SKILL ON CATALOGUING AND CLASSIFICATION | Stretched responses | Collapsed responses | ||||
VHA | HA | LA | VLA | SA | IA | |
Ability to use various information technologies to provide services to library users | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 6 (30%) | 14 (70%) |
Ability to use different communication technologies | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 14 (70%) | 6 (30%) |
Ability to use various computer software packages | 1 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 6 (30%) | 14 (70%) |
Ability to use various computer hardware in the library | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 7 (35%) | 13 (65%) |
Ability to use various electronic resources to satisfy the needs of library users | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 13 (65%) | 7 (35%) |
Ability to use web application (network, HTML, XML, WWW) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 (25%) | 15 (75%) |
Ability to use cataloguing tools and rules (able to describe a document) | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 13 (65%) | 7 (35%) |
Ability to use classification tools and rules (able to assign class numbers to a document) | 3 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 13 (65%) | 7 (35%) |
Ability to use Anglo-American Cataloguing Rule (AACR) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 (30%) | 14 (70%) |
Ability to use Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) scheme | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 13 (65%) | 7 (35%) |
Ability to use Library of Congress Classification (LCC) Scheme | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 11 (55%) | 9 (45%) |
Ability to use Machine Readable Catalogue (MARC) |
| 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 (25%) | 15 (75%) |
Ability to use Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 (25%) | 15 (75%) |
Ability to do subject analysis (subject of the work or tracings, identification of catalogue entry under specific subject headings) | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 14 (70%) | 6 (30%) |
Ability to do online copy cataloguing using electronic tools (able to use an electronic bibliographic database describing an information resource | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 (20%) | 16 (80%) |