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%)