Department of Library & Information Science BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY Tiruchirappalli

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1 Department of Library & Information Science BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY Tiruchirappalli Master of Library and Information Science Courses of Study and the Scheme of Examinations 2 Years ( 4 Semesters) Programme ( Choice Based Credit System) (Applicable to Candidates admitted from the Academic Year 2007 onwards) SEMESTER - I Course 1.1 FOUNDATIONS OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE Objectives: 1. To enable the students to understand the concept of information and its characteristics. 2. To enable the students to understand the Communication Channels and barriers of communication. 3. To enable the students to understand the concept of information science as a discipline. 4. To enable the students to understand the importance of information in the context of social, political, cultural, economical and industrial environments. Unit I Unit II Notion and nature of Information: Definition: data, knowledge information & knowledge, characteristics of information; various patterns & models of information factors influencing growth of information, information transfer cycle; Impact of socio-economic changes Communication: Concept, definition, theories & model, channel of communication: Barriers of communication. 0

2 Unit III Unit -IV Unit V Library: Types, Five Laws of Library Science and their implications; Professional ethics of librarian; Role of Professional associations and the roles: Nation and International ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS, IFLA, ALA Library movement & legislation in India- Model Library Bill, Delivery of books and newspaper act Intellectual Property Rights Information policy, Right to Information, Knowledge Commission. Promoters of Library and Information Services UNESCO, ARRLF, Consortia and Library Networking Information Science as discipline Evolution, growth and development of LIS Schools in India Current Trends. 1. Khanna, J.K. Library and Society. Kurushektra: Research Publication, Atherton,.Pauline. Handbook of Information, system and services. Paris: UNESCO, Benge, R.C. Libraries and cultural change. London: Clive Bingley, Gravey, William. D. Communication: Essence of Science facilitating information exchange among libraries, Scientists, Engineers and students. Oxford: Perganton Press, McGarry, Kevin. Communication, Knowledge and Libraries. London: Clive Bingley, Ranganathan, S.R. Five Laws of library science. London: Vikas,

3 Course Knowledge Organization (Theory I) Objectives : 1. To enable students to understand the concept of knowledge organization. 2. To know the basic concepts of IPR 3. To understand the importance of various IPR systems and techniques 4. To enable students to asquint with different classification schemes, cataloguing codes and to know various standard bibliographic formats. Unit - I Unit II Unit III Unit - IV Unit V Universe of Subjects and Knowledge Organization; Modes of formation of subjects Basic principles of classification - idea, verbal & notation planes; Facet analysis. An overview of Universal Library classification schemes CC, UDC, LC & DDC Cataloguing: Purpose, structure, types including OPAC Normative principles, Canons & Laws; Standard codes of Cataloguing ISBDs and AACR Subject cataloguing subject heading lists; thesauri and vocabulary control Bibliographic formats ISO 2709, MARC-21, UNIMARC, CCF and National formats. 1. Anglo American Cataloguing Rules. 2 nd Edition Rev. New Delhi, Oxford, Barbara M Westby, Ed. Sears List of Subject Headings, New York, HW Wilson, Berwick Sayers, W.C. Introduction to Library Classification. London, Andra dautch, Byrne, Deborah J. MARC Manual: Understanding and Using MARC Record. Englewood, Libraries Unlimited, Chernyi, AI. Introduction to Information Retrieval Theory. London, ASLIB,

4 6. Dhyani, Pushpa. Library Classification: Theory and Practice. New Deli: Vishwa Prakashan, Fritz, Deborah A. Cataloguing with AACR2 and US-MARC Records. Chicago, ACA, Jennifer, E. Rowledy. Organising Knowledge: An Introduction to Information Retrieval. Aldershot, Gower, Krishan Kumar. Theory of Library Classification, ED.2, New Delhi, Vikas, Maxwell, Robert and Maxwell, Margaret F. Maxwell s handbook of AACR2R: Explaining and illustrating the Anglo American Cataloguing Rules and the 1993 amendments. Chicago: ACA, Kumar. PSG. Knowledge Organization, Information Processing and Retrieval Theory, Delhi: BR, Ramalingam, MS. Library Cataloguing and Classification Systems. Delhi: Kalpaz, Ranganathan, SR. Headings and Canons. Madras, S. Vishwanathan, Ranganathan, SR. Classified Catalogue Code. Madras, UBSPD, Ranganathan, SR. Colon Classification, 6 th ed. Banalore: Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Ranganathan, SR. Library Catalogue: Fundamentals and Procedures, Madras, L.A, Ranganathan, SR. Prolegomena to Library Classification, Ed2, London, LA, 1957 & Ranganathan, SR, The Five Laws of Library Science. Bangalore: Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Rijsbergen, CJ Van. Information Retrieval, 2 nd ed., London, Butterworths, Sinha, Suresh C and Dhiman, Anil K. Prolegomena to Universe of Knowledge. New Delhi: Ess Ess, Srivastava, A P. Theory of Knowledge Classification in Libraries. New Delhi, Sage, Course Information Resources Objectives: Unit-I 1. To introduce various information sources 2. To enable the students to acquaint themselves with the various sources 3. To enable the students to evaluate and use the resources Types of Information resources Documentary Non documentary characteristics Scope and value. Primary and Secondary; Human sources of Information Invisible colleges. 3

5 Unit II Unit-III Unit IV Ready Reference Sources Types and value-dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Annuals, Biographical sources, Handbooks and Manuals, Geographical sources. Bibliographical sources Bibliographies, list of serials; Union Catalogues; Indexing and abstracting sources, news summaries. Internet as a Source of Information; Web Resources Subject Gateways Unit-V Evaluation of Information sources Print Reference sources; Web Resources 1. Alan Poulter, Gwyneth Tseng and Goff Sargent : The Library and Information Professional s Guide to the World Wide Web. London : Facet Publishing, Bangalore, G. G. Chowdhruy and Sudatta Chowdhury : Searching CD-ROM and Online Information Sources. London : Facet Publishing, G. G. Chowdhury and Sudatta Chowdhury. Information Sources and Searching on the World Wide Web. London : Facet Publishing, Gopinath, M.A : Information Sources and Communication Media. DRTC Annual Seminar, Bangalore Grogan, Dennis: Science & Technology : An Introduction to Literature, London, Clive Bingley, Higgens, Gavin. Printed Reference Meterials. London: Library Association, Katz, W.A : Introduction to Reference Work,,London, Butterworths,2000, 2V. 9. Krishnakumar : Reference Service, Ed.3, New Delhi, Vikas, Kumar (PSG). Ed. Indian Encyclopedia of Library & Information Science. New Delhi : S. Chand & Co., Parker,C.C and Turley.R.V. Information sources in Science and Technology Ed Rao, I.K.R : Electronic Sources of Information, DRTC Annual Seminar, Sewasingh: Hand book of International Sources on Reference and Information New Delhi: Crest Publication, Sharma,J.S & Grover, D.R : Reference Service and Sources of Information, New Delhi: EssEss, Subramanayam, K : Scientific and Technical Information Resources, New Delhi: Anmol, Teague, S John : Microforms, Video and Electronic media Librarianship, London, Butterwoths,

6 17. Walford, A.J: Guide to Reference Materials, London, Library Association, 1990, 3V Course Information Technology: Basics (Theory & Practice) Objectives: 1. To know the basic concepts of Information technology 2. To train the students in applying Information technology in Libraries and information centers. 3. To understand the concepts of networking and web technology. Unit -I Understanding Information Technology: Components of Information Technology Computer and Communication Technologies, types of computers CPU, Storage and I/O Devices, client-server architecture. Unit -II Unit III Unit IV Unit V Data representation in Computers: Binary Number System, Character encoding standards ASCII, ISCII and UNICODE Computer Software: System Software and Application Software; Programming Concepts: Open source and Propriety, Operating Systems: Windows & LINUX / UNIX. Working with windows. File organization & Database Management. Office Management: Word processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation Software. Database (MS-Access) Practice: Use of operating systems, Word Processor, Spread Sheets; Database Creation using at least one DBMS Software 5

7 1. Arvind Kumar. Ed. Information Technology For All (2 Vols.) New Delhi, Anmol, Bansal, S.K. Information Technology and Globalisation, New Delhi: A.P.H. Publishing corporation, Basandra, S.K: Computers Today and Globalisation, New Delhi, Golgotia, Deeson, Eric. Managing with Information Technology, Great Britan, Kogan page Ltd Forrester W.H. and Rowlands, J.L. The Online searcher s companion. London, Library Association, Gupta, Vikas, Rapidix computer course, New Delhi, Pustak Mahal, Hunter & Shelly: Computers and Common sense, New Delhi, Prentice-Hall, Kashyap, M.M: Database Systems, New Delhi, Vikas, Rowely, Jennifer: Information Systems, Ed.2, London, Clive Bingley, Satyanarayana, R. Information Technology and its facets. Delhi, Manak Sunders, R: Computers Today Ed.2, John Wiley, Taxali Ravikant: PC software made easy, New Delhi, Course Knowledge Organization - I: Classification Practice Objective: To make the students familiar in classification of subjects of library documents and assigning the call number using DDC & UDC Classification of Books and periodicals according to DDC (Available Edition) and UDC International Medium Edition. ********* 6

8 SECOND SEMESTER Course Management of Information Centres Objectives: Unit - I 1. To know the concept of management and its evolution 2. To understand the various managerial operations of LICs 3. To apply the relevant management techniques in modern LICs Management: Concept, Definition and scope Schools of Management Thought Systems Analysis and Design. Unit- II Unit-III Unit-IV Unit-V Human Resource Management: Organization models job description and job analysis selection, recruitment training development Leadership Team building Motivation. Financial Management: Planning and Control Resource generation. Budget and Budgeting Budgetary control techniques Cost Benefit, Cost Effective analysis and accounting. Materials Management: Collection development and evaluation Policy, Issues relating to selection acquisition; Library routines, Circulation, Mountainous Preservation and conservation. Planning and planning strategies: Concept definition need and steps in planning MBO Planning techniques Decision making. 1. Beardwell, Ian and Holden, Len. Ed. Human Resource Management: Contemporary Perspective. New Delhi: McMillan, Bratton, John and Gold, Jeffery. Human Resource Management: Theory and Practice. Basingstoke: Mac Millan,

9 3. Brophy, Peter and Courling Kote. Quality Management for Information and Library Managers. Bombay: Jaico, Bryson, J.O. Effective Library and Information Management. Bombay: Jaico, Evans, Edward G. Ed.Management Information Systems. New Delhi: S. Chand & Co Katz, W.A. Collection Development Selection of Materials for Libraries. New York: HRW, Krishna Kumar. Library Administration and Management. Delhi: Viaks, Kumar P.S.G. Management of Library and Information Centres.Delhi: B. R. Publishing corporation, Martino, R.L. Information Management: Dynamics of Management Information Systems. New York: McHill, MerDick, Robert G. et.al. Information Systems for Modern Management. New Delhi: Prentice Hall, Mittal, R.L. Library Administration: Theory and Practice. Ed. 4, New Delhi Metropolitan, Paliwal, P.K. Compendium of Library Administration. New Delhi: Ess Ess, Paranjpe, Vivek. Strategic Human Resource Management. New Delhi: Allied, Parker, Charles and Café, Thomas. Management Information Systems: Strategy and Action. New York: McGraw Hill, Pearson, R.J. Ed. Management Process: Selection of Readings for Librarians. Chicago: ALA, Prasher, R G. Developing library collection.new Delhi: Medallion Press, Ranganathan, S R. Library manual. 2 nd ed. Bangalore : Sharada Ranganathan Endowment, Ranganathan, S R. Library administration. Bombay : Asia, Siwatch, Ajit Singh. Library Management: Leadership style strategies and organizational climate. New Delhi: Shree, Stuert, Robert D. and Moran, Barbara B. Library and Information Center Management. Colorado: Libraries unlimited, *********** 8

10 Course Knowledge Organization (Theory II) Objectives: Unit I Unit II 1.To enable students to familiarize with various Metadata Standards, Digital Object identifiers and Mark up languages 2. To familiarize with various indexing systems 3. To develop skills of information search strategies 4. To know the information retrieval models Organisation of digital resources Metadata standards Dublin core, Mark up languages; DOI (Digital Object identifier) Components of an Information Retrieval System Basic concepts Unit-III Indexing systems Indexing: Pre coordination Vs. Post coordination Citation Indexing Key word Indexing Unit- IV Unit -V Query formulation - search process; Search strategies search engines Using various databases: INIS, AGRIS, BLAISE, INSPEC, MEDLARS etc. Information Retrieval Models: Structural model, Probabilistic, Cognitive and Vector models Evaluation of Information Retrieval Systems: Purpose Criteria and steps in evaluation Major Evaluation Studies MEDLARS to SMART Retrieval. Experiment of the STAIRS, Project TREC. 1. Alberico, Ralph and Micco Mary. Expert Systems for reference and information retrieval. West port : Meckler, Atchison, Jean & Gilchrist, Alan. Thesaurus construction: a practical manual. London: Aslib

11 3. Atherton, Pauline. Handbook for information systems and service, Paris: Unesco, Austin, D. Precis, A manual of concept analysis and subject indexing. 2 nd ed B. C. Vickery. Techniques of information retrieval. London: Butterworths, Barbara Allan. E-learning and Teaching in library and Information Services. London : Facet Publishing, Bikowitz.,W R. Knowledge Management. Delhi: PHI, Cawkell, A.E., Ed. Evolution of an Information Society. London : ASLIB, Chernyi, A.I. Introduction to Information Retrieval Theory Chowdhruy, G G. Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval. 2 nd edn. London, Facet Publishing, Cleaveland, D. B., Cleveland, A. D. Introduction to Indexing and Abstracting Crawford, Marshall Jean. Information broking: a new career in information work. London: LA, Dearnley, James and Feather, John. The Wired World: An introduction to the theory and practice of the information society. London : Facet Publishing, Ford, Nigel. Expert Systems and artificial intelligence : An information manager s guide. London : LA, Houghton B & Convey J. Online information retrieval system and introductory manual to principles and practices. Clive Bingley, London, Kochen, M. Principles of information retrieval Lancaster, F. W. Information retrieval systems, characteristics, testing and evaluation Lancaster, F.W. Indexing and abstracting in theory and practice. London: Facet Publishing, Malwad, N.M. and others. Digital libraries : Dynamic store house of digitized information. New Delhi : New Age, Meadow, Charles T. The analysis of information systems. 2 nd ed. Los Angeles: Melville publishing, Pandey, S.K. Ed. Library information retrieval. New Delhi, Anmol, Peter Brophy. The Library in the 21 st Century: New services for information age. London : LA, Prasher, R. G. Information and its communication. New Delhi: Medallion Press, Rowley, Jennifer. E. Organising Knowledge: Introduction to Information Retireval. Gover, Aldershot., Singhal, Aravind and Rogers, E M. India s information revolution. New Delhi: Sage, Van Rijsbergen, C J. Information retrieval. 2 nd ed. London: Butterworths, Vickery, B.C. Techniques of Information Retrieval. Butterworth, London,

12 Course Information systems and Services (Theory) Objectives: Unit-I To know the various information systems and their functioning. To teach and train on the various Library and Information services in different library environments. Information systems: Concept, purpose & types. Reference & Documentation services; Digital reference service. CAS, SDI; Information analysis & consolidation Unit II Alerting services: Newspaper clipping, Listserv, Blogs. Unit-III Information use & user studies, Information Literacy. Unit IV Unit V Global & National Information Systems; UN Information Systems; NISCAIR, NASSDOC, Library Networks: INFLIBNET, DELNET, etc. Library consortia-india; Current trends in scholarly communication: Open Access Movement 1. Atherton, P. Handbook of Information Systems and Services, Burch, J.C. and Stretev, F.R. Information Systems: Theory and Practice, Colin, H. Ed. Management Information Systems in Libraries and Information Services. London: Tayler Graham, Guha, B. Information and Documentation. Calcutta: World Press,

13 5. Gupta, B.M. et.al. Handbook of Libraries, Archives, Information Centres in India. New Delhi, Aditya Prakashan, Related volumes. 6. Kochtanek, Thomas R. and Mathews, Joseph R. Library and Information Systems: From Library automation to distributed information access solutions. West port: Libraries unlimited, Krishna Kumar. Reference Service. New Delhi: Vikas, Lancaster, F.W. Towards Paperless Information System. New York: Academic Press, Lucas, Amy, Ed. Encyclopedia of Information Systems and services. Detroit: Gale Research, Medow, C.T. Analysis of Information Systems. New York: Wiley, Murdick, Rober G. et.al Information systems for modern management. 3 rd ed. New Delhi: Prentice-Hall, Osborne, Larry N. and Nakamura, Margaret. System analysis for librarians and information professionals. 2 nd ed. Engewook: Libraries unlimited, Ranganathan, S.R. Reference Service.Bombay: Asia, Vickery, B. Information Systems. London: Butterworths, Wiseman, H.M. Information Systems, Services and Centres. New York: Becker and Hanyes, *********** Course Objective: Unit I Communication Skills & Public Relations To teach the concepts of Public Relations in LIS environment and develop communication skills. To enable the students of technical writing reporting methods. Unit II Unit- III Unit-IV Personality development: Understanding personal strengths and weaknesses, work and organisational psychology - Stress management, Time management and crisis management. Communication skills: Effective speaking, elements, types and stages. Writing skills. Principles of presentation of ideas. Techniques, skills and tools for effective writing; preparation of a project proposal. 12

14 Non-verbal communication. Body language. Leadership and working in teams. Working collaboratively. Working and sharing knowledge and experience. Team development. Unit-V Public Relations; Meetings and Negotiation-strategies. Different types of meetings. 1. Information and Communication for Development: Global Trends and Policies, Washington: World Bank, Mahalanobis, Parvati, Text book of Public Relations and Corporate Communications, Dominant Publishers, New Delhi, Shah, Vimal P, Development Communications and Change: Impact Study, Prentice- Hall, McGrath, E H, Basic Managerial Skills for All, Prentice-Hall, New Delhi, Sharma, Diwakar, Public Relations, Deep & Deep, New Delhi, Nirmal, Bhatnagar, Public Relations: an emerging specialized profession, Deep & Deep, New Delhi, 2004 Course (EDC-1) E- RESOURCES Objective : Unit I To make familiar with a range of information sources and e-resources available on different subjects. To evaluate and use of e-resources for academic and research information. Information Sources Features and Types, Documentary and Non-documentary Unit II E-Sources and Services : E-Books, E-Journals Indest and Infonet; Bulletin Board, Hyper media and Multi-Media. 13

15 Unit III Unit IV Role of Internet in Information Transfer Database Support Service Types, with reference to INSPEC ( COMPENDEX), EiTech, Scopeus Unit V Evaluation of E-resources. 1. Atwood, R. The net grows. Internet world. 10, Sept pp Benedikt, M. ed. Cyberspace: First steps. Cambridge, MA. MIT Press Berners-Lee T. Weaving the Web. London: Orion business books Burnett, Robert and Marshall P David. Web theory: An introduction. London: Routledge, Cheung. A home on the web: Presentations of self on personal homepages. (In: Guantlett, D : Web studies : Rewiring media studies for the digital age. London: Arnold 2000.) 6. Gilder, G. Life after television, New York: WW Norton, Herman and Swiss T, eds. The world wide web and contemporary cultural theory. New York. Routledge, Jones S G. ed. Virtual culture: Identity and communication in cyber society. London. Sage publications Yahoo! The history of yahoo! How it all started. Online at Course Knowledge Organization Practice-II: Cataloguing Objective: To make familiar the students on indexing and cataloguing and data entry using AACR II and MARC formats. Cataloguing of Documents: Print and Non-Print using AACR-2, MARC *********** 14

16 SEMESTER - III Course Research Methods and Techniques Objectives: Unit-I To know the basic concepts of research, their types, planning and methods To teach on research tools and techniques in analyze and reporting. Introduction: Concepts, Definition, Objectives and Significance of Research. Types of Research and Research Problems. Unit-II Unit-III Research Design: Definition, Need, Sampling, Fundamentals and Techniques, Hypothesis: Definition, Formulation, Types and Testing. Methods and tools of data collection: Survey, Experimental, Case-study, Observation, statistical, Delphi Tools: Questionnaire, Interview schedules. Unit-IV Unit V Processing and Analysis of Data: Measures and Scaling Techniques. Interpretation, inferences, Presentation of data. Report Writing: Components of a Research Report; Style manuals 1. Auger, Current trends in scientific research. UNESCO, Paris, Bhandarkar. P.L & Wilkinson. T. S. Methodology & techniques of Social research Ed.9 Himalaya. Bombay, Bundy.M.L & Wasserman.P. Reader in research methods in libraianship; techniques and interpretation: academic, New York, Busha, Charles, H. and Harter, Stephen, S. Research Methods in Librarianship. Techiques and Interpretation. Orlando, Academic press,

17 5. Chapin.F.S(1974): Experimental designs in sociological research Rev Ed. Greenwood Press, Westport. 6. Charles, H. et.al. Research Methods in Librarianship: Techniques and Interpretations. New Delhi, Sage, Downs,R.B & Down,E. How to do library research university of illinois press, Urbana, Fowler, F.J. Survey Research Methods. New Delhi, Sage, Goode.W.J & Hatt.P.K. Method of Social Research. McGraw Hill. Auckland, Gopal.M.H. An introduction to research procedudre in social sciences. Asia, Bombay, Kothari.C.R.. Research methodology: Ed2 Wishwa. New Delhi, Krishna Kumar: Research methods in library in social science. Vikas, New Delhi, Krishna Swamy, O.R. Methodology of research in social sciences. Himalaya, Bombay, Line,Maurice.B. Library surveys; An introduction to the use, planning procedure and presentation of survey. Ed2 Clive Bingley, London, 1982:. 15. Ravichandra Roa, I.K. Quantitative methods in library and information science, Wiley Eastern. New Delhi, Slatter,Margaret, Ed. Research,methods in library and information science. London, L.A, Stevens, Rolland.E. Research methods in librarianship, Clive Bingley, London, Tabuer, M.F and Stephens, I.R. Ed. Library surveys. Columbia University Press, New York, Wilson, E.S. Introduction to scientific research McGraw Hill, New Delhi, Young,P.V.Scientific social surveys and research. Ed4. Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1982 Course Marketing of Information products and services Objectives: Unit-I Unit-II To know the basics of marketing, principles and models of marketing. To teach the marketing strategies of information products and services Information as a Resource: Economics of Information; Marketing concepts; - Corporate Mission; Marketing Strategies Portfolio Management BCG Matrix Model; Product Market Matrix; Product Life Cycle, Pricing Information 16

18 Unit-III Unit-IV Unit-V Marketing Mix; Kotler s Four C s; McCarthy s Four P s Marketing Plan & Research: Corporate Identity, marketing plan: Marketing Research. Market Segmentation and Targeting; Geographic and Demographic Segmentation; Behavioral and Psychographics Segmentation; User Behavior and Adoption Information industry marketing information Products & Services. 1. Anderson A R. Advancing library marketing. Journal of Library Administration. 1(3), 1980, pp Anderson, W. T. Jr., Bentley, C. C. and Sharpe, L K IV. Multidimensional marketing: Managerial, societal, philosophical. Austin TX: Austin Press Bellardo, T. and Waldhart, T J. Marketing products and services in academic libraries, Libri. 27(3), pp Berry J. The test of the marketplace. Library Journal Sept pp Dragon, A C. Marketing the library. Wilson library bulletin. 53, 1979, pp Eisner, J, ed. Beyond PR: Marketing for libraries. A Library Journal Special Report, Ferguson, D. Marketing online services in the university. Online 1, Jul pp Kelley E. J. Marketing : Strategy and functions. N J. Prentice Hall, Kotler, P. Marketing for non-profit organizations. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice Hall, Kotler, P. Marketing decision making: A model building approach. New York : Holt, Rinehat and Winston, Massey, M E. Marketing analysis and audience research for libraries. Library Trends. 24(3), 1976, pp Moulton, B. Marketing and Library cooperatives. Wilson Library Bulletin. 55, Jan 1981, pp Seetharama. S. ed. Libraries and information centres as profit making organizations. (DRTC Workshop Aug. 1995). Bangalore : DRTC Indian Statistical Institute,

19 14. Wasserman, P. and Ford F T. Marketing and marketing research : What the library manager should learn. Journal of library administration. 1(1), 1980, pp Weingand, Darlene E. Marketing for information agencies. New Jersey : Ablex Publishing, Course Application of ICT : Practice Objective: To make familiar the various ICT practices applied in Library services. Hands-on experience with the following Softwares: 1: Library Automation Softwares: WINISIS, LIBSYS, Koha, SOUL, 2: Digital Library Softwares: Greenstone, Dspace and E-Prints. 3: Web blog designing Course Information Services (Practice) Information Analysis and consolidation, Documentation, Indexing & Abstracting Literature Search, Current Awareness, Reference Services Course Internship Intenship training for specified dates at University, IIT, NIT and selected College and Research Libraries 18

20 Course (EDC II) INFORMETRICS Objectives: 1. To make students to understand the concept, use, theories, laws and parameters of bibliometrics. 2. To teach the students to understand the citation analysis operation research 3. To teach the students the application of bibliometrics to study the literature in different subjects. Unit -I Evolution of the concept of Infometrics -Librametrics, Bliometrics, Scientometrics Unit II Theory and Laws - Zipf s law, Lotka s Law, Bradford s Law. Price Theory and Circulation theory. Unit III Quantitative and Qualitative techniques: Types, Multidimensional scaling, Cluster analysis, Correspondence analysis, Coword analysis and, media and audience analysis, SPSS.11.0 version Unit IV Citation Analysis; Definition, Theory of citing, different forms of citations, Age of citation citation counts, Self -citation Unit V Application of Quantitative and Qualitative tools and techniques in LIS Research 1. Garfield(E) : Citation Indexing, Sengupta (I) : Bibliometric Research 3. Ravichandra Rao : Quantitative Methods in Library and Information Science. Delhi: Wiley Eastern,

21 4. Kent (Allen) : Encyclopaedia of Library and Information Science,Vol.42,New York. 5. Ravichandra Rao (IU) : Informatics, Gupta (S.P) Statistical Methods, Morse (PM) ; Library effectiveness : A system approach, ************* FOURTH SEMESTER Course Knowledge Management Objective: To know the concepts and types of knowledge management To familiar the knowledge management practices and process in libraries. Unit I Unit-II Unit III Unit - IV Knowledge Management: Concept and definitions Need for Knowledge Management in the emerging and changing business environment Understanding knowledge; Types of Knowledge explicit and tacit Knowledge Knowledge works - changing role of Library and Information Professionals. Knowledge creation and capturing: Knowledge creation model Capturing tacit knowledge Knowledge codification and organization: Knowledge base - knowledge mapping, decision trees, decision tables, frames etc. Tools and techniques of knowledge management: Neural network, Data Mining, knowledge management Unit V Case studies 1. Argyris, C. "Organizational Learning and Management Information Systems," Accounting, Organizations and Society, 2(2), 1977, pp

22 2. Arthur, W. B. "Increasing Returns and the New World of Business." Harvard Business Review, July-August 1996, 74(4), pp Baatz, E.B. "Making Brain Waves," CIO, 9(7), pp Bartlett, C.A. & Ghoshal, S. "Changing the Role of the Top Management: Beyond Systems to People," Harvard Business Review, May-June 1995, pp Bikowitz, W. R.. Knowledge Management. Delhi: PHI, Birkett, B. "Knowledge Management," Chartered Accountants Journal of New Zealand, Feb 1995, 74(1), pp Boland, R.J. "The In-formation of Information Systems," In R.J. Boland and R. Hirschheim (Eds.), Critical Issues in Information Systems Research, pp , Wiley, Chichester, Candlin, D.B. & Wright, S. "Managing the Introduction of Expert Systems," International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 12(1), 1992, pp Daft, R.L. & Weick, K.E. "Toward a Model of Organizations as Interpretation Systems," Academy of Management Review, 9, pp Davenport, T.H. "Saving IT's Soul: Human-Centered Information Management," Harvard Business Review, Mar-Apr 1994b, pp Davenport, T.H. "Think Tank: The Future of Knowledge Management," CIO, December 15, 1995a. 12. Dragoon, A. "Knowledge Management: Rx for Success," CIO, 8(18), July 1995, pp Due, R.T. "The Knowledge Economy," Information Systems Management, 12(3), Summer 1995, pp Ford, N. "From Information- to Knowledge-Management," Journal of Information Science Principles & Practice, 15(4,5), 1989, pp Garvin, D.A. "Building a Learning Organization," Business Credit, 96(1), January 1994, pp Gopal, C. & Gagnon, J. "Knowledge, Information, Learning and the IS Manager," Computerworld (Leadership Series), 1(5), 1995, pp Hamel, G. & Prahalad, C.K. Competing for the Future, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, Hannabuss, S. "Knowledge Management," Library Management, 8(5), 1987, pp Harari, O. "The Brain-based Organization," Management Review, 83(6), 1994, pp Hildebrand, C. "Information Mapping: Guiding Principles," CIO, 8(18), July 1995, pp Jarvenpaa, S. L. & Ives, B. "The Global Network Organization of the Future," Journal of Management Information Systems, 10(4), Spring 1994, pp Kanter, R.M. The Change Masters: Innovation & Entrepreneurship in the American Corporation, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, Kerr, S. "Creating the Boundaryless Organization: The Radical Reconstruction of Organization Capabilities," Planning Review, Sep-Oct 1995, pp Manville, B. & Foote, N. "Harvest your Workers' Knowledge," Datamation, July 1996, v42 n13, pp

23 25. Morgan, G. "Toward Self-Organization: Organizations as Brains," In Images of Organization, Sage, Newbury Park, CA, 1986, pp Nonaka, I. "The Dynamic Theory of Organizational Knowledge Creation," Organization Science, 5(1), February 1994, pp Nonaka, I. and Takeuchi, H. The Knowledge-Creating Company, Oxford University Press, New York, NY, Quinn, J.B. Intelligent Enterprise: A Knowledge and Service Based Paradigm for Industry, Free Press, New York, NY, Shen, S. "Knowledge Management in Decision Support Systems," Decision Support Systems, 3(1), 1987, pp Strapko, W. "Knowledge Management," Software Magazine, 10(13), 1990, pp Zeleny, M. "Management Support Systems," Human Systems Management," 7(1), 1987, pp Course Digital Libraries and Web Technology Objective: Unit-I To teach the concepts of digital library, organization of digital information, latest web tools used in digital information access. To know the methods and practices involved in digital libraries. Digital Libraries: Definitions, Fundamentals and Theoretical Aspects; Characteristics of Digital Libraries and nature of Digital Library collections - Major Digital Library Initiatives, Open Archives Initiative (OAI) and similar developments Unit-II Design and Organization of Digital Libraries: Architecture, Interoperability, Protocols and Standards; User Interfaces Unit-III Unit- IV Digital content creation: Electronic documents, files & formats & conversion to PDF Digital Resources Management; Access to and Use of Digital Libraries; Storage, Archiving and Preserving Digital Collections 22

24 Unit-V Web Technology: An overview; Web Browsers and Service; Mark-up Languages Web sites: Tools and Techniques; Search Engines 1. C. Xavier. World Wide Web Design with HTML, New Delhi: TMH, Cooper, Michael D. Design of Library Automation Systems: File Structure, Data Structures and Tools, New York: John Wiley, G.G. Chowdhury. Introduction to Digital Libraries. London: Facet Publishing, John M. Cohn, Ann L. Kelsey and Keith Michael Fiels, Planning for Library automation: A Practical Handbook London: Library Association, John M. Colon, Annl Kelsey, Keith Michael Fiels. Planning for Automagtion: A How-to-do-it for Librarian. 2 nd ed.(s.i.): Neal-Schuman, Kausik Bose Information Networks in India: Problems and Prospects / New Delhi: Ess Ess Publications, Leona Carpenter, Simon Shaw & Andrew Prescot. Towards the Digital Library. London: LA, Lovecy, Ian. Automating Library procedures: a survivor s handbook. London: Library Association, Paul Pedley. The invisible Web: Searching the hidden parts of the Internet. London: Aslib, Reynolds, Dennis. Library automation: Issues and applications. New York: Bowker, Satyanarayana, N.R. A Manual of Computerization of Libraries. New Delhi: Viswa Prakashan, Course 4.3 Project & Dissertation 23