Preview Questions Librarian | Role Specific Skill

Question 1: How do you ensure that researchers are aware of and comply with ethical guidelines when conducting research, especially regarding the use of human subjects?

Which action should you take?

Choose only one option

By allowing researchers to navigate ethical concerns independently

By providing access to ethical guidelines, offering advice on informed consent, and ensuring proper documentation for ethical compliance

By focusing only on the research process and ignoring ethical concerns

By assuming ethical compliance is a separate responsibility and not part of the research assistance

Question 2: What is the best way to assist a researcher who is interested in exploring the methodology used in a specific study?

Which action should you take?

Choose only one option

Recommend browsing through author interviews or personal blogs.

Suggest reading popular press articles or summaries.

Direct them to the abstract of the study without examining its methodology.

Guide them to find methodological articles or reviews in the same journal or field.

Question 3: Which action is essential when configuring a Library Software System to ensure it is accessible and usable by individuals with disabilities in academic libraries?

Which action should you take?

Choose only one option

Implementing WCAG-compliant features, such as screen reader compatibility and keyboard navigation.

Restricting system features to text-only formats.

Enabling the system to automatically assign text to speech for every document.

Ensuring that the system is compatible only with specific operating systems like Windows.

Question 4: How do you evaluate the reliability and academic validity of sources for a research project, particularly when dealing with grey literature?

Which action should you take?

Choose only one option

By assuming all grey literature is valid and relying on it without further checks

By considering only peer-reviewed sources and disregarding grey literature entirely

By focusing only on articles from well-known publishers and neglecting other sources

By reviewing the source's publication history, author credentials, and citation counts, and verifying its relevance to the research topic

Question 5: Which of the following Boolean operators would be used in an information retrieval system to ensure that at least one of the query terms appears in the result?

Which action should you take?

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NEAR

OR

AND

NOT

Question 6: How do you address the challenge of organizing and managing a large collection of physical archives, ensuring they are both accessible and protected?

Which action should you take?

Choose only one option

By allowing unrestricted access to all materials without safeguards

By developing a standardized archival system, using proper storage methods, and implementing access controls

By storing physical archives without standardized indexing systems

By focusing only on the physical storage and ignoring metadata