Question

A major difference between digital librarians and traditional librarians is that traditional librarians rarely work with people. Instead, they man a computer terminal all day. A) True B) False

Answer 1

Answer: false

Step-by-step explanation:

Traditional libraries manage their holdings using catalogs that contain information about every object they own. Metadata, characterized in Chapter 1 as “data about data,” is a recently coined term for this information. Metadata is information in a structured format and its purpose is to provide a description of other data objects in order to facilitate access to them. The data objects themselves (e.g., the books) generally contain unstructured information. Sometimes, as in the Humanity

Answer 2

(B) False

Step-by-step explanation:

Traditional librarians are in charge of storage and preservation of physical items, particularly books and periodicals. cataloging at a high level rather than one of detail