The answers to all these questions are in the procedures you have read, please refer to the procedures for questions, or ask a supervisor if you are having difficulty with a question(s). Please select all answers that apply. Write your name at the top of the quiz, and your answers are to be written below or beside the question. When you have finished, printout the quiz and give it to your supervisor.
Name Today's Date 1. What is the location code for periodicals?
A. gdnhi B. gdonp
C. gdndx
D. gdipe
E. gdmpe
2. What is the location code for index reference?
A. gdndx
B. gdonp
C. gdiir
D. gdmir
E. gdnnx
3. What fields are changed when we have holdings in both microfiche and paper?
A. 001 add paper
B. 345 add microfiche
C. 245 add delimiter h
D. 500 fields
E. 130 add "m/p"
4. What goes in the loan codes of an item record for a bound periodical dated 1976?
A. I TYPE: 1976
B. ICODE1: 1976
C. YEAR = 1976
D. I TYPE: 3
E. None of the above
5. What goes in the loan codes of an item record for a bound periodical dated 1988?
A. YEAR = 1988
B. I TYPE: 3
C. I TYPE: 1988
D. ICODE1: 1988
6. What goes in the 866 field (holdings statement) for titles where we keep the latest edition only?
A. Keep latest edition
B. Discard earlier
C. Keep all
D. Nothing
E. Hold latest
7. What do you do when you have an item record for a piece that cannot be found in stacks?
A. Run far, far away
B. Fill out a missing serial card
C. Ask Lisa
D. Delete the record
E. Insert a problem note in the item record
8. What is an 867 field used for?
A. Miscellaneous
B. Supplementary Material
C. Indexes
D. New Orders
E. Reservations
9. What is an 868 field used for?
10. When do you create a check-in card?
A. Always create a check-in card
B. Create a check-in card for all current serial titles (current = received in the last 3 years)
C. Create a check in card only when you have a piece to check in
D. Never create a check-in card
E. Create a new check-in card every year
11. Where do serials pieces go after the returned cataloging work is complete?
A. Sorting Shelves
B. Mail Truck
C. In stacks at the appropriate call number
D. Periodical Shelf in the Processing work area
E. Tattle-tape shelf in the processing area
12. Where do you put CDs after the returned cataloging work is complete?
C. New Book Shelf
D. CD shelf in the processing work area
E. In stacks at the appropriate call number
13. In check-in records, when and where do you use parentheses in the holdings statement?
A. When there is enumeration before the year, the parentheses go around the year
B. Always put parentheses around the year
C. Never use parentheses in the check-in
D. When there is enumeration before the year, the parentheses go around the numbers
E. Always put parentheses around the entire holdings statement
14. When you are adding a U.S. or Canadian document to a multi location record, how do you add the call number?
A. Insert the call number into 090 field in the bibliographic record
B. When the primary call number is a Library of Congress call number, insert the U.S. or Canadian call number into a 099 field in all check-in and item records
C. Add the call number in the item record
D. Add the call number in the check-in record
15. What is the STATUS field code for a CD item record?
A. o
B. d
C. e
D. l
16. What is the STATUS field code for a microfiche item record?
B. l
D. d
17. When and where do you insert your initials and the date into a record on magic?
A. When I make modifications to or create any item or check-in records I should insert my initials
B. I only insert my initials in the item records I create
C. I only insert my initials in the check-in records I create
D. When I make modifications to or create records I never insert my initials
E. When I just look at any item or check-in records I should insert my initials
18. What codes do you use for a piece with a reference location (gdndx, gdisa, gdiir, gdonx, …)?
A. ICODE1: 199
C. STATUS: d
D. I TYPE: 199
E. STATUS: o
19. In which of the following collections do the pieces NOT get a catalog stamp?
A. U.S. and Canadian
B. U.S. and International
C. International and Michigan
D. Canadian and Michigan
E. U.S. and Michigan
20. Where do you catalog stamp microfiche and paper?
A. Paper is stamped below the barcode
B. Fiche is stamped below the call number
C. Paper is stamped to the right of the barcode
D. Fiche is stamped to the right of the call number
E. Paper is stamped to the left of the barcode
21. What do you do when you see a cataloger's "dccopy…" initials in an item record?
A. Delete the record
B. Delete the initials and put your own there
C. Use the record if possible or move the initials to another item record
D. Leave the blank record with the cataloger's initials in it
22. Where does your unfinished work go when you are done for the day?
A. On the floor
B. Left on the table where I was working that day
C. On some table in the mono team's area
D. In my mailbox
E. In a supervisor's mailbox
23. What do you do when you have a piece that has no record on Magic?
B. Fill out a purple streamer
D. Discard the piece
E. Put the piece in a supervisor's mailbox
24. What kind of useful information can be found in the 008 field? A. Title
B. Frequency
C. Year publication started
D. Year publication ended
E. Publication status
25. What colored labels correspond to which collections?
A. International = red, Michigan = blue, U.S. and Canada = white
B. International = blue, Michigan = red, U.S. and Canada = white
C. International = red, Michigan = white, U.S. and Canada = blue
D. International = white, Michigan = blue, U.S. and Canada = red
E. International = red, Michigan = white, U.S. and Canada = blue
26. What do you do if you see a check-in record with a BIND INFO note?
A. Ignore the note
B. Delete the note
C. Pull the indicated pieces and put them and a printout of the record in the "Serials to Bind" box
D. Pull the indicated pieces and send them to bindery
E. Printout the record and put it in the "Serials to Bind" box
27. What frequencies correspond to a periodical?
A. Annual
B. Semiannual
C. Three times per year
D. Quarterly
E. Monthly
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