MASTER OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE (Semester System) Paper-I Knowledge, Information and Communication. First Semester

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1 Unit-1: Knowledge MASTER OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE (Semester System) Paper-I Knowledge, Information and Communication Data (Definitions, Properties, Types). Knowledge (Concept and Classification), Growth of Knowledge (Reasons and Implications), Factors affecting knowledge, Subjects having Knowledge as their field of Study (Philosophy, Psychology, Logic, Library Science) Structure and Attributes of Universe of Subjects. Modes of formation of Subjects, Mapping of universe of subjects (DDC, CC and UDC) Unit-2: Information Information (Definitions, Properties, Kind, Characteristics, Role of Information in Planning, Management etc.). Information Transfer Cycle, Information as a Resource/Commodity, Information Industry, Right to Information (Indian Scenario) National Policy on Library and Information Systems and Services (Need and Issues) Information Society (Concept, Characteristics and Implications) Intellectual Property Right (Concept and Types with special reference to Copyright and Copyright Acts in India),Censorship Print and Non-Print Media. Unit-3: Information Science and Knowledge Management Information Science (Definitions, Objectives, Historical Background and Relationship with other Subjects) Knowledge Management (Definitions, Concept, Types of Knowledge, Principles, Process, Tools and Techniques used) Unit-4: Communication Communication (Definitions, Characteristics, Elements, Process, Types, Theories, Channels, Barriers and Guidelines for Effective Communication), Role of Library in Communication Process.

2 Paper-II Information Retrieval Unit-1: Information Storage and Retrieval System Information Storage and Retrieval System (Objectives, Operation, Types Online, CD ROM and Multimedia, Design, Evaluation and Trends), Basic principle of Bibliographic Control and Access, Current trends in Standardization, Description and Exchange Formats (ISBD, MARC, MARC I, MARC II, UNIMARC, UKMARC, USMARC, MARC 21, Dublin core, CCF, ISO 2709, Metadata), Search Strategies and Process (Manual/Machine) and Retrieval, Internet and Information Retrieval Unit-2: Indexing: General Aspects Subject Indexing (History and Development) Indexing Principle, Indexing Models (Assigned and Derived) Approaches in Printed Indexing, Indexing of Images and the Sound, Evaluation of indexing system, Indexing and the Internet, Vocabulary Control, (Thesaurus and List of Subject Headings), Indexing Language (Types and Characteristics) Unit-3: Indexing System Pre and Post-Coordinate Indexing System, Citation Indexing, Title based Indexing System, Cyclic Indexing, Automatic Indexing, and Study of few internationally recognized Indexing Services in Print and Electronic form. Unit-4: Abstract and Abstracting Abstract and Abstracting (Concepts, Types, Functions, Principles, Canons and Procedure), Approaches in Printed Abstracting, Indexes in Abstracting Services, Automatic Abstracting, Study of few internationally recognized Abstracting Services in Print and Electronic form, Evaluation of Abstracting Services.

3 Paper-III Information Consolidation and Repackaging Unit-1: Information Consolidation Information Consolidation (Concept, Definitions, Objectives, Need and purpose and Justification) Methodology for Information Consolidation (Pre-requisites and Steps in the preparation of Information Consolidation Product) Use of Abstracts and Abstracting in consolidation, Role of Library and Information professionals in Information Consolidation Process. Unit-2: Information Analysis and Repackaging Information Analysis and Repackaging (Definitions, Concept, Process and Techniques) Electronic Content Creation (Meaning, Need, Objectives and Techniques) Content Analysis (Definitions, History, Approaches, Uses, Types Conceptual and Relational) Unit-3: Information Products Information Products (Concept, Nature, Types-Newsletter, House Journals, Trade and product-bulletin, Technical Digest, Review, State of the Art Report, Trend Report ; Objectives, Nature, Characteristics, Functions, Design and Development), Marketing (Concept, Objectives and Principles) Marketing of Information Products Unit-2: Information Analysis and Consolidation Centres Information Analysis and Consolidation Centres (Genesis, Types, Function and Activities), Planning and Management of Information Analysis and Consolidation Centres (Policy formulation, Management and Resource needed)

4 Paper-IV Information Technology Applications (Theory) Unit-1: Information and Communication Technology Information Technology (Concept, Scope and Components), Information Technology and Libraries, Telecommunication and Networking (Concept, Media, Mode and Components) Networks Media (UTP, Optical Fibers, Ethernet, Network Interface Card, Hubs, Rooters, and Modem) Network (Types and Topologies) Library Networks (DELNET, INFLIBNET etc.), Tele Conferencing, Telefascimile, Videotext and Teletext Unit-2: Internet Internet (History, Features, Services and Applications), Protocols (Concept and Functions), Network Protocols (TCP/IP, XP-IXP, FTP, HTTP) Internet Connectivity (Dialup, ISDN, Cable Modem, Leased lines, Digital Subscriber Lines), Web Browsers (Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer) Web servers, Web tools, Search Engines (Types and Evaluation), Internet Sites and Sources, Internet Security Unit-3: Digital Libraries Digital Libraries (Genesis, Definition, Objectives and Scope), Creation of Digital Libraries (Image formats, Audio formation, Storage Media Formats: ISO 9660, DVD; Software and Hardware for Digital Libraries, OCR, Image Editing Software, Input Capture Devices-Scanners, Digital and Movie Cameras, Open Sources Software), Challenges and Issues of Digital Libraries, Information Professionals for Digital Information System. Unit-4: Other related Topics Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems (Concept, Features, Software, Application in Libraries and Information Centres) Electronic Publishing, Multimedia, Virtual library, Database Management System, System Analysis and Design (Kinds of Systems, Implementation and Evaluation)

5 Paper-V Research Methods & Statistical Techniques Unit-1: Research; General Aspects Research (Concept, Need and Purpose) Types of Research, Research Design (Aims, Objectives, Scope, Types), Research Methods (Scientific, Historical, Descriptive, Experimental, Survey, Case Study and Delphi) Collection of Data (Questionnaire, Schedule, Interview, Observation, Scales and Check Lists, Library Records and Reports), Measurements and Scaling Techniques, Sampling (Need and Purpose, Types) Unit-2: Data Analysis Content Analysis - Coding Schemes, Units of Analysis (Basic Concept). Measures of Central Tendency Mean, Median, Mode, SD, Coefficient of Variation, Quartiles, Deciles, Percentiles, Geometric mean, Harmonic mean. Graphical and Diagrammatic Representation of data - Simple and Multiple Bar diagrams, Pie diagrams, Histogram, Frequency, Cumulative frequency, Polygon, Ogive. Measures of Dispersion - Range, Quartile deviation, Mean deviation, Range Mean square deviation, Standard deviation, Coefficient of variation, Moments, Coefficient of Skewness and Kurtosis. Bivariate Analysis - Scatter diagram, Correlation and Regression. Theory of Attributes - Dichotomy and Manifold classification, Independence and Association of attributes. Inferential Statistics - Test based on t, f, X 2 and Normal distribution (Basic Concept). Non-Parametric Test- Sign test, Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon U test, Median test, Wald- Wolfowitz Run test (Basic Concept) ANOVA and ANCOVA (Basic Concept) Statistical Packages SPSS Unit-3: Report Writing Types of Reports, Significance of Report Writing, Layout of the Research Report, Guidelines for Research Reporting, Steps in Writing Report, Style Manuals (Chicago, MLA, APA) Grant Proposal Planning, Writing the Grant Proposal. Unit-4: Other related Topics User studies (Scope, Content and Methodology), Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, Informetrics and Webometrics (Concepts, Evaluation and Present Status) Bibliometric laws (Bradford, Zipf, Lotka). Citation analysis, Bibliographic Coupling Obsolescence, E- Citation

6 Unit-1: Information Sources Paper-VI Information Systems & Organizations History and Development of subjects (Natural sciences, Social sciences and Humanities) Sources of Information in different Disciplines (Primary, Secondary and Tertiary) Web based Sources Unit-2: Information Systems: General Aspects Information Systems (Concept, Characteristics, Objectives, Types and Constraints) Components of Information Systems (Libraries, Documentation Centres, Referral Centres, Data Centres/Data Banks and Clearing Houses) National Information Systems (Concept, Objectives, Functions, Components, Planning and Designing) Unit-3: Information System Need and Purpose, Study of Information Systems at National and International level (NISSAT, BTIS, ENVIS, NISCAIR, DESIDOC, SENDOC, NCSI, NASSDOC, CORD, NAI, OCLC, ERIC, BLAISE, JANET, VINITI, INIS, AGRIS, APINESS, ASTINFO, INFOTERRA, INSPEC, MEDLARS) Unit-4: Organizations Promoting Information Systems UN based organizations (UNESCO, ILO, UNIDO, UNISIST, FAO) Organizations Promoting Information Systems in India (UGC, ICAR, ICSSR, CSIR, ICMR), Other International Organizations (OECD, ICSU, IAEA), Professional Organizations at international level (FID, IFLA, ISKO) Professional Organization at National level (ALA, SLA, ASLIB, ILA, IASLIC, SIS, ALSD)

7 Paper-VII Information Technology Applications (Practice) Unit-1: Creation and Maintenance of Databases by CDS/ISIS and others Unit-2: Using of Library Software Packages Unit-3: CD-ROM, Internet and Online Searching Unit-4: Web Page design and creation for Library and Information Centre Paper-VIII DISSERTATION The dissertation shall be on a topic pertaining to a current problem in library and information science, which must be duly approved. Each student shall work under the guidance of one teacher of the Department for his dissertation and shall submit it in triplicate with in one month after the last theory examination. The volume of the dissertation shall vary between pages and submitted in typescript. Viva-voce The above seven papers and one dissertation besides a viva-voce test shall be compulsory for the Master s course in Library and Information Science.