I have spent all my working life in libraries of various kinds, and (at the age of 65) I still have two part-time library jobs – a paid one at a university library and a voluntary one at a local public library. But how much do you know about how libraries operate, their history, and the people who work in them? Here’s your chance to find out!
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Question of
Which of these famous people worked as a librarian late in his life?
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Alexander Fleming
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Giacomo Casanova
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Johannes Brahms
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Charles Darwin
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Question of
Going on the total number of catalogued items, which is the largest library in the World?
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British Library
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Library of Congress
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Russian State Library
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New York Public Library
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Question of
Who was the industrialist whose philanthropy established more than 3,000 public libraries?
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John Paul Getty
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John D Rockefeller
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Henry Ford
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Andrew Carnegie
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Question of
Which poet was also a university librarian?
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T S Eliot
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Robert Frost
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Philip Larkin
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Dylan Thomas
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Question of
At which Dewey classification would you expect to find books on the history of art?
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160
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320.34
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510.56
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709
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Question of
At which British university will you find the Bodleian Library
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Cambridge
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Oxford
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London
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Edinburgh
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What is a “Special Library”?
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One that is particularly good
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One that is only open to people who have passed a written test
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One that serves the needs of a particular institution that is outside the academic or public sphere
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One that has been selected by a government to be allowed to use that term
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Question of
What does a librarian mean by “circulation”?
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The way that people move round the library shelves
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The process of issuing and returning books and other library items
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The air conditioning system
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The means by which staff can be promoted
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Question of
Karl Marx spent many hours in the reading room of which London Museum’s library?
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Victoria and Albert Museum
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British Museum
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Science Museum
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Imperial War Museum
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Question of
Which of the following services would a student NOT be able to obtain at the Kimberlin Library, De Montfort University, Leicester? (which is where I work on Monday evenings!)
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Loans of laptop computers
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One-on-one help with a wide range of study skills
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A variety of study spaces including silent areas, “free and easy” zones and bookable rooms for group work
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24-hour access, 365 days a year
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Blankets in case of cold knees in the small wee hours
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Refreshment facilities – staffed during the day, vending machines all the time
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No problem – all of these (and much more) are on offer!
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7 out of 10. And I got the toad correct. ? Great quiz! ?
I only got 5 out of 10 but I learned a lot. Great quiz.
i got 3 out of 10 right!.i will try to good next time
Half correct here, good one Indexer.
got 4 out of 10 right!
I work in a library, you have here great information for me 🙂
Presumably you got a good score – are you too modest to declare what it is?!
I only got 5 correct bur learned a lot!