AIS2601
EXAM PACK
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AIS2601
JAN/FEB 2025
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2025
AIS2601
Bibliographic Control, Basic Descriptive Cataloguing and Classification
Total: 100 Marks
Opening date and time: 27 January 2025, 9:00 AM
Submission date and time: 27 January 2025, 4:00 PM
EXAMINERS
First: Dr L Ledwaba
Internal Moderator: Dr PT Sibiya
This question paper consists of 10 pages.
This is partially an open book examination. Students are allowed to use the following sources only:
1. Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2R). 2 nd ed., 2003 revision or online version
2. Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index (DDC). 23 rd ed. (or Web Dewey)
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. The use of Internet, Artificial Intelligence, study guides and tutorial letters is prohibited.
3. Do NOT change the numbering of questions.
4. Ensure that you number each page of your answer file.
5. Do NOT copy from any source or from other students.
6. Ensure that you do NOT password protect your examination answer file, as these files will not be marked.
7. Read instructions for Question 3 carefully.
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JAN/FEB 2025
Additional student instructions
1. Students must upload their answer scripts in a single PDF file on the official myExams
platform (answer scripts must not be password protected or uploaded as “read-only” files).
2. NO e-mailed scripts will be accepted.
3. Students are advised to preview submissions (answer scripts) to ensure legibility and that
the correct answer script file has been uploaded.
4. Students are permitted to resubmit their answer scripts should their initial submission be
unsatisfactory. Resubmissions after the closing time of the examination are not permitted.
5. Incorrect file format and uncollated answer scripts will not be considered.
6. Wrong answer scripts that are uploaded, that is, any file other than the exam answer script
(eg uploading the exam question paper instead of the exam answer script) will not be
marked and no opportunity will be granted for resubmission.
7. A mark awarded for an incomplete submission will be the student’s final mark. No
opportunity for resubmission will be granted.
8. A mark awarded for an illegible scanned submission will be the student’s final mark. No
opportunity for resubmission will be granted.
9. Only the last answer file uploaded within the stipulated submission duration period will be marked.
10. Submissions will only be accepted from registered student accounts.
11. Students who have not utilised invigilation or proctoring tools will be deemed to have
transgressed Unisa’s examination rules and will have their marks withheld.
12. Students must complete the online declaration of their work when submitting. Students
suspected of dishonest conduct during the examinations will be subjected to disciplinary
processes. Students may not communicate with other students or request assistance from
other students during examinations. The use of Telegram, WhatsApp or any other instant
messaging services with any other person (except when asking for technical assistance via
official channels of the SCSC or the Invigilator WhatsApp line) are strictly prohibited.
Plagiarism is a violation of academic integrity, and students who plagiarise or copy verbatim
from published work will be in violation of the Policy on Academic Integrity and the Student
Disciplinary Code and may be referred to a disciplinary hearing. Unisa has zero tolerance
for plagiarism and/or any other forms of academic dishonesty.
13. Listening to audio (music) and making use of audio-to-text software is strictly prohibited
during your examination session unless such usage of the software is related to a student’s
assistive device which has been so declared. Failure to do so will be a transgression of
Unisa’s examination rules and the student's marks will be withheld.
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14. Students who experience technical challenges should report the challenges immediately to
the SCSC telephonically on 080 000 1870 and choose option 4 for exams, or their College
exam support centres (refer Get help during the examinations by contacting the Student
Communication Service Centre (unisa.ac.za)). Submissions made after the official
examination time will be rejected according to the examination regulations and will not be
marked. Only communication received from your myLife account will be considered.
15. Non-adherence to the processes for uploading examination responses will not qualify the
student for any special concessions or future assessments.
16. Queries that are beyond Unisa’s control include the following:
i. Personal network or service provider issues
ii. Load shedding/limited space on personal computer
iii. Crashed computer
iv. Using work computers that block access to myExams site (work firewall challenges)
v. Unlicensed software (e.g. license expires during exams)
17. Undergraduate students experiencing any of the above challenges will receive an
automatic second opportunity to write their examination granted that it is not already a
second opportunity. Undergraduate students experiencing any of the above challenges
during their second examination opportunity will have to re-register for the affected module.
Please note that this is the second examination opportunity for AIS2601.
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EXAM PACK
, lOMoARcPSD|21997160
AIS2601
JAN/FEB 2025
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2025
AIS2601
Bibliographic Control, Basic Descriptive Cataloguing and Classification
Total: 100 Marks
Opening date and time: 27 January 2025, 9:00 AM
Submission date and time: 27 January 2025, 4:00 PM
EXAMINERS
First: Dr L Ledwaba
Internal Moderator: Dr PT Sibiya
This question paper consists of 10 pages.
This is partially an open book examination. Students are allowed to use the following sources only:
1. Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2R). 2 nd ed., 2003 revision or online version
2. Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index (DDC). 23 rd ed. (or Web Dewey)
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. The use of Internet, Artificial Intelligence, study guides and tutorial letters is prohibited.
3. Do NOT change the numbering of questions.
4. Ensure that you number each page of your answer file.
5. Do NOT copy from any source or from other students.
6. Ensure that you do NOT password protect your examination answer file, as these files will not be marked.
7. Read instructions for Question 3 carefully.
[SCROLL TO THE NEXT PAGE]
, lOMoARcPSD|21997160
AIS2601
JAN/FEB 2025
Additional student instructions
1. Students must upload their answer scripts in a single PDF file on the official myExams
platform (answer scripts must not be password protected or uploaded as “read-only” files).
2. NO e-mailed scripts will be accepted.
3. Students are advised to preview submissions (answer scripts) to ensure legibility and that
the correct answer script file has been uploaded.
4. Students are permitted to resubmit their answer scripts should their initial submission be
unsatisfactory. Resubmissions after the closing time of the examination are not permitted.
5. Incorrect file format and uncollated answer scripts will not be considered.
6. Wrong answer scripts that are uploaded, that is, any file other than the exam answer script
(eg uploading the exam question paper instead of the exam answer script) will not be
marked and no opportunity will be granted for resubmission.
7. A mark awarded for an incomplete submission will be the student’s final mark. No
opportunity for resubmission will be granted.
8. A mark awarded for an illegible scanned submission will be the student’s final mark. No
opportunity for resubmission will be granted.
9. Only the last answer file uploaded within the stipulated submission duration period will be marked.
10. Submissions will only be accepted from registered student accounts.
11. Students who have not utilised invigilation or proctoring tools will be deemed to have
transgressed Unisa’s examination rules and will have their marks withheld.
12. Students must complete the online declaration of their work when submitting. Students
suspected of dishonest conduct during the examinations will be subjected to disciplinary
processes. Students may not communicate with other students or request assistance from
other students during examinations. The use of Telegram, WhatsApp or any other instant
messaging services with any other person (except when asking for technical assistance via
official channels of the SCSC or the Invigilator WhatsApp line) are strictly prohibited.
Plagiarism is a violation of academic integrity, and students who plagiarise or copy verbatim
from published work will be in violation of the Policy on Academic Integrity and the Student
Disciplinary Code and may be referred to a disciplinary hearing. Unisa has zero tolerance
for plagiarism and/or any other forms of academic dishonesty.
13. Listening to audio (music) and making use of audio-to-text software is strictly prohibited
during your examination session unless such usage of the software is related to a student’s
assistive device which has been so declared. Failure to do so will be a transgression of
Unisa’s examination rules and the student's marks will be withheld.
, lOMoARcPSD|21997160
AIS2601
JAN/FEB 2025
14. Students who experience technical challenges should report the challenges immediately to
the SCSC telephonically on 080 000 1870 and choose option 4 for exams, or their College
exam support centres (refer Get help during the examinations by contacting the Student
Communication Service Centre (unisa.ac.za)). Submissions made after the official
examination time will be rejected according to the examination regulations and will not be
marked. Only communication received from your myLife account will be considered.
15. Non-adherence to the processes for uploading examination responses will not qualify the
student for any special concessions or future assessments.
16. Queries that are beyond Unisa’s control include the following:
i. Personal network or service provider issues
ii. Load shedding/limited space on personal computer
iii. Crashed computer
iv. Using work computers that block access to myExams site (work firewall challenges)
v. Unlicensed software (e.g. license expires during exams)
17. Undergraduate students experiencing any of the above challenges will receive an
automatic second opportunity to write their examination granted that it is not already a
second opportunity. Undergraduate students experiencing any of the above challenges
during their second examination opportunity will have to re-register for the affected module.
Please note that this is the second examination opportunity for AIS2601.
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