UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION NET BUREAU Code No. : 59 Subject : LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCEENCE SYLLABUS AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS Note : ‘There will be two question papers. Paper-II will cover 50 Multiple Choice Questions (Multiple choice, Matching type, True/False, Assertion-Reasoning type) carrying 100 marks and Paper-IIt will have two Parts—A and B. Part-A will have 10 short essay type questions (300 words) carrying 16 marks each. There will be one question from each unit with internal choice from the same unit. Total marks will be 160. Part-B will be compulsory and Questions will be set from Unit-I to Unit-X. The candidate will attempt one question from. Part-B (800 words) carrying 40 marks. Total marks of Paper-III will be 200. PAPER-II and PAPER-III (Part A &’ B) Unit—I Information, Information Science, Information Society Information as a Resource/Commodity Information Transfer Cycle—Generation, Collection, Storage and Dissemination Role.of information in Planning, Management, Socio-economic Development, ‘Technology transfer Communication—Channels, barriers. Intellectual Property Rights—Concept, Copyright, Censorship—Print and Non- Print Media 7 brary and Information Policy at the National Level Unit—o Laws of Library Science Library Resource Sharing and Networking Library Movement and Library Legislation in’ India Library Extension Services Library and Information Science Education in India Library and Information ProfessionLibrary Associations in India,-UK and USA—ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS, SIS, LA, ASLIB, SLA and ALA Library Associations Organisations at International level—FID, IFLA and UNESCO Unit— Sourcés of Information—Primary, Secondary and Tertiary—Documentary and Non-documentary Reference Sources—Encyclopaedias, ; Dictionaries, . Geographical . Sources, Biographical. Sources, Year-books/Almanacs, Directories, and. Handbooks, Statistical (salient features and evaluation) fe Bibliographical Sources—Bibliographies, Union Catalogues, Indexing and Abstracting Journals (salient features and evaluation) E-documents, E-books, E-Journals Databases—Bibliographic, Numeric and Full text—Evaluation Unit—IV Reference and Iriformation services, Referral Service Bibliographic Service, Indexing and Abstracting ‘Service, CAS, SDI, Digest Service, Trend Report ‘Online Services ‘Translation Services Reprographic Services Unit—V Organisation of knowledge/information Modes of formation of subjects Library Classification—Canons and Principles Library Classification Schemes-—-DDC, UDC and ‘CC Library Cataloguing——Canons and Principles Library Cataloguing Codes—CCC and AACR-I Bibliographic Records—International standards—ISBDs,.MARC and CCF Indexing—Pre-coordinate, Post-coordinate Vocabulary Control—Thesaurus, Lists of Subject Headings Databases—Search Strategies, Boolean Operators Knowledge ManagementUnit—VI Management—Principles, Functions, Schools of Thought . Planning, Organisation Structure Decision making System Study—Analysis, Evaluation and. Design Collection Development—Books, Serials, Non-book Materials-Selection, Acquisition, Maintenance; ISBN, ISSN, Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP) Human Resources Management—Manpower Planning, Job analysis, Job description, Selection, Recruitment, Motivation Training and Development, Staff Manual, Leadership and Performance Evaluation Delegation of authority Financial Management—Resource Generation, Types of Budgeting, Cost and Cost-Benefit analysis PERT, CPM Library Buildings and Equipments Performance Evaluation of Libraries/Information Centres and Services Marketing Information product and sérvices Total Quality Management (TQM) Unit—Vo. i Information Technology—Components; Impact of IT on Society Computers—Hardware, Software, Storage Devices, Input/Output Devices ‘Telecommunication—Transmission media, Switching systems, Bandwidth, Multiplexing, Modulation, Protocols, Wireless Communication Fax, E-Mail, Tele-conferencing/Video-conferencing, Bulletin Board Service, ‘Teletext; Videotex, Voice Mail Networking—Concepts, Topologies, Types—LAN,. MAN and WAN Hypertext, Hypermedia, Multimedia Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), Open Systems Interconnection (osp. Unit—vor Library Automation—Areas of automation, Planning, Hardware and Software ‘Selection, OPAC Networks—ERNET, NICNET; DELNET. JANET, BLAISE, OCLC, INFLIBNET INTERNET—Components, Services, Browsing—Web Browsers, Search Engines. Meta-Data, Digital Object Identifier (DOD National and International Information Systems—NISSAT. NASSDOC, INSDOC, DESIDOC, INIS, AGRIS, MEDLARS, INSPECUnit—Ix ‘Types of Research—Basic, Applied, Interdisciplinary Research Design Sciéntific Method, Hypotheses, Data Collection, Sampling Methods of Research—Historical. Descriptive, Case Study, Survey, Comparative and Experimental. Statistical Methods, Data Analysis Report Writing Research Methods in Library and Information Science and Services Bibliometrics Unit—x 59 ‘Types of Libraries—National, Public, Academic and “Special Objectives, Structure and Functions Digital Libraries—Concept Virtual Libraries—Concept ‘Types of users, User studies, User education Role of UGC in the growth and development of libraries and information centres in institutions of higher education in India Role of Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation (RRLF)11. SAMPLE QUESTIONS PAPER-IL An entry that directs the reader from one, heading to another is called (A) Added Entry (B) Main Entry (©). Analytical Entry (D) Reference Entry Who are the publishers of ‘Encyclopaedia of Library and Information Science’? (A) American Library Association 8) H. W. Wilson (©) . Marcel Dekker () RR. Bowker DRTC is located at ——. (A) New Delhi (B) Kolkata (C) Bangalore (D) Chennai PAPER-III (A) Explain the barriers in communication. 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