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DEPARTMENT OF

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

Curriculum and Syllabus for

Postgraduate Programme in

Library and Information Science

Under Semester System

(with effect from 2015 admissions)

Preamble

Library and Information Science cover the creation, storage, retrieval and dissemination

of Information in organisations and in society at large. A well organised library has become a key

component in every educational research and manufacturing establishment, both in the public and

private sectors.

The role of public libraries as agents of life-long education has been fully recognized and

government patronage is slowly emerging to make our public libraries fully functional with

trained staff. Thus there is ample opportunity for people who have obtained the MLISc degree to

pursue a career in the field of Library and Information Science.

The field of Library and Information Science has undergone tremendous development in

recent years as a result of the pervasiveness of Information Technology (IT) in all areas of human

activity. The development of computer application in libraries, electronic publishing and online

searching has generated an increased demand for people who have the required know-how to put

information to work. IT has also had the effect of making the process of information management

more efficient and more effective and more central to an organisation’s effectiveness. It has

created the opportunity for new kinds of service and products. It has changed the way service are

organized and delivered. Therefore, people who have exposure to IT practices will have better job

opportunity than those who possess training in traditional practices of librarianship.

The MLISc Programme offered in this college aims at preparing students to adopt state of

the art techniques to carry out services for all types of institutions. The specific Programme

objectives are to equip students with a knowledge and understanding of the characteristics and

functions of:

Information sources and their use in specific contexts;

The organization and management of library and information services, resources and

personnel;

The role of information in society;

Information technology ,its role within the library context; and

Communication pattern and information requirements of different groups of information

users.

The Programme is thus designed to provide a range of potential employment to those who obtain

the degree.

BOARD OF STUDIES

Chairman

1. Dr. Humayoon Kabir S. MSc. MLib.Sc, MPhil, PhD, UGC- JRF (NET)

HOD & Associate Professor

Department of Library and Information Science,

University of Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram.

2. Rev. Fr. Joseph Jose M.A., M.L.I.Sc., MPhil, UGC-NET

(Director, Department of Library & Information Science,

S B College)

2. Ms. Yamuna P.B M.L.I.Sc., UGC –NET - HOD

3 Ms. Deepa John M.L.I.Sc., UGC –NET - Lecturer

4. Ms. Supriya Susan Kurian MCA, M.L.I.Sc., UGC –NET - Lecturer

External Subject Experts

5. Rev.Fr. Tijomon P. Issac MLISc, UGC –NET

(Chief Librarian, St. Aloysius College, Edathua)

6. Mr. Sajan Varghese MA, M.L.I.Sc., UGC- NET

(Chief Librarian, Marthoma College, Thiruvalla)

Alumnus

7. Rev. Fr. Jaison Punnassery M.L.I.Sc. (Librarian, Jubilee Mission Medical College,

Thrissur)

Representative – Industry

8. Mr. C.A Abraham BSc. Engg., MSc. Engg.

(Director, Mayilvahanam Industries, Shoranur)

Representative – Corporate Sector

9. Mr. Kurien Oommen MCA

(Senior Software Developer, Islet Systems, Kochi)

REGULATIONS FOR MLISc PROGRAMME

1. SHORT TITLE

1.1 These Regulations shall be called St. Berchmans College (Autonomous) Regulations

(2015) governing MLISc Programmes.

1.2 These Regulations shall come into force with effect from the academic year 2015-2016

onwards.

2. SCOPE

2.1 The regulation provided herein shall apply to MLISc programme conducted by St.

Berchmans College (Autonomous) with effect from the academic year 2015-2016

onwards.

3. DEFINITIONS

3.1 ‘University’ means Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala.

3.2 ‘College’ means St. Berchmans College (Autonomous).

3.3 There shall be anAcademic Committee nominated by the Principal to look after the

matters relating to the MLISc Programme.

3.4 ‘Academic Council’ means the Committee consisting of members as provided under

section 107 of the Autonomy Ordinance, Government of Kerala.

3.5 ‘Parent Department’ means the Department of Library and Information Science.

3.6 ‘Department Council’ means the body of all teachers of Library and Information

Science Department.

3.7 ‘Faculty Mentor’ is a teacher nominated by a Department Council to coordinate the

continuous evaluation and other academic activities of the Postgraduate programme

undertaken in the Department.

3.8 ‘Programme’ means the entire course of study and examinations.

3.9 ‘Duration of Programme’ means the period of time required for the conduct of the

programme. The duration of MLISc programme shall be two (2) semesters.

3.10 ‘Semester’ means a term consisting of a minimum of ninety (90) working days,

inclusive of examination, distributed over a minimum of eighteen (18) weeks of five

(5) working days each.

3.11 ‘Course’ means a segment of subject matter to be covered in a semester. Each Course

is to be designed under lectures/tutorials/laboratory/seminar/project/practical/

assignments/evaluation etc., to meet effective teaching and learning needs.

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3.12 ‘Course Teacher’ means the teacher who is taking classes on the course.

3.13 ‘Core Course’ means a course that the student admitted to a particular programme

must successfully complete to receive the Degree and which cannot be substituted by

any other course.

3.14 ‘Dissertation’ means a regular project work on which the student undergoes a project

under the supervision of a teacher in the parent department.

3.15 ‘Plagiarism’ is the unreferenced use of other authors’ material in dissertations and is a

serious academic offence.

3.16 ‘Seminar’ means a lecture expected to train the student in self-study, collection of

relevant matter from books and Internet resources, editing, document writing, typing

and presentation.

3.17 ‘Evaluation’ means every student shall be evaluated by in-semester assessment (20%)

and end-semester assessment (80%).

3.18 ‘Improvement Examination’ is an examination conducted to improve the performance

of student in the courses of a particular semester.

3.19 ‘Supplementary Examination’ is an examination conducted for students who fail in the

courses of a particular semester.

3.20 ‘Improvement Course’ is a course registered by a student for improving the

performance in that particular course.

3.21 ‘Supplementary Course’ is a course that is repeated by a student for having failed in

that course in an earlier registration.

3.22 ‘Mark’ is the numerical indicator which indicates the broad level of performance of a

student.

3.23 ‘Grace Marks’ means the marks awarded to course/courses, in recognition of

meritorious achievements of a student in NCC/NSS/Sports/Arts and cultural activities.

4. PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

4.1 Students shall be admitted into the two semester MLISc programme.

4.2 The programme shall include core courses, assignments, seminars, practical, viva-voce

etc.

4.3 There shall be a dissertation to be undertaken by all students. Dissertation shall be

carried out under the supervision of a teacher in the department. There shall be an

internal assessment and external assessment for the dissertation. The external evaluation

of the dissertation is followed by presentation and viva-voce.

4.4 Evaluations

The evaluation of each course shall contain two parts.

i Internal or In-Semester Assessment (ISA)

ii External or End-Semester Assessment (ESA)

The internal to external assessment ratio shall be 1:4 for all courses. Both internal and

external assessment shall be carried out in marks system. There shall be a maximum of

80 marks for external evaluation and maximum of 20 marks for internal evaluation.

Both internal and external assessment marks shall be rounded off mathematically to the

nearest integer.

4.5 In-semester assessment of theory courses

There are three components for ISA, which include attendance, assignment, seminar

and in-semester examination.

Components ofISA Marks

Attendance 5

Assignment/Seminar 5

In-semester examination(2×5 = 10) 10

Total 20

4.6 Attendance evaluation of students for each course shall be as follows:

% of Attendance Marks

90 and above 5

85-89 4

80-84 3

76-79 2

75 1

4.7 Assignments/Seminar

Every student shall submit at least one assignment in each semester as an internal

component for every course.

Every student shall deliver one seminar as an internal component for every course. The

seminar is expected to train the student in self-study, collection of relevant matter from

the books and internet resources, editing, document writing, typing and presentation.

The components for internal evaluation are given below.

Components Marks

Punctuality 1

Content 2

Conclusion 1

Reference/Review 1

Total 5

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4.8 In-semester examination

Every student shall undergo at least two in-semester examinations as class test as an

internal component for every theory course.

4.9 To ensure transparency of the evaluation process, the ISA mark awarded to the students

in each course in a semester shall be published on the notice board according to the

schedule in the academic calendar published by the College. There shall not be any

chance for improvement for ISA. The course teacher and the faculty mentor shall

maintain the academic record of each student registered for the course which shall be

forwarded to the office of the Controller of Examinations through the Head of the

Department and a copy should be kept in the office of the Head of the Department for at

least two years for verification.

4.10 In-semester assessment of practical courses

The internal assessment of practical/practice courses shall be conducted annually. There

shall be two in-semester examinations for practical courses. The components for

internal assessment are given below.

Components Marks

Attendance 5

Laboratory Involvement 5

Lab test (2×5 = 10) 10

Total 20

4.11 End-semester assessment

The end-semester examination in theory and practical courses shall be conducted by

the College.

4.12 The end-semester examinations for theory courses shall be conducted at the end of

each semester. There shall be one end-semester examination of three (3) hours

duration in each lecture based course.

4.13 The question paper should be strictly on the basis of model question paper set by

Board of Studies.

4.14 The question paper consists of short answer type/annotation, short essay and long

essay type questions. The question paper pattern for theory examination is as follows.

Division Type

No. of

Questions to

be Answered

Mark for

Each

Question

Total Marks

A Short answer 10 out of 10 1 10

B Short essay 5 out of 8 5 25

C Long essay 3 out of 5 15 45

Grand Total 18 out of 23 - 80

4.15 Photocopies of the answer scripts of the external examination shall be made available to

the students for scrutiny as per the regulations in the examination manual.

4.16 Practical/practice examination shall be conducted in each semester. Practical

examination shall be conducted by one external examiner and Head of the Department

or his nominee.

Information Technology (Practical)

No. of questions to be answered: 2

Marks of each question : 40

Total marks : 80

The question paper pattern for practice course is as follows.

Classification and Cataloguing

No. of

Questions to

be Answered

Mark for

Each

Question

Total Marks

Classification (UDC) 10 out of 15 4 40

Cataloguing 2 out of 2 20 40

Total 12 out of 17 - 80

4.17 The evaluation of dissertation shall be conducted at the end of the programme. All

students shall submit two copies of dissertation in the second semester. Dissertation

evaluation shall be conducted by one external examiner and Head of the Department or

his nominee. Viva-Voce covers questions from the dissertation presented.

Components of Project Evaluation Marks

Dissertation (External) 150

Viva-Voce (External) 50

Total 200

4.18 For all courses marks system is used to evaluate the performance of the student in that

course. The percentage shall be rounded mathematically to the nearest whole number.

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4.19 A minimum of 40 marks (ISA and ESA marks clubbed together) is required for a pass

in each course.

4.20 An aggregate minimum of 50% marks subject to a separate minimum of 40% marks

for each course (Internal and External marks clubbed together) is required for a pass in

the programme.

4.21 Students who have secured not less than 75% in the aggregate of total marks for the

courses in all the examinations (both ISA and ESA taken together) shall be declared to

have passed the MLISc Degree examination with Distinction.



have passed the MLISc Degree examination with First class.



have passed the MLISc Degree examination with Second class.

4.24 First, Second and Third position shall be awarded to students who come in the first

three places on the basis of overall marks in the programme in the first chance itself.

5. SUPPLEMENTARY/IMPROVEMENT EXAMINATION

There will be supplementary examinations and chance for improvement. Only one

chance will be given for improving the marks of a course.

6. ATTENDANCE

6.1 The minimum requirement of aggregate attendance during a semester for appearing at

the end semester examination shall be 75%. Condonation of shortage of attendance to a

maximum of 10 days in a semester subject to a maximum of two times during the whole

period of MLISc programme may be granted by the College.

6.2 If a student represents his/her institution, University, State or Nation in Sports, NCC,

NSS or Cultural or any other officially sponsored activities such as College

Union/University Union activities, he/she shall be eligible to claim the attendance for

the actual number of days participated subject to a maximum of 10 days in a Semester

based on the specific recommendations of the Head of the Department and Principal of

the College.

6.3 A student who does not satisfy the requirements of attendance shall not be permitted to

appear in the end Semester examinations.

6.4 Those students who are not eligible even with condonation of shortage of attendance

shall repeat the course along with the next batch.

7. BOARD OF STUDIES AND COURSES

7.1 The Board of Studies shall design all the courses offered in the programme. The Board

shall design and introduce new syllabus, modify or re-design existing syllabus to

facilitate better exposure and training for the students.

7.2 The syllabus of a Programme shall include the title of the course, contact hours, total

marks and reference materials.

7.3 Each course shall have an alpha numeric code which includes abbreviation of the course

in two letters, semester number, code for the course and serial number of the course.

7.4 The programme shall be monitored by the Academic Council.

8. REGISTRATION

8.1 A student shall be permitted to register for the programme at the time of admission.

8.2 A student may be permitted to complete the Programme, on valid reasons, within a

period of four (4) continuous semesters from the date of commencement of the first

semester of the programme.

8.3 Those students who possess the required minimum attendance and progress during a

semester and could not register for the semester examination in time are permitted to

apply for Notional Registration to the examinations concerned enabling them to get

promoted to the next semester.

9. ADMISSION

9.1 The admission to MLISc programme shall be as per the rules and regulations of the

College/University.

9.2 The eligibility criteria for admission shall be as announced by the College/University

from time to time.

9.3 Separate rank lists shall be drawn up for reserved seats as per the existing rules.

9.4 There shall be a uniform academic and examination calendar prepared by the College

for the conduct of the programme.

10. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

10.1 Candidates for admission to the first semester of the MLISc programme shall be

required to have passed BLISc Degree Examination of Mahatma Gandhi University or

any other recognized University or authority accepted by the Academic Council of

Mahatma Gandhi University as equivalent thereto.

10.2 Students admitted under this programme are governed by the Regulations in force.

11. PROMOTION

A student who registers for the end semester examination shall be promoted to the next

semester.

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12. MARK CARD

12.1 The College under its seal shall issue to the students, a Mark card on completion of each

semester, which shall contain the following information.

i) Name of the Student

ii) Register Number

iii) Photo of the Student

iv) Degree

v) Programme

vi) Semester and Name of the Examination

vii) Month and Year of Examination

viii) Faculty

ix) Course Code and Title of each course opted in the semester

x) Marks for ISA, ESA, Total Marks (ISA + ESA), Maximum Marks and Institution

Average in each course opted in the semester

12.2 The final Mark card issued at the end of the final semester shall contain the details of all

courses taken during the entire programme including those taken over and above the

prescribed minimum credits for obtaining the degree.

13. AWARD OF DEGREE

The successful completion of all the courses with ‘40% marks (ISA and ESA marks

clubbed together) with an aggregate minimum of 50% marks for the whole programme

shall be the minimum requirement for the award of the degree.

14. MONITORING COMMITTEE

There shall be a Monitoring Committee constituted by the Principal to monitor the

internal evaluation conducted by the College. The Course Teacher, Faculty Mentor, and

the College Coordinator should keep all the records of the continuous evaluation, for at

least a period of two years, for verification.

15. GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL COMMITTEE

15.1 In order to address the grievance of students relating to ISA, a two-level Grievance

Redressal mechanism is envisaged.

15.2 A student can approach the upper level only if grievance is not addressed at the lower

level.

15.3 Department level: The Principal shall form a Grievance Redressal Committee in each

Department comprising of course teacher and one senior teacher as members and the

Head of the Department as Chairman. The Committee shall address all grievances

relating to the internal assessment grades of the students.

15.4 College level: There shall be a College level Grievance Redressal Committee

comprising of Faculty Mentor, two senior teachers and two staff council members

(one shall be an elected member) and the Principal as Chairman. The Committee shall

address all grievances relating to the internal assessment grades of the students.

16. TRANSITORY PROVISION

Notwithstanding anything contained in these regulations, the Principal shall, for a

period of three years from the date of coming into force of these regulations, have the

power to provide by order that these regulations shall be applied to any programme with

such modifications as may be necessary.

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Model Mark Card

Date:

MARK CARD

Name of the Candidate :

Register Number :

Degree : Master of Library and Information Science

Programme : Library and Information Science

Name of the Examination : First Semester MLISc Examination, Month YYYY

Faculty : Social Sciences

Course

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***End of Statement***

Entered by:

Verified by:

Controller of Examinations Principal

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(In Words)

Date:

MARK CARD

Name of the Candidate :

Register Number :

Degree : Master of Library and Information Science

Programme : Library and Information Science

Name of the Examination : Second Semester MLISc Examination, Month YYYY

Faculty : Social Sciences

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***End of Statement***

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PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

Course

Code Name of the Course

Hours/

week

Total

Hours ISA ESA Total

Sem

este

r I

AMLB101 Information, Knowledge and

Communication 6 108 20 80 100

AMLB102 Information Processing and Retrieval 6 108 20 80 100

AMLB103 Research Methodology and Statistical

Techniques 6 108 20 80 100

AMLB1P01 Information Processing and Retrieval

(Practise) 7 126 20 80 100

Total 25 450 80 320 400

Sem

este

r II

AMLB204 Information Systems and Products 8 144 20 80 100

AMLB205 Information Technology Applications 7 126 20 80 100

AMLB2P02 Information Technology Applications

(Practise) 10 180 20 80 100

AMLB2DN Dissertation and Viva-Voce - - 200 200

Total 25 450 60 340 500

Grand Total 900

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SEMESTER I

AMLB101: INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE AND COMMUNICATION

Contact Lecture Hours: 108

Aim: To provide the students detailed information regarding various aspects of information,

knowledge and communication.

Objectives:

To familiarize the students with the communication channels, models and barriers.

To gain knowledge in Intellectual property rights, Information management and

Knowledge management.

To know about information and knowledge societies in detail.

Unit-1 Total hours - 27

Information: characteristics, value and use of Information.

Conceptual difference between data, information and knowledge.

Nature and Properties of Information: Ageing and Obsolescence.

Definitions of communication.

Communication channels – formal and informal; Invisible College, Technological

gatekeepers.

Communication Models and Barriers

Trends in Scientific Communication.


Definition, scope and objectives of Information Science.

Genesis and development of Information science.

Information Science as a discipline and its relationship with other subjects.

Bibliometric laws and models; Citation analysis.

Informetrics; Scientometrics; Webometrics.

Content Analysis


Genesis, characteristics and implications of information society and Knowledge

Society.

Intellectual Property Rights, Right to Information Act.

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Concept of freedom, censorship, data security and fair use.

Open Access Movement: DOAJ, Institutional repositories.


Information as a resource.

Information Industry: generators; providers and intermediaries.

Cost analysis of Information Systems.

Marketing of information products and services.

Information Audit.


Information management.

Knowledge management: concepts and tools, trends in knowledge management.

Core Reference:

1. Kumar, P.S.G. Information and Communication. New Delhi: B.R Publications, 2004.

Reference

1. Babu, Ramesh, and Gopalakrishnan, S .Information, Communication, Library and

Community. New Delhi: BR publications.

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AMLB102: INFORMATION PROCESSING AND RETRIEVAL


Aim: To familiarize the students with the organization of knowledge in various schemes of

classifications and classification in the digital age.

Objectives:

To gain knowledge in Cataloguing of non-book materials including electronic

sources.

To know about information retrieval and its various aspects in detail.


Organisation of knowledge in DDC, UDC, CC.


Cataloguing of non-book materials including electronic sources.

Problems in description, choice and rendering of access points of non-book materials.

Implications of basic cataloguing rules for OPACs.

Bibliographic record formats –ISO-2709, MARC, MARC-21, UNIMARC, CCF.


Subject analysis and representation.

Subject indexing languages.

Semantics and Syntax.

Vocabulary control, Thesaurus.

Facet analysis in subject indexing.

Natural language indexing, Automatic Indexing.


Information retrieval models.

Search strategies: manual and machine.

Criteria for evaluation of Information Retrieval systems; Trends in evaluation studies.


Classification in the digital age.

Metadata formats; FRBR; Resource Description and Access.

Semantic web technologies.

Ontologies; Folksonomies.

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Core Reference:

1 Kumar, P.S.G. Knowledge, Organisation, Information Processing & Retrieval. New

Delhi: B.R Publishing, 2004.

Reference

1 Goyal, P.K. Information Retrieval. New Delhi: Vista Publications, 2005.

2 Bukula, Shiva. Information Retrieval. New Delhi: Ess Ess Publications, 2014.

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AMLB103: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICAL

TECHNIQUES


Aim: To provide detailed information regarding various research methods and statistical

techniques.

Objectives:

To make the students aware of various research design and techniques.

To provide detail aspects of various statistical techniques and research reporting.


Research: concept, meaning, definition, need and process of research; types of

research – fundamental and applied including interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary

approach.

Research methods: scientific, historical, descriptive, experimental, survey, case study,

Delphi and Brainstorming methods.


Research design: Definition and characteristics, identification and formulation of

research problems; Statement of objectives, formulation of Hypothesis, different types

of hypothesis.

Literature search, Literature review.

Designing research proposal.


Research techniques and tools: sampling and methods of sampling; tools for data

gathering –questionnaire, scales of measurements, rating scales and checklists,

interview, observation, library records, reports etc.

Presentation of data: graphical and tabular methods, frequency tables, histogram,

frequency curves.


Statistical techniques: Nature and scope of statistics.

Probability theory, random experiment, discrete and continuous random variables,

distribution function, probability density function.

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Discrete probability distributions- Binomial, Poisson and geometric distributions;

continuous probability distributions – exponential, normal, and chi-square

distributions.

Descriptive statistics: frequency distribution; measures of central tendency (mean,

median, mode );measures of dispersion (range , quartile deviation, standard deviation,

variance, mean deviation ) ; measures of skewness and kurtosis; Correlation and

regression analysis , curve fitting.

Statistical inference : sampling distributions ,Estimation, Testing of Hypothesis,

Levels of significance, z – test, t- test, chi- square test, ANOVA and Scheffe ’ test.

Attitude measurement and attitude scales.

Unit–5 Total hours: 18

Research reporting: structure, style and guidelines for research reporting; style

manuals – Chicago, MLA, APA, and End Note.

Evaluation of a research report.

Current trends in LIS research.

Use of statistical packages: SPSS.

Core References:

1 Kothari, C.R. Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques. 2nd ed. New Age:

International Publishers.

2 Kumar, P.S.G. Research Methodology and Statistical Techniques. New Delhi: B.R

Publications, 2004.

Reference

1 Kumar, Ranjith. Research methodology: A step by step guide for beginners. New

Delhi: SAGE Publications, 2014.

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PRACTICAL

AMLB1P01: INFORMATION PROCESSING AND RETRIEVAL

Instructional Hours: 126

Aim: To develop skills in classification and cataloguing of books and non-book materials.

Objectives:

To classify documents according to UDC.

To catalogue books and non -book materials by using AACR2.


Classification of complex subjects (books and journal articles or reports) using

Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) (Abridged edition 1961 and fascicules).

Unit–2 Total hours - 63

Preparation of catalogue entries of complicated books, parts of books and non –book

materials according to AACR2.

Core References:

1 Universal Decimal Classification. 3rd rev. ed., FID.

2 Robert, L. Handbook for Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2. New Delhi: Maxwell.

Indiana Publishing House.

Reference

1 Sehgal, R.L. An Introduction to Universal Decimal Classification. New Delhi: Ess

Ess Publications.

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SEMESTER II

AMLB204: INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND PRODUCTS


Aim: To understand various information systems and information products.

Objectives:

To provide detailed information regarding global information systems and its

services.

To understand system approach and national information policy.


Information Institutions : Evolution , growth and types; Libraries, documentation and

information centres , data banks, information analysis centres, data centres and

referral centres, clearing houses , translation pools, archives, reprographic centres.


Systems approach: Definition, characteristics and properties of a system.

Information system: Basic concept, types, characteristic and components.

Planning and designing of information systems.

Role of information systems in Technology Transfer and national development.


Global information system and services: AGRIS, BIOSIS, CAB, CAS, DEVSIS,

INIS, INSPEC, MEDLINE, OCLC, JANET, UNISIST.

Information systems and networks in India: INFLIBNET, DELNET, NICNET.

National Documentation centres in Science and Technology, Social Sciences, and

Humanities in India: NISCAIR, DESIDOC, SENDOC, and NASSDOC.

Consortia – INFONET, INDEST.


National Information Policy, National Knowledge Commission


Information Products and Services: Concept, definition, types.

Products and services with examples – document delivery, translation.

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Information analysis and consolidation products: Preparation of trend reports,

progress reports, reviews, house journals.

Web sources, Portals, Wikis.

Core Reference:

1. Kumar, Krishan.Reference Service.5th

rev.ed. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House,

2004.

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AMLB205: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS

Contact Lecture hours: 126

Aim: To provide the students detailed information regarding development of information

technology.

Objectives:

To provide information regarding database, telecommunication, internet and its

various aspects.

To familiarize with library automation and various softwares.

To provide information regarding the development of digital library.

Unit -1 Total hours - 9

Development of Information Technology (IT); IT components; Implications for

information professionals.

Unit -2 Total hours - 18

Database: Concepts and components.

Database structures, File organisation and physical database design.

Database management systems – Criteria for selection.


Telecommunication and networking: concepts, media, and components.

Networking Topologies: Star, Bus, Ring, Token Ring, and Hybrid.

Network protocols and data communication standards, Open System Interconnection

(OSI).

Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN).

CD Networks.

Internet – Service providers, Browsers, Search engines, Protocols; Internet services;

Security aspects: RFID, Barcode, Smartcard, CCTV.

Internet Information Recourses; Intranet, Extranet.


Library Automation: Housekeeping operations; Study of library software packages

such as SOUL, KOHA.

Factors for designing library software packages.

Criteria for selection of computer system for libraries.

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Digital Libraries: Overview, concepts, copyright issues.

Digitization – Software, Hardware and Best practices.

Digital collection : Document formats – Multimedia, Hypertext, Hypermedia,

CD – ROM.

Type of /digital Documents – e – books, e- dissertation, e- prints, e- journals.

E – Publishing.


Popular Online databases in various subjects. Online database producing agencies

and vendors, Subject Gateways; Online Information Search.

Web OPAC, Weblogs, Podcasts, RSS Feeds.

Core References:

1 Amjad, Ali. Information Technology and Libraries. New Delhi: Ess Ess Publications,

2004.

2 Devarajan, G. Information Technology in Libraries. Ess Ess Publications, 1999.

Reference

1 Mahendar Pratap Singh .Use of Information Technology in Library and Information

Science. New Delhi: Abhijeeth Publications, 2004.

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PRACTICAL

AMLB2P02: INFORMATION TECHNIOLOGY APPLICATIONS

Instructional hours: 180

Unit–1: Database Management Total hours - 27

WINISIS

Unit–2: Library Application Packages. Total hours - 63

SOUL, KOHA

Unit–3: Web Design Total hours - 45

Unit–4: Digital Library Software. Total hours - 45

Greenstone / D Space