UGC-SET/NET SYLLABUS OF LIBRARY SCIENCE

UGC-SET/NET SYLLABUS OF LIBRARY SCIENCE

Unit-I:

Ø  Information: Information Science, Information Society.

Ø  Information as a Resource / Commodity.

Ø  Information Transfer Cycle: Generation, Collection, Storage and Dissemination.

Ø  Role of information in Planning, Management. Socio-economic Development.

Ø  Technology transfer Communication: Channels, barriers.

Ø  Intellectual Property Rights: Concept, Copyright, Censorship-Print and Non-

Ø  Library and Information Policy at the National Level.

Unit-II:

Ø  Laws of Library Science.

Ø  Library Resource Sharing and Networking.

Ø  Library Movement and Library Legislation in India.

Ø  Library Extension Services.

Ø  Library and Information Science Education in India.

Ø  Library and Information Profession.

Ø  Library Associations in India, UK and USA: ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS. SIS, LA, ASLIB, SLA and ALA.

Ø  Library Associations Organizations at International level: FID, IFLA and UNESCO.

Unit-III:

Ø  Sources of Information: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary-Documentary and Non-documentary.

Ø  Reference Sources: Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Geographical Sources, Biographical Sources, Year-books / Almanacs, Directories, and Handbooks, Statistical (salient features and evaluation).

Ø  Bibliographical Sources: Bibliographies, Union Catalogues, Indexing and Abstracting Journals ( salient features and evaluation ) E-documents, E-books. E-Journals.

Ø  Databases: Bibliographic, Numeric / and Full text-Evaluation.

Unit-IV:

Ø  Reference and Information services, Referral Service.

Ø  Bibliographic Service, Indexing and Abstracting Service, CAS, SDI, Digest Service, Trend Report.

Ø  Online Services

Ø  Translation Services

Ø  Reprographic Services

Unit-V:

Ø  Organization of knowledge / information.

Ø  Modes of formation of subjects.

Ø  Library Classification: Canons and Principles.

Ø  Library Classification Schemes: DDC. UDC and CC.

Ø  Library Cataloguing: Canons and Principles.

Ø  Library Cataloguing Codes: CCC and AACR-II.

Ø  Bibliographic Records: International standards-ISBDs. MARC and CCF.

Ø  Indexing: Pre-coordinate, Post-coordinate.

Ø  Vocabulary Control: Thesaurus. Lists of Subject Headings.

Ø  Databases: Search Strategies, Boolean Operators.

Ø  Knowledge Management

Unit-VI:

Ø  Management: Principles, Functions, Schools of Thought Planning, Organization Structure Decision making.

Ø  System Study: Analysis, Evaluation and Design.

Ø  Collection Development: Books, Serials, Non-book Materials-Selection, Acquisition, Maintenance; ISBN, ISSN. Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP).

Ø  Human Resources Management: Manpower Planning. Job analysis. Job description. Selection. Recruitment, Motivation Training and Development, Staff Manual.

Ø  Leadership and Performance.

Ø  Evaluation Delegation of authority.

Ø  Financial Management: Resource Generation, Types of Budgeting, Cost and Cost-Benefit analysis.

Ø  PERT, CPM

Ø  Library Buildings and Equipments.

Ø  Performance Evaluation of Libraries / Information Centers and Services. Marketing Information product and services Total Quality Management (TQM).

Unit-VII:

Ø  Information Technology: Components; Impact of IT on Society.

Ø  Computers: Hardware, Software, Storage-Devices, Input / Output Devices.

Ø  Telecommunication : Transmission media, Switching systems, Bandwidth, Multiplexing, Modulation, Protocols, Wireless Communication Fax, E-Mail, Tele-conferencing  / Video-conferencing, Bulletin Board Service, Teletext. Videotext, Voice Mail.

Ø  Networking: Concepts, Topologies, Types-LAN, MAN and WAN Hypertext, Hypermedia, Multimedia.

Ø  Integrated Services Digital Network ( ISDN ), Open Systems Interconnection ( OSI ).

Unit-VIII:

Ø  Library Automation: Areas of automation. Planning, Hardware and Software Selection, OPAC.

Ø  Networks: ERNET, NICNET; DELNET. JANET. BLAISE. OCLC, INFLIBNET.

Ø  Internet: Components, Services, Browsing-Web Browsers, Search Engines Meta-Data, Digital Object Identifier (DOI).

Ø  National and International Information Systems: NISSAT, NASSDOC, INSDOC. DESIDOC, INIS. AGRIS. MEDLARS. INSPEC.

Unit-IX:

Ø  Types of Research: Basic, Applied, Interdisciplinary, Research Design, Scientific Method, Hypotheses, Data Collection, Sampling.

Ø  Methods of Research: Historical. Descriptive, Case Study, Survey, Comparative and Experimental.

Ø  Statistical Methods, Data Analysis.

Ø  Report Writing

Ø  Research Methods in library and Information Science and Services. Bibliometrics

Unit-X:

Ø  Types of Libraries: National, Public, Academic and Special Objectives, Structure and Functions.

Ø  Digital Libraries : Concept

Ø  Virtual Libraries : Concept

Ø  Types of users, User studies. User education.

Ø  Role of UGC in the growth and development of libraries and information centers in institutions of higher education in India.

Ø  Role of Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF).