CIP Information and Knowledge Services 4

Question 1

An information center wants to measure return on investment (ROI) for its services. Which approach is MOST commonly used?

Accepted Answer

Comparing the economic value of services delivered to the cost of providing them

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Counting the number of reference transactions per month

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Surveying staff satisfaction levels

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Measuring collection size growth annually

Question 2

What distinguishes explicit knowledge from tacit knowledge in knowledge management?

Accepted Answer

Explicit knowledge can be documented and shared easily, while tacit knowledge resides in personal experience

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Explicit knowledge is more valuable than tacit knowledge

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Tacit knowledge is always technology-based

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Explicit knowledge is only held by senior employees

Question 3

A special library serves a pharmaceutical company. Which information service would provide the MOST strategic value to R&D staff?

Accepted Answer

Competitive intelligence and patent landscape analysis

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General newspaper subscriptions

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Public library catalog access

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Consumer health information

Question 4

Which cataloging standard is MOST widely used for describing digital resources in library information systems?

Accepted Answer

RDA

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MARC 21

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Dublin Core

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ISBD

Question 5

An information professional is building a taxonomy for a corporate intranet. What is the PRIMARY difference between a taxonomy and a folksonomy?

Accepted Answer

Taxonomies are hierarchically structured by experts; folksonomies are user-generated flat tag systems

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Taxonomies are used only in libraries

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Folksonomies require more maintenance than taxonomies

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Taxonomies are always digital while folksonomies are physical

Question 6

What is the purpose of a service level agreement (SLA) in an information services context?

Accepted Answer

To formally document the scope, quality standards, and response times for information services

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To define staff job descriptions

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To set pricing for premium content

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To establish copyright policies

Question 7

Which approach to information literacy instruction follows the ACRL Framework rather than the older Standards model?

Accepted Answer

Developing threshold concepts and dispositional habits of mind around information

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Teaching specific search steps in a fixed sequence

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Memorizing Boolean operators and database interfaces

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Focusing solely on citation formatting