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NTA (UGC) NET Library and Information Science Syllabus 2012
Code No. 59
Subject: Library and Information Science
Note:
- There will be two question papers. NTA (UGC) NET Library Information Science Paper II and NTA (UGC) NET Library Information Science Paper III.
- Paper II will consist of 50 questions worth 2 mark each.
- Paper III will consist of 75 questions worth 2 mark each.
NTA (UGC) NET Library Information Science Paper II and Paper III
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.
- 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, IFIA 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-Journals.
- Databases: Bibliographic, Numeric/and Full text-Evaluation.
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. UDG and CG.
- Library Cataloguing: Canons and Principles.
- Library Cataloguing Codes: CCC and AACR-II.
- Bibliographic Records: International standards-ISBDs. MARC and CCF.
- Indexing: Pre-coordlnate, Post-coordinate.
- Vocabulary Control: Thesaurus. Lists of Subject Headings.
- Databases: Search Strategies, Boolean Operators.
- Knowledge Management
Unit-VI
- Management: Principles, Functions, Schools of Thought Plaiining, 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) .
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.
- Internet: Components, 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) .