Maharashtra State Eligibility Test (SET) - SYLLABUS AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS - Library & Information Science

SYLLABUS AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS (LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE)

Subject Subject

Code No.

18 Library & Information Science

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[18] : LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE

SYLLABUS AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS

NOTE : STRUCTURE OF PAPER II AND REVISED STRUCTURE OF PAPER III PLEASE

SEE PAGE NUMBER ONE.

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 Nonprint Media.

Library and Information Policy at the National Level

Unit—II

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 —III

Sources 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)

Bibliographical Sources-Bibliographies, Union Catalogues, Indexing and Abstracting Journals

(salient features and evaluation)

E-documents, E-books, E-Jouarnals

Database-Bibliographic, Numeric and Full text-Evaluation

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Unit—IV

Reference and Information 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-II

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 services

Total Quality Management (TQM)

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Unit—VII

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 (OSI)

Unit—VIII

Library Automation-Areas of automation, Planning, hardware and Software Selection, OPAC

Networks-ERNET, NICNET, DELNET, JANET, BLAISE, OCLC, INFLIBNET INTERNETComponents,

Services, Browsing-Web Browsers, Search Engines Meta-Data, Digital Object

Identifier (DOI)

National and International Information Systems-NISSAT, NASSDOC, INSDOC, DESIDOC,

INIS, AGRIS, MEDLARS, INSPEC

Unit—IX

Types of Research-Basic, Applied, Interdisciplinary

Research Design

Scientific 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

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)

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

PAPER—II

1. An entry that directs the reader from one heading to another is called

(A) Added Entry

(B) Main Entry

(C) Analytical Entry

(D) Reference Entry

2. Who are the publishers of Encyclopaedia of Library and Information Science ?

(A) American Library Association

(B) H. W. Wilson

(C) Marcel Dekker

(D) R. R. Bowker

3. DRTC is located at —

(A) New Delhi

(B) Kolkata

(C) Bangalore

(D) Chennai

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