Bowker Publisher

1. Which year did Frederick Leypoldt establish the first periodical, the Literary Bulletin?

a) 1860

b) 1868 (Correct)

c) 1870

d) 1872

Explanation: Leypoldt founded the Literary Bulletin in 1868.

2. What was the forerunner to the well-known publication "Books in Print"?

a) Publishers Weekly

b) Annual American Catalogue (Correct)

c) Publishers' Uniform Trade-List Annual

d) Library Journal

Explanation: Leypoldt's "Annual American Catalogue" (1870) was the forerunner to "Books in

Print."

3. In what year did the Xerox Corporation acquire R. R. Bowker?

a) 1960

b) 1967 (Correct)

c) 1970

d) 1975

Explanation: 1967 as the year Xerox acquired R. R. Bowker.

4. After R. R. Bowker's acquisition by Xerox, which company did Publishers Weekly transfer

to in 1985?

a) Cahners Publishing Company (Correct)

b) Reed International

c) Cambridge Information Group

d) Information Today Inc.

Explanation: Publishers Weekly was transferred to Cahners Publishing Company in 1985.

5. What is the current owner of R. R. Bowker LLC?

a) Xerox Corporation

b) Reed International (RELX Group)

c) Cambridge Information Group (Correct)

d) Information Today Inc.

Explanation: Cambridge Information Group acquired Bowker in 2001 and currently owns R. R.

Bowker LLC (affiliate of ProQuest).

6. In which year did R. R. Bowker begin his association with Publishers Weekly?

a) 1870

b) 1871

c) 1872 (Correct)

d) 1873

Explanation: Bowker began working at Publishers Weekly in 1872.

7. What publication was first issued in 1873?

a) Publishers Weekly

b) The American Catalog

c) Library Journal

d) Publishers Trade List Annual (Correct)

Explanation: 1873 as the year for the first Publishers' Trade List Annual publication.

8. R. R. Bowker collaborated with whom to publish the first volume of Library Journal?

a) Frederick Leypoldt (Correct)

b) Carolyn Ulrich

c) Xerox Corporation

d) Melville Dewey

Explanation: Melville Dewey as Bowker's partner for Library Journal's first volume in 1874.

9. When did R. R. Bowker acquire ownership of Publishers Weekly?

a) 1872

b) 1878 (Correct)

c) 1880

d) 1932

Explanation: 1878 as the year Bowker purchased Publishers Weekly.

10. Which publication, a precursor to Books in Print, was released in 1880?

a) Publishers Weekly

b) Library Journal

c) The American Catalog (Correct)

d) Periodicals Directory

Explanation: "The American Catalog" (1880) served as the forerunner to Books in Print.

11. The R. R. Bowker Company published its first edition of the Periodicals Directory in which

year?

a) 1870

b) 1932 (Correct)

c) 1948

d) 1967

Explanation:1932 as the year for the Periodicals Directory's publication by R. R. Bowker.

12. Which company acquired R. R. Bowker in 2001?

a) Xerox Corporation

b) Reed International

c) Cambridge Information Group (Correct)

d) Barnes & Noble

Explanation: 2001 as the year Cambridge Information Group acquired Bowker.

13. In what year did Barnes & Noble designate the Books In Print database as its official

record?

a) 2000

b) 2001

c) 2002 (Correct)

d) 2003

Explanation: 2002 as the year Barnes & Noble recognized Books In Print as its record.

14. Which year saw Bowker's acquisition of the Pubnet database?

a) 2001

b) 2002 (Correct)

c) 2003

d) 2004

Explanation: Bowker acquired Pubnet in 2002.

15. Besides Pubnet, which other database did Bowker acquire in 2002?

a) Ulrich's Serials Analysis System

b) Monument Information Resource (Correct)

c) Syndetic Solutions

d) Resources for College Libraries

Explanation: Bowker acquiring both Pubnet and Monument Information Resource in 2002.

16. In which year did Bowker acquire Syndetic Solutions?

a) 2002

b) 2003

c) 2004 (Correct)

d) 2005

Explanation: Bowker acquired Syndetic Solutions in 2004.

17. What product did Bowker launch in 2005 that linked resources within the Ulrich's

database?

a) Ulrich's Serials Analysis System

b) Bowker's Book Analysis System

c) Ulrich's Resource Linker (Correct)

d) Fiction Connection

Explanation: 2005 as the year for the launch of Ulrich's Resource Linker.

18. Bowker partnered with which company to introduce the Bowker's Book Analysis System

in 2005?

a) Monument Information Resource

b) Syndetic Solutions

c) H.W. Wilson (Correct)

d) Fiction Connection

Explanation: H.W. Wilson partnered with Bowker for the Book Analysis System in 2005.

19. What is Bowker's primary function related to books in the United States?

a) Publishing books

b) Distributing books

c) Assigning ISBNs (Correct)

d) Promoting books

Explanation: Bowker is the official ISBN agency for the United States, indicating their role in

assigning International Standard Book Numbers.