SYLLABUS OFTWO YEAR MASTER IN LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE UNDER SEMESTER-

CUM- COURSE CREDIT SYSTEMw.e.f. 01.08.2009 ( 2009-10 Session)

The MLISC Programme under Semester-cum-Course Credit System shall comprise of 22 numbered papers/courses spread over four semesters and carrying a total credit load of 80 Credit Hours. Each Theory paper/course and practical paper shall carry a load of 4 and 2 credits respectively. Each credit hour shall consist of 12 classes of one hour duration. Semester-wise distributions of the courses along with their respective titles are given here under:

FIRST SEMESTER

Course No. Course Title Credit Hours

Periods University Exam.

Internal Assessment/ Periodic test

Home Assignment

Full Mark/Total

MLIS-411 Foundation of Library & Information Science

4 48 80 10 10 100

MLIS-412 Information Organization and Processing (Classification)

4 48 80 10 10 100

MLIS-413 Information Organization and Processing (Cataloguing)

4 48 80 10 10 100

MLIS-414 Information Sources, Systems and Networks

4 48 80 10 10 100

MLIS-415-A Information Organization and Processing (Classification) Practical

2 72 40 5 5 50

MLIS-415-B Information Organization and Processing (Cataloguing) Practical

2 72 40 5 5 50

MLIS-416 Seminar-I (Write up 30, Presentation 10)

2 24 40 5 5 50

SECOND SEMESTER

Course No. Course Title Credit Hours

Periods University Exam.

Internal Assessment/ Periodic test

Home Assignment

Full Mark/Total

MLIS-417 Fundamentals of Computer Technology and Networking

4 48 80 10 10 100

MLIS-418 Information Storage and Retrieval

4 48 80 10 10 100

MLIS-419 Search Strategy & Vocabulary Control

4 48 80 10 10 100

MLIS-420 Information Needs and Seeking Behaviour

4 48 80 10 10 100

MLIS-421 Computer Application Practical (Written 20 + Practical 50 + Viva 10)

2 60 80 10 10 100

MLIS-422 Seminar-II (Write up 30, Presentation 10)

2 40 40 5 5 50

THIRD SEMESTER

Course No. Course Title Credit Hours

Periods University Exam.

Internal Assessment/ Periodic test

Home Assignment

Full Mark/Total

MLIS-423 Management of Libraries & Information Centres

4 48 80 10 10 100

MLIS-424 Research Methodology & Design

4 48 80 10 10 100

MLIS-425 Internet & Web Resources 4 48 80 10 10 100MLIS-426 Digital Library & Information

Systems4 48 80 10 10 100

MLIS-427 Library Software Practical (Written 20 + Practical 50 + Viva 10)

2 60 80 10 10 100

MLIS-428 Seminar-III 2 40 40 5 5 50

FOURTH SEMESTER

Course No. Course Title Credit Hours

Periods University Exam.

Internal Assessment/ Periodic test

Home Assignment

Full Mark/Total

MLIS-429 Telecommunication and Data Transmission

4 48 80 10 10 100

Elective PaperMLIS-430A E-Publishing 4 48 80 10 10 100

ORMLIS-430B Academic Library System 4 48 80 10 10 100MLIS-431 Project/Records,

Assignment, & Reports (Project/Records evaluation 150 marks + Viva-voce 50 Marks) To be evaluated jointly by the Internal and the External Examiners

8 24 200 - - 200

Total Papers = 22Total Credits = 82Total Marks = 2050

SYLLABUS OF TWO YEARS MLISc COURSE UNDER CREDIT-CUM-SEMESTER SYSTEM

w.e.f 01.08.2009 (2009-2010 Academic Session)

FIRST SEMESTER

Course No. MLIS-411 FOUNDATION OF LIBRARY & INFORMATIO SCIENCE (FM: 100/4

CH)

UNIT-1 LIBRARY AS A SOCIAL INSTITUTION

1.1 It’s role in Information and Recreation1.2 It’s role to produce better citizen1.3 Role of library in Community Information

UNIT-2 NORMATIVE PRINCIPLE OF LIBRARY INFORMATION SCIENCE

2.1 Five Laws of Library Science2.2 Application of Five Laws in Library and Information Activities2.3 Professional Ethics-The Concept and need2.4 Philosophy and Ethics of Librarianship

UNIT-3 LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT

3.1 A brief sketch of Library Movement in India since 19003.2 Role of UNESCO in development of Public Libraries3.3 Library Resource Sharing3.4 Library Systems: Public Library, Academic Library and Special

Library

UNIT-4 LIBRARY LEGISLATIONS AND ACTS

4.1 Library Legislation-Concept, Need, Purpose and the Salient Traits4.2 A brief sketch of Library Legislation so far made in different States

in India4.3 Indian Copy Rights Act, 1957 and Delivery of Books and News

Papers Act, 1954

UNIT-5 LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS AND NATIONAL LIBRARIES

5.1 Library Associations: Need, Objectives and Functions5.2 Library Associations: ILA, IASLIC, IFLA5.3 National Library: Its concept and role5.4 National Library of India, Library of Congress (USA) & British

Museum/Library, U.K

Course No. MLIS-412 INFORMATION ORGANISATION & PROCESSING (Classification) (FM: 100/4 CH)

UNIT-1 FUNDAMENTALS OF LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION

1.1 Definition, Need, Purpose and Functions of Classification, Basic Terminologies and historical perspectives

1.2 Species of Library Classification Schemes: Enumerative Vs. Faceted and General Vs. Special

1.3 Fundamental Categories (PMEST), Postulates pertaining to PMEST

1.4 Facet Analysis, Principles of Facet Sequence, Phase Relation, Common Isolates

UNIT-2 GENERAL THEORY OF LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION

2.1 Normative Principles of Library Classification2.2 Basic Study of major schemes of Library Classification: DDC,

UDC and CC2.3 Call Number: Class Number, Book Number and Collection

Number

UNIT-3 NOTATION

3.1 Notations: Definition, Purpose, Types, Qualities, Canons3.2 Patterns of Notation used in DDC, UDC and CC3.3 Design of Library Classification Scheme: Basic considerations and

methodology

UNIT-4 UNIVERSE OF KNOWLEDGE

4.1 Modes of Formation of Subjects4.2 Different Types of Subjects4.3 Universe of Subjects as mapped in different Schemes of classification

UNIT-5 RECENT TRENDS IN LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION

5.1 Relevance of Classification in the context of Computerized/Digital Libraries

5.1 Online Library Classification Schemes5.1 Classification of web resources in Search Engines5.1 Automatic Classification

Course No. MLIS-413 INFORMATION ORGANISATION & PROCESSING

(Cataloguing) (FM: 100/4 CH)

UNIT-1 BASICS OF LIBRARY CATALOGUING

1.1 Catalogue: Definition & Concept, Purpose, Inner and Outer forms of Library Catalogue

1.2 Types of Catalogues: Dictionary Catalogue vs. Classified Catalogue.

1.3 AACR-2 and CCC: Features and Principles

UNIT-2 SUBJECT CATALOGUING AND INDEXING

2.1 Principles of Subject Cataloguing: Assigning of Subject Headings using Sears List of Subject Headings and Library of Congress Subject Headings, Chain Indexing

2.2 Pre-coordinate and Post-coordinate Indexing Systems, PRECIS and POPSI

2.3 Thesaurus and Classaurus

UNIT-3 CATALOGUING OF NON-BOOK MATERIALS

3.1 Non-Book Materials: Types, Advantages and Problems of Cataloguing of NBMs

3.2 Cataloguing of Non-Book Materials using AACR-2 of the following

3.2.1 Motion Pictures and Video Recording 3.2.2 Microforms3.2.3 Computer Files3.2.4 Graphics Materials

UNIT-4 COMPUTERISED CATALOGUING

4.1 Need for Computerized Cataloguing, 4.2 OPAC, WEBPAC4.3 Cataloguing of Web Resources

UNIT-5 INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION

5.1 Z39.505.2 Dublin Core, ISO-27095.3 CCF5.4 MARC

Course No. MLIS-414 INFORMATION SOURCES, SYSTEMS & NETWORKS (FM: 100/4 CH)

UNIT-1 INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SOCIETY

1.1 Information: Definition, Nature, Scope, Types, Characteristics, Values and Use; Data, Information and Knowledge

1.2 Information Science: Definition, Scope and linkages with other disciplines

1.3 Communication: Definition, Concept, Types, Communication Models (Theories): Shannon’s Theory, Lasswell’s Theory, Gerbner’s Theory, Schramm Theory

UNIT-2 INFORMATION SOURCES

2.1 Sources of Information-Primary, Secondary & Tertiary; Documentary and Non-documentary

2.2 Bibliography: Meaning, Scope, Function and Types; Bibliographical Control: Meaning, Purpose, UBC and UAP

2.3 Reference Sources: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Almanacs, Year Books, Directories, Handbooks, Manuals, News-Summaries, Concordances, Biographical, Geographical Information Sources

2.4 Electronic and Online Information Sources and Services

UNIT-3 ECONOMICS OF INFORMATION

3.1 Value of Information as a resource and commodity3.2 Economics of Information Sources and Production3.3 Information as a factor of production3.4 Right to Information-Its Concept and Scope

UNIT-4 INFORMATION SERVICES

4.1 Information Services : Concept, Définition, Need & Purpose; Information Services vis-à-vis Reference Service

4.2 Current Awareness Services (CAS), Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI), Bibliographic, Referral, Document Delivery Service (DDS) and Community Information Services (CIS)

4.3 Abstracting Services: Meaning, Use. Types and Parts of an Abstract.

4.4 Indexing Services: Need, Purpose and Function, Types of Indexes

UNIT-5 INFORMATION SYSTEMS & NETWORKS

1.1 Information System: Basic Concept, Components, Types, Characteristics

1.2 Evaluation of Information Systems1.3 National Information Systems: NISCAIR, DESIDOC, NASSDOC,

NISSAT; Global Information Systems: INIS, AGRIS, MEDLARS, 1.4 Library Network: Meaning, Purpose, Function; Library Networks:

DELNET, CALIBNET, MALIBNET, MYLIBNET, BONET, INFLIBNET, OCLC- their objectives, functions, services, and activities.

Course No. MLIS-415-A INFORMATION ORGANISATION & PROCESSING

(Classification Practical) (FM: 50/2 CH)

Classification of Documents representing Simple, Compound and Complex

Subjects using the following Schemes of Library Classification:

1. DDC 18th Edition

2. UDC Medium Edition

Course No. MLIS-415-BINFORMATION ORGANISATION & PROCESSING (Cataloguing Practical) (FM: 50/2 CH)

Cataloguing of documents: Personal, Pseudonyms, Corporate Authors and

Simple Periodicals using AACR-2 Revised Edition

Cataloguing of following non-book materials according to AACR-2 Revised

Edition:

(A) Cartographic Materials

(B) Motion Pictures and Video Recording

(c) Microform Documents

Course No. MLIS-416 SEMINAR-I (FM: 50/2 CH)

(A) Write up on a given topic to be submitted carries 30 Marks

(B) Presentation of the Seminar carries 10 Marks

SECOND SEMESTER

Course No. MLIS-417 FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY &NETWORKING (FM: 100/4 CH)

UNIT-1 COMPUTER AND BASIC TERMINOLOGIES OF IT

1.1 Computer: Its Definition, Concept, Characteristics of Computer and Nature of Problems Solved

1.2 Essential Components/Elements of a Computer1.3 Basic Terminologies and their Conceptual Meaning: Log-on and

Log-off, Online, Offline, Baud, Command, End User and Intermediary, False Drop, Fields, Modem, Password, Prompt, Record, Bit and Byte, and Response Time, Bandwidth.

UNIT-2 CLASSIFICATION / BASIC CATEGORIES OF COMPUTERS

2.1 Historical Developments: Generations of Computers and their characteristics: Analog, Digital and Hybrid Computers

2.2 Super, Mainframe, Mini, Micro, Laptop2.3 Micro Computers Vs Micro Processors

UNIT-3 COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FUNDAMENTALS

3.1 Computer Hardware-CPU, Memory, Storage Media, Input and Output Peripherals

3.2 Computer Software- System Software, Application Software, and Operating System

3.3 Library Software: Their role and key salient features

UNIT-4 CD-ROM, ONLINE DATABASE AND MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY

4.1 CDROM: Technical-know-how, Production Device; Basic Components for CD-ROM Workstation, Issues, Cost involved, Searching Device, Merits and Demerits

4.2 Online Database: Its concept, Taxonomy, Modes of data processing, Data Representation: ASCII, EBDIC

4.3 Multimedia: Its concept and role; Basic configuration, Areas of application, Leverages and perils.

UNIT-5 NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY

5.1 Networking-The Concept and Topologies5.2 LAN5.3 WAN

Course No. MLIS-418 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL (FM:

100/4 CH)

UNIT-1 FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM

1.1 Information Retrieval System (IRS): Definition, Concept, Components, Functions, and Qualities

1.2 ISRS Systems: Design and Operation1.3 Machine Readable Databases and Information Retrieval: their

growth, types: CD-ROM databases, Online databases, Source & Reference databases

UNIT-2 CLASSICAL MODELS OF INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

2.1 Information Retrieval Models: Basic Concept 2.2 Boolean Model, Vector Model, Probabilistic Model2.3 Alternative Set Theoretic Models: Fuzzy Set Model, Extended

Boolean Model

UNIT-3 EVALUATION AND COMPATIBILITY

3.1 Evaluation of IRS: Purpose, Criteria and Steps 3.2 Recall vrs Precision3.3 Evaluation Experiments: Cranfield, MEDLARS, & SMART, 3.4 Compatibility of Information Storage and Retrieval System: Areas

of Compatibility; Interface Compatibility, Principal issues

UNIT-4 INTELLIGENT INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

4.1 Intelligent Information Retrieval: Introduction, Intelligent Retrieval System: Artificial Intelligence (AI)

4.2 Application of AI in Library and Information Services4.3 Expert Systems, Kinds & Components of AI4.4 Expert System for Library & Information Services

UNIT-5 RECENT TRENDS IN INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

5.1 Web Information Retrieval, 5.2 Search Engines, Meta Search Engines, Evaluation of Search Engines 5.3 Natural Language Processing (NLP)5.4 Semantic Web

Course No. MLIS-419 SEARCH STRATEGY AND VOCABULARY CONTROL (FM:

100/4 CH)

UNIT-1 SEARCH STRATEGIES

1.1 Search Strategy: Concept, need, development of a search strategy

1.2 Process for Searching: Preparing to search, Feed back and Refining

1.3 Basic Search Techniques: Word and Phrase, Boolean, Truncation, Proximity, Field, Metadata, Limit Search Techniques

UNIT-2 ONLINE SEARCHING AND SEARCH ENGINES

2.1 Online Searching and Retrieval: Definition, Historical development, basic features

2.2 Search Engine: Definition, purpose, components, functions; How does a Search Engine work?

2.3 Search tools and techniques in Google: Basic and Advanced

UNIT-3 INDEXING LANGUAGE AND VOCABULARY CONTROL

3.1 Indexing Language: Types and Characteristics3.2 Vocabulary Control: Definition and Purpose. Tools of Vocabulary

Control3.3 Thesaurus: Structure and Function; Design/Construction of

Thesaurus.

UNIT-4 INDEXING TECHNIQUES

4.1 Pre & Post Coordinate Indexing, Chain Indexing, Uniterm Indexing, Keyword and Citation Indexing

4.2 Automatic Indexing: Concept, Manual vrs Automatic Indexing, Automatic Term Extraction and Weighing, Automatic Text Retrieval

4.3 Automatic Indexing Process

UNIT-5 QUERY LANGUAGES

5.1 Query Language: Basic Concept, need and function5.2 Keyword based Query: Single word queries, Context queries,

Boolean queries, Natural Language queries5.3 Pattern Matching: Words, Prefixes, Suffixes, Substrings, Ranges,

Allowing errors, Extended patterns5.4 Structural Queries: Fixed structure, Hypertext, Hierarchical

Course No. MLIS-420 INFORMATION NEEDS AND SEEKING BEHAVIOUR (FM:

100/4 CH)

UNIT-1 TYPES OF USERS AND THEIR NEEDS

1.1 Composition of User Community1.2 Assessment of Information Needs1.3 Types of Users1.4 ISB Models

UNIT-2 METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF USER STUDIES

2.1 Types of User Studies2.2 Questionnaire method2.3 Case Study method & Interview Method2.4 Observation method and Survey method

UNIT-3 EVALUATION OF USER STUDIES

3.1 Definition, Need, and Criteria for Evaluation3.2 Methods and Steps in Evaluation3.3 Benefits of Evaluation

UNIT-4 IMPACT OF USER STUDIES & USER EDUCATION

4.1 Trends in User Studies4.2 Benefits of User Studies4.3 Impact of user studies in Collection Development4.4 Impact of User Studies in Library and Information Services

UNIT-5 INFORMATION LITERACY AND USER EDUCATION

5.1 Information Literacy: Meaning and Concept5.2 Theories of Information Literacy5.3 Salient Features of Information Literacy5.4 Digital Information literacy and Library Users

Course No. MLIS-421 COMPUTER APPLICATION PRACTICAL (FM: 100/2 CH)

(Written: 20 Marks + Practical: 50 Marks + Viva-voce: 10)

UNIT-1 USE OF OPERATING SYSTEMS

1.1 MS-DOS1.2 WINDOWS-XP1.3 Linux

UNIT-2 USE OF APPLICATION SOFTWARE

2.1 2000-MS-WORD 2.2 EXCEL 2.3 POWERPOINT 2.4 MS PUBLISHER

UNIT-3 INTERNET SEARCHING

3.1 Searching through Search Engines3.2 Exploring and identifying reference sources on the Internet3.3 Searching Open Access databases

Course No. MLIS-422 SEMINAR-II (FM: 50/2 CH)

(A) Write up on a given topic to be submitted carries 30 Marks(B) Presentation of the Seminar carries 10 Marks

THIRD SEMESTER

Course No. MLIS-423 Management of Libraries & Information Centres (FM: 100/4

CH)

UNIT-1 BASICS OF MANAGEMENT

1.1 Management: Concept and Development, Management vrs. Administration

1.2 Principles of Management and their application in libraries1.3 Scientific Management: Definition, principles, advantages, its

application to LICs1.4 Management Information System (MIS)

UNIT-2 MANAGEMENT OF ROUTINE WORK OF LICs

2.1 Acquisition, Technical Processing, Circulation, Serial Control2.2 Stock Verification: Purpose, Importance, Methods2.3 Library Records and Statistics: Purpose, Types 2.4 Library Reporting and Library Committee

UNIT-3 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Human Resource PlanningTechnique of HRM-Job Analysis, Job Description, Job Evaluation, job

SpecificationHuman Resource Development-Recruitment, Training and MotivationPerformance Appraisal and Decision Making

UNIT-4 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND TQM

Sources of FinanceBudgeting- Definition and Concept, Types of budgets-Line, ZBB, PPBSAccounting and Budgetary ControlTotal Quality Management (TQM)- Its Concept, Techniques and Methods

UNIT-5 LATEST TRENDS IN LIBRARY MANAGEMENT

5.1 Management of Change: Concept, need, impact, strategies5.2 Stress Management5.3 Time Management5.4 Project Management

Course No. MLIS-424 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND DESIGN(FM: 100/4

Credits)

UNIT-1 RESEARCH FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS

Research-Definition, Concept, Elements, Functions, Purpose and Scope

Research and its Classification- Pure Vs Applied Research, Individual Vs Collaborative, Interdisciplinary Vs Multidisciplinary, Team, Relay Research

Factors to be considered in determining Research Problems

UNIT-2 RESEARCH METHODS AND DATA COLLECTION

2.1 Methods of Research: Survey, Method, Case Study Method, and Delphi Techniques

2.2 Scientific Method-Its Concept, History and Procedural Steps2.3 Methods of Data Collection: Primary data- Questionnaire,

Interview and Observation, Check List, Secondary data; Historical/Recorded data

2.4 Survey Techniques: Concept, Steps, Limitations

UNIT-3 RESEARCH DESIGN AND PLANNING

Research Design-Its concept, Purpose, Topology, Attributes, Components and steps

Synopsis-Its concept and Essential ComponentsHypothesis-Its concept, Functions, Types and Sources

UNIT-4 PREPARATION OF RESEARCH REPORT

4.1 Reporting Writing-The Concept4.2 Attributes and Qualities4.3 Outlines of a Research Report

UNIT-5 STATISTICLA METHODS-BASICS

5.1 Statistical Methods-Its Concept, Definitions, Basic Steps, Factors involved

5.2 Frequency Distribution5.3 Mean, Median, Mode, Standard Deviation and Range5.4 Types of Time Series and Correlation5.5 Sampling Techniques-Data, Correlation and Regression, Use of Z

and X2 Statistics

Course No. MLIS-425 INTERNET AND WEB RESOURCES (FM: 100/4

Credits)

UNIT-1 GROWTH OF INTERNET AND WEB RESOURCES

1.1 Internet: Definition & Concept, inception, growth and development1.2 How does Internet work? ; Basic Internet terminologies: World

Wide Web, URL, DNS, TCP/IP, Router, Gateway1.3 Web Browser: Concept, function; Features of Internet Explorer &

Firefox

UNIT-2 INTERNET AND ORGANIZATION OF WEB RESOURCES

2.1 Organization of Web Resources: Classification & Cataloguing2.2 Selection and Acquisition of Web Resources: Need, Standards,

and Criteria2.3 Search Engines, Meta Search Engines

UNIT-3 INTERENET BASED INFORMATION RESOURCES

3.1 E-resources on the Web, E-books, E-journals, E-prints, E-databases

3.2 Open Access initiatives: Philosophy, grounds of OA, benefits, OA initiatives in India

3.3 Library Consortia: Definition, need, function; Library consortia initiatives in India

UNIT-4 SUBJECT BASED INFORMATION SOURCES

4.1 Web based Social Science Information4.2 Web based Information Sources in Health and Medicine4.3 Web based Information Sources in Business Management

UNIT-5 LATEST TRENDS AND TOOLS OF INTERNET

5.1 Web 2.0: Definition and Concept, Features, Application in Libraries; Web 2.0 Vs. Web 3.0

5.2 Web 2.0 Tools: Wiki, Blog, Podcasts, 5.3 Social Networking Tools and their Use in Libraries- Listserves,

Newsgroups, Mailing Lists.

Course No. MLIS-426 DIGITAL LIBRARY & INFORMATION SYSTEMS (FM: 100/4

Credits)

UNIT-1 DIGITAL LIBRARY ORGANISATION AND STRUCTURE

1.1 Digital Library: Definition & Concept, Historical Root; Electronic vs Digital Vs Virtual Library

1.2 Essential Elements of Digital Library 1.3 Organizational Considerations: Architectural, Environmental,

Economic, Legal issues & Social

UNIT-2 ORGANIZATION AND PRESERVATION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION

2.1 Formats of Digital Information-Text, Images, Sound, Multimedia: Their Need for Preservation

2.2 Digital Preservation: Definition, Purpose, Issues and Strategies, International Trends in Digital Preservation-Policies and Practices

2.3 Interoperability Standards: Metadata

UNIT-3 COLLECTION OF DIGITAL LIBRARIES

3.1 Defining Digital Collection; Types of Digital Collection3.2 Collection Management in Digital Libraries: Creation, Acquisition,

Linking, Distributed Holding, Licensing & Subscription3.3 Digitization Technology: Input (Capturing, Presentation,

Digitization & Data handling), Storage (Repositories, Linking) and Interaction (Search Systems, Interfaces)

UNIT-4 PLANNING AND DESIGNING DIGITAL LIBRARY

4.1 Planning and Designing of a functional Digital Library4.2 Stages of Designing Digital Library4.3 Basic Tools for designing Digital Library

UNIT-5 TRENDS IN DIGITAL LIBRARY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

5.1 Digital Library initiatives in USA 5.2 Digital Library Initiatives in UK 5.3 Digital Library Initiatives in India

Course No. MLIS-427 LIBRARY SOFTWARE PRACTICAL (FM: 100/2

Credits)

(Written: 20 Marks + Practical: 50 Marks + Viva-voce: 10)

UNIT-1 CREATION AND MAINTENANCE OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES

1.1 MS-ACCESS1.2 CDS/ISIS1.3 WIN/ISIS

UNIT-2 HANDS ON EXPERIENCE WITH LIBRARY AUTOMATION SOFTWARE (ANY ONE)

2.1 SOUL2.2 LIBSYS2.3 NewGENLIB2.4 E-Granthalaya

UNIT-3 DIGITAL LIBRARY SOFTWARE (ANY ONE)

3.1 GSDL3.2 D-Space3.3 Koha

Course No. MLIS-428 SEMINAR-III(FM:

50/2Credits)

(A) Write up on a given topic to be submitted carries 30 Marks

(B) Presentation of the Seminar carries 10 Marks

FOURTH SEMESTER

Course No. MLIS-429 TELECOMMUNICATION AND DATA TRANSMISSION (FM: 100/4

Credits)

UNIT-1 COMMUNICATION CHANNELS

1.1 Communication: Concept and Methods1.2 Types of Communication Channels 1.3 Data Transmission Modes

UNIT-2 TRANSMISSION MEDIA

2.1 Magnetic Media2.2 Twisted Pairs2.3 Base Band Coaxial Cable2.4 Broad Band Coaxial Cable2.5 Fibre Optics

UNIT-3 SWITCHING SYSTEMS

3.1 Circuit Switching3.2 Packet Switching

UNIT-4 OSI REFERENCE MODEL

4.1 Principles of OSI Model4.2 Seven layers (Physical to application)

UNIT-5 LATEST TRENDS IN COMMUNICATION

5.1 Wireless Networks (Wi Fi)5.2 Virtual Campus5.3 Mobile Technology

Course No. MLIS-430 A E-PUBLISHING (ELECTIVE PAPER) (FM: 100/4 Credits)

UNIT-1 E-Publishing: Fundamentals

1.1 E-publishing: Definition; History,

1.2 Advantages and Limitations

1.3 Traditional Publishing Vs. E-Publishing

UNIT-2 E-publishing Process

2.1 Workflow of E-Publishing

2.2 Short cut Process of E-publishing,

2.3 Review of E-publishing

UNIT-3 E-publishing: Technical Issues

3.1 DTP (Page Maker)

3.2 Word Processing

3.3 Graphic Design (Adobe Photoshop), E-book & PDF Creation

UNIT-4 Internet Publishing

4.1 Web Authoring, Tool for web authoring: HTML

4.2 Image Editing Tools: Basic Features and Advanced Features

UNIT-5 E-publishing Models

5.1 Models: Traditional, Subversive Model, Alternative Model

5.2 Author Pay Models for E-Publishing

5.3 Open Access Publishing Models

OR

Course No. MLIS-430 B ACADEMIC LIBRARY SYSTEM (ELECTIVE) (FM: 100/4 Credits)

UNIT-1 CONCEPT, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ALS

1.1 Academic Library: The Concept

1.2 Kinds of Academic Libraries

1.3 Growth and Development of Academic Libraries in India

UNIT-2 ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: ROLE AND FUNCTION

2.1 Role of University and College Libraries

2.2 Function of an Academic Library

2.3 Basic Objectives of Academic Library

UNIT-3 ACADEMIC LIBRARY GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

3.1 Library Committee: Its role and function

3.2 Administrative hierarchy and its role

3.3 Resource allocation, budgeting and major sources of Finance

UNIT-4 TECHNICAL SERVICES IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES

4.1 Collection development in Academic Libraries

4.2 Classification and Cataloguing

4.3 Reference and Referral System

UNIT-5 ACADEMIC LIBRARY NETWORKS

5.1 Academic Library Network in India: INFLIBNET

5.2 JANET, UK

5.3 RLIN, USA

Course No. MLIS-431 PROJECT/RECORDS, ASSIGNMENTS AND REPORTS(FM: 200/8

Credits)

(EVALUATION OF PROJECT/RECORD: 150; VIVA-VOCE: 50)

A. Acquisition Record -20 TitlesB. Cataloguing Record -20 TitlesC. Classification Record -20 TitlesD. Computerized Database any Record -20 EntriesE. Any One Library Evaluation Report -01

The above Project/Records to be submitted independently by the examinees to be evaluated jointly by the Internal and External Examiners. Each of the five Record Assignments will carry 20 marks.

FIRST SEMESTERPRESCRIBED TEXTS AND REFERENCES

Course # MLIS-411 : Foundations of Library & Info. Science

1. KHANNA (J K). “Fundamentals of Library Organization”, 1984; Delhi; Ess Ess

Publications.

2. KHANNA (J K). “Library and Society”; 1987; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

3. KRISHAN KUMAR. “Library Organization”; 1987; Delhi; Vikas Publishing House.

4. RANGANATHAN (S R). “The Five Laws of Library Science”, 1988; Sarada Endowment.

5. ROUT (R K). “Library Legislation in India”, 1991; New Delhi; Reliance Publishing House.

6. SHARMA (PANDEY S K). “Library and Society”, New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

7. KUMAR (P S G). “Foundation of Library & Info. Science”, Paper I of UGC Model Curriculum (Series-1); 2003; Delhi; B.R.Publications.

8 AGRAWAL (S P). “Development of Library Services in India”, 1989; New Delhi; Concept Publishing.

9. KRISHAN KUMAR. ”Library Manual”, 1982; Delhi; Vikas Publishing House.

10. KRISHAN KUMAR.”Library Organization”; 1987; Delhi; Vikas Publishing

House.

11. KUMAR (P S G). “Foundation of Library and Information Science”, 2003; Delhi; B.R. Publishing Corporation.

12. IYENGAR (SREENIDHI). “Academic Libraries and Budgetary Control”, 1996; New Delhi; Anmol Publication.

13. MANGALA (P B), SARDANA (J L) and SINGH (MOHINDER). “Fifty Years of Librarianship in India: Past, Present and Future”, 1983; Delhi; Hindustan Publishing.

14. PARIDA (BAMAN). “Fundamental of Library Management”, 1993; Bhubaneswar.

15. RAMAKRISHNAN (M N). “Academic Library Development”. 1991; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publication.

16. RATH (M M). “Sociology of Librarianship”1993; Delhi; Pratibha Prakashan.

17. SAXENA (T P). “University Libraries in India”, 1991; New Delhi; Medallion Press.

18. KAWATRA (P S). “Fundamentals of Documentation”, 1965; New Delhi; Sterling Publishers.

Course # MLIS-412 Information Organization and Processing (Classification)

1. HUSSAIN (SHAHBAHAT). “Library Classification; Facets and Analysis”. 1993; New Delhi; McGraw Hill Publications.

2. KRISHAN (KUMAR). “Theory of Classification”. 1991; New Delhi; Vikas Publications.

3. ROUT (R K) and SATAPATHY (S K). “Library Classification”. 1997; Bhubaneswar; Knowledge Industry Publication.

4. RAJU (A A.A N). “Dewey Decima,l Universal Decimal and Colon Classification”. 1984; Delhi; Ajanta Publication.

5. RANGANATHAN (S R). “Prolegomena to Library Classification”. 1989; New Delhi; UBS Publishers & Distributors.

Course # MLIS-413 Information Organization and Processing (Cataloguing)

1. VISWANATHAN (C G). “Cataloguing Theory and Practice”. 1990; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

2. GOPAL (KRISHAN). “Library Online Cataloguing in Digital Way”. 2005; Delhi, Authors Pres.

3. MALAVYA (V C). “Multimedia Library and Online Cataloguing”. 1999; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

4. KHAN (M A). “Cataloguing in Library Science”. 1997; New Delhi; Swarup & Sons.

5. KRISHAN KUMAR and GIRIJA KUMAR. “Theory of Cataloguing”. 1989; New Delhi; Vikas Publication.

6. PANDEY SHARMA (S K). “Cataloguing Theory”. 1986; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

Course # MLIS-414 Information Sources, Systems and Networks1. KUMAR (P S G). “Information Sources and Services”. 2004; Delhi; B.R.Publishing Corporation.

2. GUHA (B). “Documentation and Information”. 1983; Calcutta; the World Press.3. KAWATRA (P S). “Textbook of Information Science”. 2000; New Delhi; A.P.H Publishing.

4. SHARMA (J S) and GROVER (D R). “Reference Services and Sources of Information’. 1967; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

5. KUMAR (P S G). “Information and Communication”. 2004; Delhi; B.R.Publishing Corporation.

6. KAWATRA (P S). “Textbook of Information Science’. 2000; New Delhi; A.P.H Publishing Corporation.

7. BOSE (KAUSHIK). “Information Networks in India: Problems and Prospects.”1994; New Delhi Ess Ess Publications.

8. SEETHARAMA (S). “Information Consolidation and Repackaging”; 1992; New Delhi; Virgo Publications.

9. KAUL (H K). “Library Networks: An Indian Experience”. 1992; New Delhi; Virgo Publications.

10. KAUL (H K). “Library Resource Sharing and Networks”. 1999; New Delhi; Virgo Publications.

11. CHOPRA (H S). “Information Marketing”. 1996; New Delhi; Rawat Publications.

Course # MLIS-415 A Information Organization and Processing (Classification Practical)

1. DHYANI (PUSHPA). “Classifying with Dewey Decimal Classification’. 2002; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

2. RAJU (A. A. A. N). “Colon Classification Theory and Practice: A Self Instructional Manual”. 2001; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

3. SINGH (SEWA). “Colon Classification Practice’. 1996; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

4. PANDEY SHARMA (S K). “Practical Approach to Dewey Decimal Classification”. 1998; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

5. SEHGAL (R L). “An Introduction to Universal Decimal Classification”. 1994; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

6. SATYANARAYANA (V). “Universal Decimal Classification”, 1998; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

Course # MLIS-415 B Information Organization and Processing (Cataloguing Practical)

1. SEHGAL (R L).”Cataloguing Manual AACR-II”. 1993; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

2. CHOUDHURY (B K) and ROUT (R K). Cataloguing of Non-Book Materials: A Practical Manual) AACR-2 1988 Revision)”. 1997; New Delhi; Reliance Publishing House.

3. KRISHAN KUMAR. “An Introduction to Cataloguing Practice”. 1981; New Delhi; Vikas Publishing House.

4. CHOUDHURY (B K). “Illustrative Examples in Cataloguing Practice”. 1997; Learning Point; Berhampur

SECOND SEMESTERCourse # MLIS-417 Fundamentals of Computer Technology & Networking

1. RAMAN NAIR (R). “Accessing Information Through Internet”.2002; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

2. PANDA (K C) and GOUTAM (J N). In’fo. Technology (IT) on the Cross Road: From Ab’acus to Internet”. 1999; India.

3. PATIL (D B). “dBase III Plus in Libraries and Information Centers: Theory and Practice; 1991; New Delhi.

4. RAJARAMAN (V). “Fundamentals of Computers”. 1999; New Delhi; Prentice Hall.

5. PANDEY SHARMA (S K). “Library Computerization”. 1993; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

6. SINHA (P K). “Computer Fundamentals; 2003; New Delhi; BPB Publications.

7. Mohapatra (M) and Ramesh (D B), Eds. “Information Technology Application in Libraries: A Text Book for Beginners”. 2004; Bhubaneswar; Reproprint Publication.

8. Pattnaik (Srikant). “First Text Book on Info. Technology”. 2001; New Delhi; Dhanpat Rai & Co.

9. KUMAR (P S G). “Information Technology Applications”. 2004, Delhi; B.R.Publishing Corporation.

10. KUMAR (P S G). “Information Technology: Basics”. 2003; Delhi; B.R.Publishing Corporation.

11. PANDA (K C) and GOUTAM (J N). “In’fo Technology (IT) on the Cross Road: From Ab’acus to Internet”. 1999; India, Y.K.Publishers.

12. PANDA (K C). “New Dimensions in Information Science and Technology”. 1993; Delhi; Parimal Publication.

13. RAMAN NAIR (R). “Internet for Library and Information Services”. 1999; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publication.

Course # MLIS-418 Information Storage and Retrieval

1. BAJPAI (S K). “Modern Information Retrieval”. 2001; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

2. BALKRISHNAN (SHYAM) and PALIWAL (P K). “Principles of Information Retrieval”. 2001; New Delhi; Anmol Publications.

3. CHOUDHURY (G G). “Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval’. 1999; London; Library Association Publishing.

4. KOCHAR (R S) and SUDARSHAN (K N). “Library Automation: Issues and Systems”. 1997; New Delhi; APH Publishing Corporation.

5. RAMAN NAIR (R). ‘Accessing Information Through Internet”. 2002; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

6. CHOUDHURY (G. G). “Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval”. ; 2003; Neal Schuman Publisher. 2d edition.

7. BAEZA-YATES (R) and RIBEIRO-NETO (B).” Modern Information Retrieval”. 1st ed. 1999; Pearson.

8. KOUFHAGE (R.R). “Information Storage and Retrieval”. 1st ed. 1997; Wiley

9. WILLIAM (R H). “Information Retrieval”. 2nd ed. 2002; Springer.

10. SALTON (G). “Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval”. 1983;New Delhi; McGraw-Hill.

11. KAREN (S J).” Readings in Information Retrieval”. 1st ed.1997; Morgan Koufmann.

12. LANCASTER (F W). “Information Retrieval Systems: Characteristics, Testing and Evaluation”. 2nd Edn; 1978; New York; Shum Wiley & Sons.

Course # MLIS-419 Search Strategy and Vocabulary Control

1. CHOUDHURY (G G). “Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval”. 1999;Library Association Publishing; p 158-177.

2. LANCASTER (F W). “Indexing and Abstracting in Theory and Practice”. 1991; London Library Association Publishing; Ed.2.

3. TZE-CHUNG (L I). “An Introduction to Online Searching”. 1985; Greenwood.

4. CHING-CHIH (CHAN). “Online Bibliographic Searching: A Living Manual”. 1982; Neal Schumann.

5. JAMES (MALONEY). “Online Searching Techniques and Management”. 1994; ALA.

6. KAREN (HARTMAN) and ERNEST (ACKERMANN). “Searching and Researching on Internet”. 2004; 4th edition; Franclin Beedle.

7. CHRISTINE L (BORGMAN) et.al ”Effective Online Searching: A Basic Text”. 1984. CRC Press.

8. ALICE (YANOSKO CHAMIS). “Vocabulary Control and Search Strategy in Online Searching”. 1991;Greenwood.

9. LANCASTER (F. W). “Vocabulary Control for Information Retrieval”. 2nd ed.1983; Information Resource Press.

10. FROST (WILLIAM J). “The Reference Collection: From the Shelf of Web”. 2006; Haworth Press.

Course # MLIS-420 Information Needs and Seeking Behaviour

1. DEVARAJAN (G).”User’s Approach to Information in Libraries”. 1989; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

2. KUMAR (P S G). “Library and Users Theory and Practice”. 2004; Delhi; B.R.Publishing Corporation.

3. LALOO (B T). “Information Need, Information Seeking Behaviour & Users”. 2002; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

4. PRASAD (H N). “Information Needs and Users”. 1992; Varanasi; Indian Bibliographic Centre.

5. RAMAIAH (L S) et.al. “Information and Society”. 1997; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications

Course # MLIS-421 Computer Application Practical

1. ASWAL (R S). “CDS/ISIS for Windows”, 2003; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

2. KUMAR (P S G). “Information Technology Application”, 2004; Delhi; B.R.Publishing Corporation.

3. AMBA (S) and (RAGHAVAN (K S). “CDS/ISIS: A Primer”, 1999, New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

4. NAIR (R RAMAN). “Computer Application to Library and Information Services; 1992; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

5. SINHA K (PRADEEP) and SINHA (P). “Computer Fundamentals”, 2003; New Delhi; BPB Publications.

Course # MLIS-423 Management of Libraries and Information Centers

1. BRYSON (JO). “Effective Library and Information Centre Management”. 1996; Bombay; Ashwin J Shah Jaico Publishing.

2. PANWAR (B S) and VYAS (S D). “Library Management”. 1986 Delhi; B.R Publishing Corporation.

3. NARYANA (G J). “Library and Information Management”. 1991; New Delhi; Prentice Hall of India.

4. LAHIRI (R). “Management of Libraries”. 1996; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

5. SRIVASTAVA (A P) and CHANDRA (R). “Information Preservation and Library Management”. 2003; Kalpaz Publishing.

Course # MLIS-424 Research Methodology and Design

1. KUMAR (P S G). “Research Method and Statistical Techniques” 2004; New Delhi; B.R Publications.

2. SEHGAL (R L). “Designing and Evaluation of Research in Library Science”. 1998; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

3. TRIPATHY (S M) and LAL (C). “Objective Questions in Library and Information Science”. 2001; New Delhi; 2nd Revised Edition.

4. PANDA (B D). “A Student Manual on Research Methodology for Library Science”. 1992; BBSR; Orissa Library Society.

5. KOTHARI (C R). “Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques”. 1990; New Delhi; Wiley Eastern.

6. KUMAR (P S G). “Research Methods and Statistical Techniques”. 1996; Delhi; B.R Publishing Corporation.

7. SEHGAL (R L). “Design and Evolution of Research in Library Science”. Vol.1; 1998; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

8. KRISAN KUMAR. “Research Method in Library and Information Science”. 1992; New Delhi; Har-

hand Publications.

9. SARDANA (J L), and SEHGAL (R L). “Statistical Methods for Librarians”. 1996; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

10. PANDA (B D). “A Student’s Manual on Research Methodology for Library Science”. 1992;

Bhubaneswar; Orissa Library Society.

11. SEHGAL (R L). “Applied Statistics for Library Science Research”. Vol.1 (2); 1998; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

12. KOTHARI (C R). “Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques”. 1990; Wiley Eastern; New

Delhi.

Course # MLIS-425 Internet and Web Resources

1. PALIWAL (P K) and BALKRISHNAN (SHYAM). “Systems and Practices of Effective Library”. 2001; New Delhi; Anmol Publications.

2. NAIR (R RAMAN). “Internet for Library and Information Services”. 1999; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

3. COMBER (J DOUGLAS). “Internetworking with TCP/IP Principles, Protocols and Architectures”. 4th

Ed.; Delhi; Pearson Education.

4. NAIR (R RAMAN). “Accessing Information through Internet”. 2002; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

5. JAIN (SHASHANK) and JAIN (SATISH). “Internet & Web Design”. 2003; New Delhi; BPB Publications.

Course # MLIS-426 Digital Library & Information Systems

1. MALWAD (N M) et.al. “Digital Libraries Dynamic Storehouse of Digital Information”. 1996; Delhi; New Age International Publications.

2. PALIWAL (P K) and BALKRISHNAN (SHYAM). “Library Digital Technology”. 2001; New Delhi; Anmol Publications.

3. CHANDRA (RAMESH) and SRIVASTAVA (A P). “Information Preservation and Library Management”. 2003; New Delhi; Kalpas Publications.

4. KUMAR (P S G). “Information Technology”. 2003; B.R Publishing.

5. KUMAR (PRASANNA) and MUDHOL (MAHESH V). “Multimedia: It’s Application in Library and Information Science”. 2002; Ess Ess Publications.

6. LESK (MICHAEL). “Understanding Digital Libraries”. 2004; Morgran Kauffman Press.

7. DWIBEDY (S C).”Digital Library”. 2001; Shree Publications.

8. TIWARI (PURUSOTTAM). “Digital Library”. 2006; New Delhi; APH Publishers.

9. SINGH (G K). “Principles of Digital Library Development”. New Delhi, Shree Publications.

10. Arms, C. (1999). Enabling access in digital libraries: A report on a workshop on access management. Washington, D.C.: Digital Library Federation, Council on Library and Information Resources. Retrieved Jan. 10, 2002 from http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/arms-79/contents.html

11. Bell, S.J. (2001, July/Aug.). The new digital divide: dissecting aggregator exclusivity deals. D-Lib Magazine. 7(7/8). Retrieved Jan. 10, 2002 from  http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july01/bell/07bell.html

12. Bishop, A. P. et al. (2000) Digital libraries: Situating use in changing information infrastructure. Journal of the American Society for Information Science; 51(4), 394-413.

13. Borgman, C. (2000). From Gutenberg to the Global Information Infrastructure: Access to information in the networked world. (Ch. 7, Whither, or wither, libraries? pp.169-208). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. On print and electronic reserve.

14. Bouché, N. (1999) Digitization for scholarly use: The Boswell papers project at the Beinecke rare book and manuscript library. (Publication 81). Washington, D.C.: Digital

Library Federation, Council on Library and Information Resources. Retrieved Jan. 9, 2002 from http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub81-bouche/pub81text.html

15. Flecker, D. (2000, November). Harvard's library digital initiative: Building a first generation digital library infrastructure. D-Lib Magazine 6 (11). Retrieved Jan. 10, 2002 from http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november00/flecker/11flecker.html

16. Hodge, G. M. (2000, January). Best practices for digital archiving: An information life cycle approach.  D-Lib Magazine, 6(1), Retrieved Jan 11, 2002 from http://www.dlib.org/dlib/january00/01hodge.html

17. Hohmann, L. K. (2001). Prescriptions for usable library web sites. Online,25(4), 54-57.18. Jacso, P. (2000). What is digital librarianship? Computers in Libraries, 20 (1) 54-55.19. Lee, Hur-Li (2000). What is a collection? Journal of the American Society for Information

Science, 51 (12) 1106-1113.20. McCray A.T., & Gallagher, M.E. (2001). Principles for digital library development.

Communications of the ACM, 44(5), 48-54.21. Milstead, J. & Feldman, S. (1999a). Metadata: Cataloging by any other name. Online,

23(1), 25-31. 22. Milstead, J. & Feldman, S. (1999b). Metadata projects and standards. Online, 23(1), 32-

40.23. Mitchel, S. (1999).Interface design consideration in libraries. In Stern, D. (Ed.). Digital

libraries: Philosophies, technical design considerations, and example scenarios. (pp. 131-181). New York: Hawthorn Press. On print and electronic reserve.

24. Morgan, K. & Reade, T. (2000).  Pioneering portals: MyLibrary@NCState.  Information Technology and Libraries, 19(4), 191 – 198. 

25. National Library of Australia. (2001). Preservation metadata for digital collections. Exposure draft. Retrieved Jan 11, 2002 from http://www.nla.gov.au/preserve/pmeta.html

26. Paepcke, A. et al. (2000, March). Search middleware and the simple digital library interoperability protocol. D-Lib Magazine, 6 (10). Retrieved Jan. 10, 2002 from http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march00/paepcke/03paepcke.html.

27. Pitschmann , L.A. (2001). Sustainable collections of free third-party Web resources. (Publication 98). Washington, D.C.: Digital Library Federation, Council on Library and Information Resources. Retrieved Jan. 10, 2002  from http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub98/contents.html

28. Raitt, D. (2000). Digital library initiatives across Europe. Computers in Libraries, 20 (10) 26-34.

29. Rothenberg, J. (1999). Avoiding technological quicksand: Finding a viable technical foundation   for digital preservation . Washington, D.C.: Digital Library Federation; Council on Library and Information Resources. Retrieved Jan. 10, 2002 from http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/rothenberg/contents.html

30. Rusbridge, C. (1998). Towards the hybrid library. D-Lib Magazine, 6 (7/8). Retrieved Jan. 10, 2002 from http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july98/rusbridge/07rusbridge.html

31. Saracevic, T. (2000). Digital Library Evaluation: Toward Evolution of Concepts. Library Trends, 49(2), 350-369. Special issue on Evaluation of Digital Libraries.

32. Schwartz, C. (2000). Digital libraries: an overview  The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 26(6), 385-393.

33. Staples, T. & Wayland, R. (2000, July/Aug.).  Virginia dons FEDORA:  A prototype for a digital object repository, D-Lib Magazine, 6(7/8), Retrieved Jan 11, 2002 from http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july00/staples/07staples.html

34. Suleman, H, & Fox, E. A. (2001, December). A Framework for Building Open Digital Libraries. D-Lib Magazine. 7(12). Retrieved Jan. 10, 2002  from http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december01/suleman/12suleman.html

35. Washington,, A. S. (2001). Strategies for Building Digitized Collections. (. Publication 101). Washington, D.C.: Digital Library Federation; Council on Library and Information Resources. Retrieved Jan. 12, 2002 from http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub101/contents.html

36. Yang, S. C. (2001). An interpretive and situated approach to an evaluation of Perseus digital libraries. Journal of The American Society for Information Science and Technology. 52(14), 1210-1223.

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Course # MLIS-427 Library Software Practical

1. CDS/ISIS and WINISIS Manual

2. SOUL Users’ Manual. INFLIBNET; Ahemadabad.

3. Libsys Users’ Manual

4. Users’ Manual of GSDL

5. Users’ Manual of D-Space.

FOURTH SEMESTER

Course # MLIS-429 Telecommunication Channels and Transmission.

1. BERLO (DAVID K). “The Process of Communication”. 1990; New York; Oxford University Press.

2. MELODY (WILLIAM H). “Telecommunication Network in International Encyclopedia of Communication”. Vol.1; Edited by G.Gerbner and Others; 1999; New York; Oxford University Press.

3. SOORANARAYANA (P S) and MUDHOL (M V). “Communication Technology”. 2000; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

4. KUMAR PRASANNA (H E) and MUDHOL (M V). “Multimedia: Its Application in LIS”. 2002; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

5. FUROUZON (BERHOZ A) and Others. “Data Communication and Networking”. 2003; ; New Delhi; Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing.

Course # MLIS-430 A Electronic Publishing (Elective Paper)

1. SINGH (BHUPENDRA, K R). “Electronic Publishing”. 1999, The Foundation of Information Society; In Library Vision 2010; Indian Library and Librarianship; Ed. by J.L. Sardana; ILA Seminar Papers.

2. DEVI T (NIRMALA) and PILLAI (S SANKARA). “E-Publishing and E-Journals: A Review of Their Impact on Library”. in SIS 2004: Digital Information Exchange; Ed. by Harish Chandra; 2004; Chennai; IIT Madras.

3. MERIDITY (BUTLER). “Electronic Publishing and Its Impact on Libraries: A Literature Review”. In International Encyclopedia of Library Development; Ed. by M.A.Khan; 1998; New Delhi; Cosmo Publications.

Course # MLIS-430 B Academic Library System (Elective Paper)

1. CHATURVEDI (D D). “Academic Libraries”. 1994; Anmol Publications.

2. KHANNA (J K). “Fundamentals of Library Organization”. 1984; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

3. KHANNA (J K). “Library and Society”. 1994; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

4. KHANNA (J K). “Handbook of Library Administrations”. 2001; New Delhi; Crest Publishing House.

5. KRISHAN KUMAR. “Library Organization”. 1987; New Delhi; Vikas Publishing House.

6. KRISHAN KUMAR. “Library Manual”. 1982; New Delhi; Vikas Publishing House.

7. SHARMA (PANDEY S K). “Library and Society”. 1992; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

8. KUMAR (P S G). “Foundation of Library and Information Science”. 2003; New Delhi, B.R Publishing Corporation.

9. RAMAKRISHNAN (M N). “Academic Library Development”. 1991; New Delhi; Ess Ess Publications.

10. PRASHER (R G). “University Libraries in India”. 1991; New Delhi; Medallion Press