INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE

DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE

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Bangalore- 560 059

Syllabus for the Entrance Examination for “Associateship in

Documentation and Information Science”

Candidates are expected to have the knowledge in all the topics

covered in BLISc programme of Universities in India. For example, to
name a few:

1. Foundation of Library and Information Science – library and society,

five laws of library science, etc

2. Information Resources – primary, secondary, tertiary sources, human

and institutional sources, etc

3. Fundamentals of Information Technology and its applications

4. Library classification (theory and practice) – CC, DDC, etc.

5. Library cataloguing (theory and practice) – CCC, AACR etc.

6. Indexing – Chain indexing, relative index, POPSI, etc.

7. Library and information services

8. Library administration, including collection development: book

selection, acquisition, evaluation, etc

9. Elements of Statistics and basics of bibliometrics.

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 SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER
For the entrance for ADIS Course-2007

Sub: Library & Information Science

Test Code: AD -I

Example

1. Library cess is one of the sources of finance for which type of

libraries

a. Business b. Academic
c. Special √ d. Public
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1. Which indicator digit is used for phase relation in CC

a) Colon (:) b) Hypen (-) c) Ampersand (&)

d) Dot (.)

2. The concept of user studies was first conceived by

a) de Solla Price b) J.D Bernal

c) S.R Ranganathan d) CV Raman

3. Which one is Canon of Idea Plane

a) Canon of ascertainability b) Canon of Context

c) Canon of reticence d) Canon of Enumeration

4. A Postulate is

a) A principle
b) A Self evident statement about the possibility of a thing
a) Findings of a research project
b) Process of analysis in fundamental research

5. The term “Library Economy” was coined

a) S.R Ranganathan b) Melvil Dewey

c) W.C.B Sayers d) C.A Cutter
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 SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER
For the entrance for ADIS Course-2007

Sub: Library & Information Science

Test Code: AD -II

1. What is meant by APUPA arrangement?

2. Discuss various implications of 1st Law of Library Science

3. Describe the features of ideal catalogue form.

4. What is bibliometrics? Discuss it briefly

5. Write short notes on

a) Analytical Entry
b) Selective Dissemination of Information