OCLC Products and Services with Previous Questions from NTA / UGC NET Examination

[Abilash Achuthan]

Management services
Metadata services
Resource sharing services
Discovery and reference services

Management services
WorldShare Management Services
A complete, cloud-based library services platform
Individual products
WorldShare Acquisitions,
WorldShare Circulation,
WorldCat Discovery,
WorldShare Metadata Services,
WorldShare Interlibrary Loan,
WorldShare License Manager,
WorldShare Report Designer
WorldShare License Manager
Easy manager for all your licensed and electronic resources
EZproxy
The leading access and authentication solution
Sustainable Collection Services
Data-driven deselection consulting and application
CONTENTdm
Storage, management, preservation and delivery of your digital collections
WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway
Maximized visibility of your digital collections with WorldCat

Metadata services

WorldShare Metadata Services

A complete metadata management solution for physical, licensed and digital resources

WorldShare Collection Manager

Workflow efficiencies and increased collection visibility

WorldShare Record Manager

A solution for your physical and electronic management needs

Dewey Services

The world's most widely used library classification system

Contract Cataloging

Access to expert cataloging services in a variety of formats and more than 30 languages

CatExpress

A simple-to-use copy cataloging tool that enables you to put materials on the shelves for your users quickly and efficiently

Syndeo

Facilitate regional and national library collaboration

Resource sharing services

WorldShare Interlibrary Loan

Integrated discovery and delivery of electronic, digital and print materials

Tipasa

Cloud-based interlibrary loan management system that automates routine borrowing and lending functions for individual libraries

Discovery and reference services

WorldCatdotorg

Website that connects information seekers online to collections in the world's libraries

WorldCat Discovery

Cloud-based application that enables people to search WorldCat and discover more than electronic, digital and physical holdings in a single search

QuestionPoint

A complete reference management system, integrating chat and email

FirstSearch

FirstSearch delivers the precise, full-featured WorldCat searching that library staff and researchers value.

TouchPoint is a tailor-made end-user discovery service that can connect different library management systems with the data in WorldCat. It supports My Library features and Web 2.0 functionality within a multilingual interface. It provides libraries the option of using multi-layered library systems within an interface that can be personalized

Previous Question on OCLC Product and Service in NET exam.

The Fifth Anniversary of the general release of OCLC World Share Management Service
– the first-ever cloud-based Cooperative Library Management System (that selected 500
libraries spanning six continents) was celebrated on :
(1) July 01, 2015

(2) July 03, 2015
(3) May 01, 2016

(4) August 12, 2016

Assertion (A) : In the digital environment, the University libraries in India need not build
their reference collection.
Reason (R) : ‘Question Point’ of OCLC provides a complete virtual reference
management system for subscription.
Codes :
(1) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(2) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
(3) Both (A) and (R) are false.

(4) Both (A) and (R) are true.

Which of the following organisations have introduced “Dig by”- a new mobile application
available as a part of ‘Worldshare Management Service’ ?
(1) Library of Congress

(2) NISCAIR
(3) OCLC

(4) UTLAS

Ezproxy is a product of :
(1) UTLAS

(2) OCLC
(3) RLIN

(4) Library of Congress

The following is a collaborative network of Reference Librarians
(A) Worldcat
(B) INDEST
(C) Question point
(D) Global scholar

Which of the following are examples of collaborate virtual reference service ?
(a) Ask A Librarian
(b) Wikis
(c) Folksonomies
(d) Question Point : 24/7 Reference

Which of the following is a collaborative network of Reference Librarians ?

(1) World Cat         

(2) eSS
(3) Question Point 

(4) Global Scholar

Touchpoint end user discovery service is provided by

1 ALA 

2 SLA 

3 LC

4 OCLC

[Mithun Raj]

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