University of the State of New York Examinations Department 108th examination 20TH LIBRARY EXAMINATION ELEMENTARY DICTIONARY CATALOGUING Wednesday, March 1, 1893-9:15 a. m. to 12:15 p. m., only The following helps may be used: Cutter's Rules for a dictionary catalogue; Boston Athenæum, Catalogue; Peabody institute, Catalogue; Library school, Subheads under countries; Library school, Bible arrangement; Webster's Dictionary; Practice catalogue. Give the subject entries and references for 10 of the following books: I Baldwin, Genealogy; or Phillimore, How to write the history of a family 2 Freeman, Historical study; or Fiske, Beginnings of New England; or Towle, Nation in a nutshell 3 Teuffel, History of Roman literature, 2 v.; or Works of Horace; or Worman, German reader 4 Lowe, Accounts of English theatrical literature; or Mayor, Choice of classical books 5 Marvin, Authorship of the four gospels; or Greek and Latin psalms 6 Common school laws of Pennsylvania; or 34th Annual report of N. Y. Board of education; or Postal laws of U. S.; or Proceedings of common council of Albany 7 Laurie, Primary instruction; or Oswald, Physical education 8 Wigmore, Australian ballot system; or Ely, Taxation in U. S.; or Nordhoff, Politics for young Americans 9 Mahan, Mental philosophy; or Gustafson, Foundation of death; or Edinburgh New philosophical journal 10 Ferris, Musical composers; or Brooks, Lincoln University of the State of New York Examinations Department 108th examination 20TH LIBRARY EXAMINATION ADVANCED DICTIONARY CATALOGUING Thursday, March 16, 1893—9:15 a. m. to 12:15 p. m., only Hand in questions 1 and 2 before answering the rest of the paper. In answering questions 3-10 the following helps may be used: Cutter's Rules for a dictionary catalogue; Boston Athenæum, Catalogue; Peabody institute, Catalogue; Library school, subheads under countries; Library school, Bible arrangement; Webster's Dictionary; Practice catalogue. I What entries other than author entry would you make for the following books: a Neele, Lectures on English poetry b Ellis, Specimens of early English poets Explain the difference between the entries. 2 Name three ways in which books may be classified. 3 Make out a scheme for the arrangement of Shaksperiana. 4 Tabulate the following subjects: Fevers Nervous diseases Ear (structure of) Plumbing Medicine Hand (structure of) Hearing Pathology Sight Sewerage Germ theory of disease Eye (structure of) Sanitary science Give subject headings and cross references for one book from each of the following groups; indicate when you would analyze and when you would give contents: 5 Lowell, Democracy Brewer, Reader's handbook Ashton, Romances of chivalry. 6 English grammar Dictionnaire français-turc Patridge, Quincy methods 7 Dilke, Problems of greater Britain Lockwood, Electrical measurements 9 Marriage and divorce in the United States 10 A history of chivalry Du Chaillu, The viking age, 2 v. University of the State of New York Examinations Department 108th examination 20TH LIBRARY EXAMINATION ELEMENTARY CLASSIFICATION Wednesday, March 15, 1893—9:15 a. m. to 12:15 p. m., only The following books may be used as helps: Decimal classification; Webster's Dictionary; Lippincott's Gazetteer and Lippincott's Biograph ical dictionary Give class numbers for the following subjects: I A list of books on the history of the city of Albany 2 History of journalism in the United States 3 Religion of Babylon 4 Collection of sermons by Dr Briggs on miscellaneous subjects 5 Financial history of New South Wales 6 Proceedings of a constitutional convention of the state of New York 7 Collection of Boston city documents 8 Paleontology of California. 9 Catalogue of trees and plants found in Bucks county, Pennsylvania 10 Report of the Ohio insurance commissioner II History of English prose fiction. 12 Annual report of the Connecticut Board of health 13 Life of Thoreau 14 Jersey City directory. 15 Dictionary of Greek antiquities. Assign class numbers and references if necessary to the following books: 16 Prescott, Dynamo-electricity; or Prescott, Electricity and the electric telegraph 17 Broglie, The king's secret; or Bingham, Marriages of the Bourbons 18 Smith, Through Romany songland; or Brown, Glimpses of old New England life 19 Hill, Crime; or MacDonald, Criminology 20 Clark, Indian sign language; or Roemer, Origins of the English people. University of the State of New York Examinations Department 113th examination 21ST LIBRARY EXAMINATION ADVANCED CLASSIFICATION Tuesday, June 27, 1893—9: 30 a. m. to 12: 30 p. m., only I Describe Perkins' Rational classification. 2 State the advantages and disadvantages of classifying biography with subject. 3 What subjects, i. e. class numbers, would you include in class 9 (history) for a printed condensed Decimal classification for the use of small libraries? 4 Classify four of the following books (to be found at the desk) by the Cutter (6th classification), Smith, Perkins, Edmands and Decimal scheme, explaining your idea of the scope of each book and the reason for the numbers assigned: a Galloway, Candid examination of the mutual claims of Great Britain and the colonies; b Deming, Officers of Vermont; or Peirce, Colonial lists; c Scotch Irish in America (not to be analyzed); d U. S. Lighthouse board, Report; or Reynaud, Illumination and beaconage of the coasts of France. University of the State of New York 113th examination 2IST LIBRARY EXAMINATION LOAN SYSTEMS Thursday, June. 29, 1893-2: 30 to 5: 30 p. m., only I Give the relative importance of I A reader's record 2 A book record 3 A time record a In a public library b In a college library In a mercantile library Give the importance of each record for each library. 2 Is there any way of securing two of these records without two arrangements of cards? 3 Mention five libraries that keep a reader's record; four that keep a time record; four that keep a book record; two that keep a double record. 4 Describe the registration system (a) of the Newark public library; (b) of the Milwaukee public library. Compare their relative merits. 5 Describe the charging system of the Boston Athenæum library. 6 Describe the charging system of the N. Y. Apprentices' library. 7 What charging system with which you are familiar seems to you best adapted to its conditions? Explain why. |