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LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE STUDIES SYLLABUS


Unit I – Information and its Communication

  • Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom.  
  • Information Life Cycle – Generation, Collection, Storage and Dissemination. 
  • Role of Information in Planning, Management, Socio-economic, Cultural, Educational and Technological Development. 
  • Information Science – Relationship with other subjects, Information Society and Knowledge Society. 
  • Communication – Concept, Types, Theories, Models, Channels and Barriers; Trends in Scholarly Communication.  
  • Information Industry – Generators, Providers and Intermediaries.  
  • IPR and Legal Issues – Categories, Conventions, Treaties, Laws. 
  • Plagiarism: Concept and Types. 
  • Right to Information Act (RTI); Information Technology Act.  
  • National Knowledge Commission; National Mission on Libraries. 

Unit II – LIS Laws, Legislation, Education, Associations, and Profession

  • Historical Development of Libraries; Committees and Commissions on Libraries. 
  • Types of Libraries – Academic, Public, Special and National. 
  • Library Legislation and Library Acts; The Press and Registration of Books Act; The Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act.  
  • Laws of Library Science.  
  • Library and Information Science Profession – Librarianship as a Profession, Professional Skills and Competences; Professional Ethics.  
  • Professional Associations – National – ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS; International – IFLA, ALA, CILIP, ASLIB, SLA; Role of UGC, RRRLF and UNESCO in Promotion and Development of Libraries.  
  • Library and Information Science Education in India and other countries. 
  • Library Public Relations and Extension Activities.  
  • Type of Users – User Studies, User Education. 
  • Information Literacy – Areas, Standards, Types and Models; Trends in Information Literacy.  

Unit III – Reference and Information Sources

  • Information Sources – Nature, Characteristics, Types and Formats.   
  • Sources of Information – Primary, Secondary and Tertiary; Documentary and Non-Documentary.  
  • Primary Information Sources (Print and Electronic) – Journals, Conference Proceedings, Patents, Standards, Theses & Dissertations, Trade Literature. 
  • Secondary Information Sources (Print and Electronic) – Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Bibliographies, Indexing & Abstracting, Statistical sources, Handbooks and Manuals. 
  • Tertiary Information Sources (Print and Electronic)- Directories, Year Books, Almanacs. 
  • Reference Sources – Bibliographical, Biographical, Educational, Language and Geographical. 
  • Electronic Information Resources – Subject Gateways, Web Portals, Bulletin Boards, Discussion Forums /Groups. 
  • Databases: Bibliographic, Numeric, Full text, Multimedia; Open Access Databases. 
  • Institutional and Human Resources. 
  • Evaluation of Reference Sources and Web Resources. 

Unit IV – Reference and Information Services

  • Community Information Services. 
  • Reference Service – Concept and Types; Referral Services 
  • Alerting Services – CAS, SDI, Inter Library Loan and Document Delivery. 
  • Mobile based Library Services and Tools – Mobile OPAC, Mobile Databases, Mobile Library Website, Library Apps, Mobile Library Instructions, Augmented Reality, SMS Alerts, Geo-Location, Reference Enquiry. 
  • Web 2.0 and 3.0 – Library 2.0- Concept, Characteristics, Components; Instant Messaging, RSS Feeds, Podcasts, Vodcasts, Ask a Librarian 
  • Collaborative Services- Social Networks, Academics Social Networks, Social Tagging, Social Bookmarking. 
  • Web – Scale Discovery Services 
  • National Information Systems and Networks: NISCAIR, DESIDOC, SENDOC, 
  • ENVIS, INFLIBNET, DELNET, NICNET, ERNET, National Knowledge Network (NKN), Biotechnology Information System Network 
  • International Information Systems and Networks: INIS, AGRIS, INSPEC, MEDLARS, BIOSIS, ERIC, Patent Information System (PIS), Biotechnology Information System (BIS). 
  • Library Resource Sharing and Library Consortia – National and International.  

Unit V – Information and Knowledge Organization and Management

  • Universe of Knowledge – Nature and Attributes; Modes of Formation of Subjects. 
  • Knowledge Organisation – Classification – Theories, Cannons, and Principles; Simple Knowledge Organisation System (SKOS), Taxonomies, Folksonomy, 
  • Trends in Classification.   
  • Mapping of Subjects in Library Classification Schemes – DDC, UDC and CC. 
  • Knowledge Organisation: Cataloguing – Cannons and Principles; Centralized and Co-operative Catalogue; Library Cataloguing Codes: CCC and AACR – II.  
  • Standards of Bibliographic Record Formats and Description – ISBD, MARC 21, CCF, RDA, FRBR, Bibframe. 
  • Standards for Bibliographic Information Interchange & Communication – ISO 2709, Z39.50, Z39.71. 
  • Metadata Standards: Dublin Core; MARC21, METS, MODES, EAD. 
  • Indexing Systems and Techniques: Assigned – Pre-coordinate; Post-Coordinate; Derived- Title-based; Vocabulary Control. 
  • Abstracting – Types and Guidelines. 
  • Information Retrieval System – Features, Components, Models and Evaluation. 

Unit VI – Library Management

  • Management – Principles, Functions and Schools of thought. 
  • Library and Information Centers Management – Book Selection Tools and Principles; Library Acquisition, Technical Processing, Circulation, Serial Control, Maintenance and Stock Verification; Preservation and Conservation; Hazards and Control Measures of Library Materials. 
  • Human Resource Management – Planning, Job Analysis, Job Description, Job Evaluation, Selection, Recruitment, Motivation, Training and Development, Performance Appraisal; Staff Manual. 
  • Financial Management in Libraries – Sources of Finance, Resource Mobilisation, Budgeting Methods; Cost Effective and Cost Benefit Analysis, Annual Reports & Statistics; Library Authority and Committee. 
  • Project Management – SWOT, PEST, PERT / CPM. 
  • Total Quality Management (TQM) – Concepts, Principles and Techniques, Six Sigma; Evaluation of Services of Libraries and Information Centers. 
  • Library Building, Furniture and Equipments; Green Library Building; Information Commons; Makers Space; Security and Safety. 
  • Management Information System (MIS), MBO, Change Management, Disaster Management, Crisis Management. 
  • Knowledge Management – Principles, Tools, Components and Architecture.   
  • Marketing of Library Products and Services – Plan, Research, Strategies, Mix, Segmentation, Pricing and Advertising; Management Consultancy. 

Unit VII – Computers and Information Technology

  • Computer Technology – Character Representation (ASCII, ISCII, Unicode); Computer Hardware, Software; Storage Devices; Input and Output Devices. 
  • Types of Software – System Software, Application Software. 
  • Programming Languages – Object Oriented, Procedural, High Level, Scripting; Web Languages.  
  • Telecommunication – Transmission Channels, Mode, and Media, ISDN, PSDN, Multiplexing, Modulation, Standards and Protocols.  
  • Wireless Communication – Media, Wi-fi, Li-fi, Satellite Communication, Mobile Communication. 
  • Computer Networks – Topologies, Types of Networks – LAN, MAN, WAN. 
  • Internet – Web browsers, WWW, E-mail; Search Engines, Meta and Entity Search engines. 
  • Internet Protocols and Standards – HTTP, SHTTP, FTP, SMTP, TCP/IP, URI, URL. 
  • Hypertext, Hypermedia, Multimedia, Video conferencing, Virtual Reality, Augmented Technologies. 
  • Data Security, Network Security, Firewalls, Cryptographic Techniques, Anti-virus software, Anti-spyware, Intrusion Detection System. 

Unit VIII – Library Automation, Information Systems, LIS Organizations and Networks

  • Library Automation – Areas, Planning, Selection of Hardware and Software, Implementation and Evaluation; Standards for Library Automation. 
  • Barcode, RFID, QR Code, Biometric, Smartcard: Features and Applications.  
  • Digitization – Planning, Selection of Materials, Hardware, Software, Process, Issues. 
  • Digital Library: Genesis, Characteristics, Types, Architecture; Standards, Formats and Protocols, DOI. 
  • Digital Preservation – Need, Purpose, Standards, Methods, Techniques, Projects (National and International).  
  • Digital Library Initiatives – National and International.  
  • Institutional Repositories – Need, Purpose, Types and Tools; Institutional Repositories in India; ROAR, DOAR, SHARPA-ROMIO. 
  • Content Management Systems – Architecture, Data Integration, CMS Software – Selection, Implementation and Evaluation. 
  • Application of Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems and Robotics in Libraries; Social Mobile Analytics Cloud (SMAC); Cloud Computing. 
  • Ontology – Tools (RDF, RDFS, Potege); Semantic Web, Linked Data, Big Data, Data Mining, Data Harvesting.

Unit IX – Research Methodology

  • Research – Concept, Purpose, Functions, Scope and Ethics; Types of Research – Basic and Applied, Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary.  
  • Research Methods: Historical, Descriptive, Experimental and Delphi.  
  • Research Design – Selection of Research Problem, Review of Literature; Formulation of Research Problem; Hypothesis – Formulation, Types and Testing; Sampling Techniques. 
  • Methods of Data Collection: Questionnaire, Interview, Observation, Library Records, Scales and Checklist. 
  • Data Analysis and Interpretation – Presentation of Data; Statistical Methods/ Techniques.  
  • Statistical Packages – Spreadsheet, SPSS, Bibexcel, ‘R’ Statistics.  
  • Research Report Writing and Citation Tools – Structure, Style, Contents, Guidelines; Style Manuals; Online Citation Tools; Reference Style Management Tools; Antiplagiarism Tools; Evaluation of Research Report.  
  • Metric Studies in LIS – Bibliometrics, Scientometric, Webometrics, Altmetrics;  
  • Impact Factors – Journal, Institutional and Authors;  h-Index, g-Index,  i10 Index. 
  • Trends in Library and Information Science Research.

Unit X – Library and Information Systems

  • Academic Library and Information System.  
  • Public Library and Information System.  
  • Special Library and Information System. 
  • Health Science Library and Information System.  
  • Corporate Library and Information System. 
  • Agricultural Library and Information System.  
  • Engineering and Technological Library and Information System.  
  • Archive, Museums and Oriental Libraries. 
  • Community Information System.  
  • Information Services and System for Persons with Disability, Children and Women. 

Unit XI – Miscellaneous LIS Topics

  • Miscellaneous topics in LIS not covered by the contents of Units I-X. 







LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE QUESTIONS ANSWERS QUIZZES


Unit I – Information and its Communication



Unit II – LIS Laws, Legislation, Education, Associations, and Profession



Unit III – Reference and Information Sources



Unit IV – Reference and Information Services



Unit V – Information and Knowledge Organization and Management



Unit VI – Library Management



Unit VII – Computers and Information Technology


Unit VIII – Library Automation, Information Systems, LIS Organizations and Networks



Unit IX – Research Methodology

  • What is research? [(a) A method to obtain the solution of the problem (b) A descriptive method to obtain the solution of the problem (c) A systematic method to obtain the solution of the problem (d) A systematic method to obtain a tentative solution to the problem]
  • Research is an effort? [(a) To discover knowledge (b) To discover and develop knowledge (c) To verify the knowledge (d) To discover, develop, and verify knowledge]



Unit X – Library and Information Systems