PRAXIS 5311 LIBRARY MEDIA FINAL EXAM 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔WebDewey - ✔✔This online version of the complete DDC system is available to
librarians via a standard Web browser. With online updates make it easy for librarians to
keep their collections organized, even as advances in science and technology are
creating a demand for new classifications everyday.
✔✔Pico vs. Island Trees - ✔✔1976 court case in which a group of teens challenged a
school district's decision to ban eleven titles. "The Court recognized that the First
Amendment rights of students are 'directly and sharply implicated' when a book is
removed from a school library. Therefore, the discretion of school boards to remove
books from school libraries is limited. The law requires that if a book is to be removed,
an inquiry must be made as to the motivation and intention of the party calling for its
removal. If the party's intention is to deny students access to ideas with which the party
disagrees, it is a violation of the First Amendment."
✔✔Tinker vs. Des Moines - ✔✔1969 landmark case in which the court established and
upheld the rights of students in schools to express their views in a peaceful and orderly
way. In a famous phrase, Justice Fortas wrote, " It can hardly be argued that either
students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression
at the schoolhouse gate . . .." Instigated when a student and his sister attended school
wearing black armbands in protest of the VietNam war.
✔✔Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier - ✔✔1983 case that overturned Tinker vs. Des Moines
when a Supreme Court judge ruled that educators do not infringe on First Amendment
rights when exercising control over student speech in school-sponsored activities "so
long as their actions are reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns."
Insitgated when a prinicpal objects to two questionable stories that were scheduled to
run in a high school newspaper.
✔✔Integrated Library System (ILS) - ✔✔Library automation system that simplifies daily
library operations by merging vital functions such as cataloging, circulation, magazine
and newspaper tracking, online tools for borrowers, and much more into a
comprehensive software package. Examples: CARL, SIRSI, LibrarySolutions, LS2
✔✔"Annie On My Mind" - ✔✔1995 court ruling in which U.S. District Court justice
Thomas Van Bebber ruled that while a school district is not obligated to purchase any
book, it cannot remove a book from library shelves unless that book is deemed
educationally unsuitable. He ruled the the removal of two titles, including this one, was
an unconstitutional attempt to "prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism,
religion, or other matters of opinion." Instigated by the superintendent's removal (and
subsequent burning) of two book titles said to promote homosexuality.
, ✔✔Communications Decency Act - ✔✔(1996) The first notable attempt by the US
Congress to regulate pornographic material on the Internet.
✔✔pamphlet (or vertical) file - ✔✔A physical collection of supplementary materials, such
as brochures, clippings, pictures, and maps, which, because of their format and often
ephemeral nature, are filed in drawers for easy reference. These items are organized in
folders labeled with Library of Congress subject headings. An index to the subject
headings used is provided for public use. "See" and "See Also" references to popular or
alternate headings are given as well.
✔✔Library Bill of Rights - ✔✔A document adopted in 1939 by the American Library
Association, affirming that all libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that
certain basic policies should guide their services.
✔✔Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) - ✔✔The only federally funded
program exclusively for libraries. State libraries distribute the funds through subgrants or
cooperative agreements to public, school, academic, research and special libraries.
✔✔Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA, 1965) - ✔✔Emphasizes equal
access to education and establishes high standards and accountability. The law
authorizes federally funded education programs that are administered by the states. In
2002, Congress amended ESEA and reauthorized it as the No Child Left Behind Act
(NCLB).
✔✔Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) - ✔✔A law created to protect to
privacy of children under 13. Requires that sites must require parental consent for the
collection or use of any personal information of young Web Site users.
✔✔Freedom to Read Statement - ✔✔The American Library Association's policy
statement on intellectual freedom and censorship. The statement includes seven
propositions supporting the publication of a wide variety of viewpoints.
✔✔Tellable Tale - ✔✔Stories that have been told and shaped by generations of
storytellers' tongues.
✔✔booktalk - ✔✔A thirty-second to seven-minute promotion of a book, giving the
audience a glimpse of the setting, the characters, and/or the major conflict without
providing the resolution or offering a review/analysis. Designed to motivate young adults
to read a particular book.
✔✔Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) - ✔✔Also call Brussels Classification, this
alternative to the Dewey Decimal System is primarily used in Europe and in the United
Nations Library.
✔✔cataloging - ✔✔A MARC record is a (cataloging, circulation) record.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔WebDewey - ✔✔This online version of the complete DDC system is available to
librarians via a standard Web browser. With online updates make it easy for librarians to
keep their collections organized, even as advances in science and technology are
creating a demand for new classifications everyday.
✔✔Pico vs. Island Trees - ✔✔1976 court case in which a group of teens challenged a
school district's decision to ban eleven titles. "The Court recognized that the First
Amendment rights of students are 'directly and sharply implicated' when a book is
removed from a school library. Therefore, the discretion of school boards to remove
books from school libraries is limited. The law requires that if a book is to be removed,
an inquiry must be made as to the motivation and intention of the party calling for its
removal. If the party's intention is to deny students access to ideas with which the party
disagrees, it is a violation of the First Amendment."
✔✔Tinker vs. Des Moines - ✔✔1969 landmark case in which the court established and
upheld the rights of students in schools to express their views in a peaceful and orderly
way. In a famous phrase, Justice Fortas wrote, " It can hardly be argued that either
students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression
at the schoolhouse gate . . .." Instigated when a student and his sister attended school
wearing black armbands in protest of the VietNam war.
✔✔Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier - ✔✔1983 case that overturned Tinker vs. Des Moines
when a Supreme Court judge ruled that educators do not infringe on First Amendment
rights when exercising control over student speech in school-sponsored activities "so
long as their actions are reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns."
Insitgated when a prinicpal objects to two questionable stories that were scheduled to
run in a high school newspaper.
✔✔Integrated Library System (ILS) - ✔✔Library automation system that simplifies daily
library operations by merging vital functions such as cataloging, circulation, magazine
and newspaper tracking, online tools for borrowers, and much more into a
comprehensive software package. Examples: CARL, SIRSI, LibrarySolutions, LS2
✔✔"Annie On My Mind" - ✔✔1995 court ruling in which U.S. District Court justice
Thomas Van Bebber ruled that while a school district is not obligated to purchase any
book, it cannot remove a book from library shelves unless that book is deemed
educationally unsuitable. He ruled the the removal of two titles, including this one, was
an unconstitutional attempt to "prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism,
religion, or other matters of opinion." Instigated by the superintendent's removal (and
subsequent burning) of two book titles said to promote homosexuality.
, ✔✔Communications Decency Act - ✔✔(1996) The first notable attempt by the US
Congress to regulate pornographic material on the Internet.
✔✔pamphlet (or vertical) file - ✔✔A physical collection of supplementary materials, such
as brochures, clippings, pictures, and maps, which, because of their format and often
ephemeral nature, are filed in drawers for easy reference. These items are organized in
folders labeled with Library of Congress subject headings. An index to the subject
headings used is provided for public use. "See" and "See Also" references to popular or
alternate headings are given as well.
✔✔Library Bill of Rights - ✔✔A document adopted in 1939 by the American Library
Association, affirming that all libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that
certain basic policies should guide their services.
✔✔Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) - ✔✔The only federally funded
program exclusively for libraries. State libraries distribute the funds through subgrants or
cooperative agreements to public, school, academic, research and special libraries.
✔✔Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA, 1965) - ✔✔Emphasizes equal
access to education and establishes high standards and accountability. The law
authorizes federally funded education programs that are administered by the states. In
2002, Congress amended ESEA and reauthorized it as the No Child Left Behind Act
(NCLB).
✔✔Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) - ✔✔A law created to protect to
privacy of children under 13. Requires that sites must require parental consent for the
collection or use of any personal information of young Web Site users.
✔✔Freedom to Read Statement - ✔✔The American Library Association's policy
statement on intellectual freedom and censorship. The statement includes seven
propositions supporting the publication of a wide variety of viewpoints.
✔✔Tellable Tale - ✔✔Stories that have been told and shaped by generations of
storytellers' tongues.
✔✔booktalk - ✔✔A thirty-second to seven-minute promotion of a book, giving the
audience a glimpse of the setting, the characters, and/or the major conflict without
providing the resolution or offering a review/analysis. Designed to motivate young adults
to read a particular book.
✔✔Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) - ✔✔Also call Brussels Classification, this
alternative to the Dewey Decimal System is primarily used in Europe and in the United
Nations Library.
✔✔cataloging - ✔✔A MARC record is a (cataloging, circulation) record.
