 51. Which association in India awards teachers in LIS? IATLIS 52. Where is the headquarter of SLA? Viginia 53. Which law of library Science relates to the growth of libraries 5th law 54. UAP stands for Universal Availability of Publications. 55. Resource sharing is a part of Library cooperation 56. The five laws of Library Science published in the book form in the year 1931 57. Library Techology Report is a publication of ALA 58. ABGILA is a quarterly publication of (ILA) Indian Library Association 59. American Library Association established - 1876 60. The Canadian Library Association -1946 61. Special Libraries Association - 1909 62. The Association of Research Libraries -1932 63. Which term was coined by Dr.S.R.Ranganathan for mobile libraries Library on Wheels 64. The Librarian Day celebrated on 12th Aug 65. Forms of Extension service are Library Websites, Library Orientation, Book fair and Exhibition 66. The first library school was started by Melvin Dewey (1851 to 1931) 67. Encyclopedia of library and Information Science is published by Marcel Dekker 68. The secondary source of information comprised of Indexing and Abstracting periodicals 69. Who categorized information source into conventional, non conventional, neo conventional and micro documents Dr. S. R. Ranganthan 70. Article published in research journal are Primary sources 71. The Thesaurus is a collection of selected terminology, synonymous terms and list of words 72. Patent is an agreement between the inventor and the Government 73. Word of learning is a what source of information Secondary source and Published by Europa publication ( London) 74. Indian books in Print are published from New Delhi 75. Statesman year book is published from London MacMillan, Annually published, since 1864 76. Library Herald edited by Krishan Kumar from Delhi library Association since 1958 published quarterly. 77. Who was Published the monthly Journal “The Library