MLS Library Technology and Systems 5

Question 1

What is the main purpose of a Knowledge Base in an electronic resource management context?

Accepted Answer

Storing activation and coverage data for electronic titles a library subscribes to

Answer

A knowledge base (e.g., in SFX or 360 Link) contains publisher package information and title-level coverage dates that link resolvers use to connect citations to full text.

Question 2

Which encoding standard is used to represent MARC records in a machine-readable format for data exchange?

Accepted Answer

ISO 2709

Answer

ISO 2709 defines the structure for machine-readable bibliographic records and is the underlying format of MARC exchange records.

Question 3

A library is evaluating FOLIO as an alternative to its current ILS. FOLIO is best described as what type of platform?

Accepted Answer

An open-source, microservices-based library services platform

Answer

FOLIO is a community-developed, open-source LSP built on a microservices architecture, allowing libraries to adopt modular apps for different functions.

Question 4

What does the SIP2 (Standard Interchange Protocol 2) enable in library environments?

Accepted Answer

Communication between self-checkout machines and the ILS

Answer

SIP2 is a vendor-neutral protocol that allows self-checkout kiosks, sorters, and RFID systems to communicate with the ILS for circulation transactions.

Question 5

Which concept describes the practice of assigning a unique, persistent web URI to every bibliographic entity to enable linked data?

Accepted Answer

Entity disambiguation with Linked Open Data (LOD) URIs

Answer

Linked Open Data principles require that every entity (person, work, subject) have a dereferenceable URI so machines can navigate relationships across the web.

MLS - Master of Library and Information Science Practice Test

MLS - Master of Library and Information Science Practice Test

MLS Library Technology and Systems 5