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DEPARTMENT OF

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

CURRICULUM AND SYLLABUS

FOR

BLISc PROGRAMME

(with effect from 2015 admissions)

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)

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REGULATIONS FOR BLISc PROGRAMME

1. SHORT TITLE

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

(2015) governing BLISc Programme.

1.2 These Regulations shall come into force with effect from the academic year 2015-16

onwards.

2. SCOPE

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

Berchmans College (Autonomous) with effect from the academic year 2015-16

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 an Academic Committee nominated by the Principal to look after the

matters relating to the BLISc 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 BLISc 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 BLISc 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/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 ‘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.

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

and end-semester assessment (80%).

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

of student in the courses of a particular semester.

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

courses of a particular semester.

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

performance in that particular course.

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

course in an earlier registration.

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

student.

3.21 ‘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 BLISc programme.

4.2 The programme shall include core courses, assignments, seminars, practical etc.

4.3 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.

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4.4 In-semester assessment of theory courses

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

and in-semester examination.

Components of ISA Marks

Attendance 5

Assignment/Seminar 5

In-semester examination(2×5 = 10) 10

Total 20

4.5 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

4.6 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

4.7 In-semester examination

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

internal component for every theory course.

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4.8 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.

4.9 In-semester assessment of practical courses

The internal assessment of practical 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

4.10 End-semester assessment

The end-semester examination in theory and practical/practise courses shall be

conducted by the College.

4.11 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.

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

of Studies.

4.13 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.

Part Type

No. of

Questions to

be Answered

Mark for

Each

Question

Total

Marks

A Short answer type 10 out of 10 2 20

B Short essay type 5 out of 8 6 30

C Long essay type 2 out of 4 15 30

17 out of 22 - 80

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4.14 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.

4.15 Practical/practise examination shall be conducted annually. Practical examination shall

be conducted by one external examiner and Head of the Department or his nominee.

Information Technology

No. of questions to be answered : 3

Marks : 10×1 & 35×2

Total marks : 80

The question paper pattern for practice course is as follows.

Classification

Group A

CC

No. of Questions

to be Answered

Mark for Each

Question Total Marks

2 out of 3 1 2

3 out of 4 2 6

4 out of 6 4 16

2 out of 4 5 10

1 out of 2 6 6

Group B

DDC

2 out of 3 1 2

3 out of 4 2 6

4 out of 6 4 16

2 out of 4 5 10

1 out of 2 6 6

Total Group A & B 80

Cataloguing

No. of questions to be answered : 6

Marks of each question : 12

Neatness & style of presentation : 8

Total marks : 80

4.16 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.

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

in each course.

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4.18 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.

4.19 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 BLISc Degree examination with Distinction.



have passed the BLISc Degree examination with First class.



have passed the BLISc Degree examination with Second class.

4.22 First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth position shall be awarded to students who come

in the first five 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 BLISc 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.

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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

8.1 The admission to BLISc programme shall be as per the rules and regulations of the

College/University.

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

from time to time.

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

8.4 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 BLISc programme shall be required

to have passed any 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

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semester.

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 Codeand 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.

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

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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 : Bachelor of Library and Information Science

Programme : Library and Information Science

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

Faculty : Social Sciences

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***End of Statement***

Entered by:

Verified by:

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Date:

MARK CARD

Name of the Candidate :

Register Number :

Degree : Bachelor of Library and Information Science

Programme : Library and Information Science

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

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PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

Course

Code Name of the Course

Hours

/week

Total

Hours ISA ESA Total

Semester I

ABLB101 Foundation of Library and

Information Science 6 108 20 80 100

ABLB102 Library and Information Centre

Management 6 108 20 80 100

ABLB103 Knowledge Organization Theory -

Classification 6 108 20 80 100

ABLB104 Knowledge Organization Theory -

Cataloguing 7 126 20 80 100

Total 25 450 80 320 400

Semester II

ABLB205 Information Sources, Systems and

Services 5 90 20 80 100

ABLB206 Basics of Information Technology 5 90 20 80 100

ABLB2P01 Knowledge Organization Practise -

Classification (P) 5 90 20 80 100

ABLB2P02 Knowledge Organization Practise -

Cataloguing (P) 5 90 20 80 100

ABLB2P03 Information Technology Practical (P) 5 90 20 80 100

Total 25 450 100 400 500

Grand Total 900

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SEMESTER I

ABLB101: FOUNDATIONS OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION

SCIENCE

Contact Lecture Hours: 108

Aim: To provide basic knowledge regarding library and information science.

Objectives:

To understand scientific basis of library and library science.

To familiarize various types of libraries and library movements.

To study selected international and national associations and organizations.

Unit 1 - Library and Information science Hours - 18

- Library: conceptual change – from keeping books to global access of information

- Five laws of Library Science

- Role of Libraries in modern society and education

Unit 2 - Types of Libraries Hours - 18

- Types of libraries and their functions

- Public libraries, Academic libraries, Special libraries (Medical Libraries, Media

Libraries etc) National libraries, Digital libraries.

- Functions of National libraries with special reference to the National Library of

India

Unit 3 - Library Movement Hours - 18

- Public library movement in India

- Library movement in Kerala

- Library legislation – purpose, principles and factors of library legislation, Model

Act

- Kerala Public Library Act – 1989, Delivery of Books Act.

Unit 4 - Library and Information Profession Hours - 36

- Attributes of profession, Librarianship as a profession, professional ethics;

Professional Associations and their role in the development of profession

- Study of selected international and national associations and organizations (ILA,

ALA, IASLIC, ASLIB, RRRLF, IFLA, UNESCO, FID)

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- Professional education and research: development and trends

Unit 5 - Library, Information and Society Hours - 18

- Information and Society

- Types, properties and uses of information

- Characteristics of Information Society

- Changing role of Library and Information Centres in Society

Core Reference:

1. Kumar, P.S.G. Foundations of Library and Information Science. New Delhi: B.R.

Publishing Corporation, 2003.

2. Dhiman, Anil K., and Yashoda Rani. Learn Library and Society. New Delhi: Ess Ess

publications, 2005.

Reference

1. Kumar, Krishan. Library Organisation. New Delhi: USB publications, 1987.

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ABLB102: LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTRE MANAGEMENT


Aim: To provide basic knowledge regarding library and information centre

management.

Objectives:

To understand the principles of management.

To familiarize library housekeeping operations and readers service.

To study human resource management and other aspects of management.

Unit 1 - Principles of management Hours - 18

- Introduction to Management schools of thought

- Principles of scientific management – Fayol’s principles

- POSDCORB

- Management styles and approaches

Unit 2 - Organizational aspects Hours - 18

- Functional and Divisional patterns of organization

- Library Housekeeping Operations: Technical services

- Collection Development: Acquisition procedures-selection, ordering,

accessioning, stock editing

- Technical processing: Classification, cataloguing, physical processing

Unit 3 - Library Housekeeping Operations: Readers’ Services Hours - 27

- Maintenance of documents: shelving methods; work with new, returned,

damaged and lost documents; stock verification, weeding out, binding; care,

preservation and restoration of print and electronic documents.

- Circulation: charging systems; interlibrary lending

- Serials control selection, ordering receipt and display

- Special collections

Unit 4 - Human Resource Management Hours - 9

- Concept and definition; Job analysis and description; job classification;

Recruitment, selection and induction; training and performance evaluation

- Motivation; group dynamics

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Unit 5 - Directing, Coordinating, Reporting and Budgeting Hours - 18

- Communication

- Library rules

- Staff manual

- Library statistics

- Types of reports-compilation, contents and style

- Methods of financial estimation; sources of finance; types of budget

Unit 6 - Other aspects of Management Hours - 18

- Planning Library Building

- Space Management

- Public relation and extension activities

- Green Library

Core References:

1. Dhiman, Anil K., and Yashoda Rani. Learn Library Management. New Delhi: Ess

Ess Publications, 2005.

2. Mittal, L. Library Administration. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2005.

Reference:

1. Krishnamurthy, R. Library Management. New Delhi: Common wealth Publishers,

2010.

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ABLB103: KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION THEORY -

CLASSIFICATION


Aim: To provide basics of library classification.

Objectives:

To study basic concepts of library classification.

To familiarize with postulational approach to classification.

To study latest trends in classification.

Unit 1 - Classification – Basic Concepts Hours - 27

- Classification: Meaning and Definition

- Need and purpose of library classification

- Descriptive Theory of Library classification

- Universe of knowledge and its characteristics

- Modes of formation of subjects.

- Organization subjects: mapping of Universe of Subjects in Classification

Schemes (CC, DDC, UDC)

- Species of library Classification Schemes

Unit 2 - General theory of Library Classification Hours - 18

- Three planes of work

- Normative principles; Canons for Classification

- Principles of helpful sequence

Unit 3 - Postulational approach to classification Hours - 27

- Concept of Fundamental Categories; Facet analysis and Facet sequence

Rounds and Levels

- Principles of Facet Sequence

- Systems and Specials; Common isolates; Devices for formation and

sharpening of isolates

Unit 4 - Notation Hours - 9

- Need, qualities and kinds of notation

- Hospitality: Hospitality in array and Chain – different Devices

- Mnemonics: Types and Functions

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Unit 5 - Phase Analysis Hours - 9

- Phase relations: kinds and levels

- Use of phase relations in CC and DDC

Unit 6 - Document Classification Hours - 9

- Call Number and its structure; class number, book number, collection number

- Different methods for deriving book number

Unit 7 - Trends in classification Hours - 9

- Thesaurofacet, classaurus, Automatic classification

- Classification in online systems, Web Dewey.

Core Reference:

1. Suresh C. Sinha and Anil k. Dhiman. Prolegomena to Universe of Knowledge. New

Delhi: Ess Ess Publications, 2002.

References:

1. Hussain, Shabad. Library Classification: Facets and Analysis .New Delhi: B R

Publishing, 2004.

2. Kumar, Krishan. Theory of Classification. New Delhi: Vikas publishing house, 2000.

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ABLB104: KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION THEORY -

CATALOGUING


Aim: To provide the students basic knowledge of library cataloguing.

Objectives:

To understand the need for cataloguing.

To provide the basic knowledge of important cataloguing codes.

Unit 1 - Forms of Library catalogue Hours - 18

- Library catalogue: objectives, purpose and functions

- Physical forms of catalogue; Inner forms of catalogue

Unit 2 - Classified catalogue and Dictionary catalogue Hours - 27

- Entries in classified catalogue (CCC-5) – Main entry; added entries; analytical

entries; cross reference entry; class index entry

- Dictionary catalogue; entries (AACR2) – data elements in different types of

entries – main entry, added entries, reference entries

- Comparison of catalogue entries on the basis of CCC-5 and AACR 2 (Second

rev.ed.)

Unit 3 - Normative principles Hours - 36

- Principles and canons in cataloguing

- Choice and rendering of heading: personal names, corporate bodies

- Filing of entries classified and alphabetization

Unit 4 - Subject cataloguing Hours - 36

- Choice and rendering of headings in subject entries

- List of Subject headings – Sear’s List of Subject Headings, Thesauri

- Chain procedure

General account of indexing concept and indexing techniques: pre-coordinate and

post-coordinate

Unit 5 - Shared cataloguing Hours - 9

Centralized cataloguing; cooperative cataloguing, Union Catalogue, OPAC

Core References:

1. Dhiman, Anil K., and Yashoda Rani. Learn Library Cataloguing. New Delhi: Ess Ess

Publications.

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

Indiana Publishing House.

Reference:

1. Girija Kumar and Krishan Kumar. Theory of Cataloguing. 5th revised ed. New Delhi:

Vikas Publishing, 2005.

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SEMESTER II

ABLB205: INFORMATION SOURCES, SYSTEMS AND SERVICES


Aim: To understand various information sources, systems and services.

Objectives:

To learn about different reference books and its evaluation.

To familiarize with various information services.

To gain knowledge about various information systems in national and

international level.

Unit I - Information Sources Hours - 9

- Information and Documents

- Classification of Information Sources – Documentary Sources: Primary ,

Secondary and tertiary sources

- Non-documentary sources

- E-sources

Unit 2 - Reference Books Hours - 27

- Various types and their uses

- Evaluation of reference books

Unit 3 - Reference Service Hours - 27

- Ready reference and long range reference services

- Information search

- User studies and user education

- Information services

- Information Literacy Programmes

- Concepts of initiatives of users related to Information Seeking Behaviour

Unit 4 - Documentation Hours - 9

- Facets of documentation; CAS, SDI service, Referral service, Translation

service and Reprographic service

Unit 5 - Bibliographic control and organization Hours - 9

- Bibliographic and Documentation activities of national and international

organizations like NISCAIR, NASSDOC.

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Unit 6 - International systems and services (General Study) Hours - 9

- CAS, AGRIS, INIS, MEDLARS, DEVSIS and BIOSIS, current contents, web

of knowledge, science direct.

Core Reference:

1. Sewa Singh. Manual of Reference and Information Sources. 2 Vols. New Delhi: B.R

Publishing Corporation, 1997.

References:

1. Krishan, Kumar. Reference Service.5th revised ed. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing

House, 1996.

2. Jagdish Sharan Sharma. Reference Service and sources of Information. New Delhi:

Ess Ess Publishers, 1987.

3. Dhiman, Anil K., and Yashoda Rani. Information and Reference Sources and

Services. New Delhi: Ess Ess Publications, 2005.

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ABLB206: BASICS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY


Aim: To provide the students basic knowledge of computers and information

technology.

Objectives:

To understand the evolution of computers in different generations.

To provide the basic knowledge of functional units of computer systems.

To familiarize with library automation.

Unit 1 - Introduction Hours - 9

- Information Technology – Components and Application

Unit 2 - Computer Hardware and Software Hours - 27

- Types

- Computer Hardware – Input devices, output devices, CPU, Secondary storage

devices

- Operating systems Windows, Linux

- Programming language – low level language, high level language

- Generations of programming languages

Unit 3 - Application software (General Study) Hours - 18

- Word Processing Software – MS Word

- Database Management Software – MS Access, WINISIS

- Spreadsheet software – MS Excel

- Presentation package – Power Point

Unit 4 - Telecommunication Hours - 18

- Transmission media- Bounded media and unbounded media, satellites, VSAT

- Network – LAN, WAN, MAN

- INTERNET – Tools and services; Intranet, Extranet, Electronic Mail

Unit 5 - Library Automation Hours - 18

- History of library Automation

- Application of Computers to library and information field

- Need for computerization

- Areas of application – Housekeeping operations, information storage and

retrieval

- Library Automation Software - SOUL, KOHA, LIBSOFT.

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Core Reference:

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

2004.

References:

1. Savitha Mittal. Modern Library and Administration and Automation. New Delhi: Ess

Ess Publications, 2005.

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

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PRACTICAL

ABLB2P01: KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION PRACTICE -

CLASSIFICATION

Contact Hours: 90

Aim: To understand the use of classification schemes.

Objectives:-

To classify documents according to CC and DDC. (45 hours CC + 45 hours DDC)

Classification of books and periodicals using Colon Classification (6th Revised

Edition) and Dewey Decimal Classification (22nd Edition)

Core Reference:

1. Ranganathan, S.R. Colon Classification. 6th ed. Bangalore: SRE, 2006.

2. Dewey, Melvil. Dewey Decimal Classification .22nd ed. OCLC, Dublin, 2003.

References:

1. Satija, M.P. Colon Classification: A Practical Introduction. New Delhi: Ess Ess

Publishing, 1989.

2. Satija, M.P.A manual of Practical Colon Classification. New Delhi: Concept

Publishing Company, 1984.

3. Kaushik, Sanjay K. DDC 22: A Practical Approach. New Delhi: Ess Publications,

2004.

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ABLB2P02: KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION PRACTICE -

CATALOGUING

Contact Hours: 90

Aim: To understand various catalogue codes.

Objectives:

To catalogue documents according to CCC and AACR2.

(45 hours CCC + 45 hours AACR2)

Cataloguing of books (including multi-volume and composite books of single personal

authorship, joint personal authorship, mixed authorship and corporate authorship as for a

classified catalogue according to CCC-5 and for a Dictionary catalogue according to

AACR-2 (second rev. Ed.)

Cataloguing of single periodical publications as for a classified catalogue (according to

CCC) and for a Dictionary Catalogue (according to AACR2)

(Chain procedure is to be used for deriving heading of Class index Entries for classified

catalogue and for deriving subject headings for Dictionary Catalogue).

Core References:

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

Indiana Publishing House.

2. Seghal, R.L. Cataloguing Manual AACR2. New Delhi: Ess Ess Publications, 1999.

References

1. Parameswaran, M. AACR2 & CCC: A Comparative Study. New Delhi: Ess Ess

Publications, 1989.

2. S.N Singh, and H.N. Prasad.Cataloguing Manual AACR 2.New Delhi: B R Publishing,

1985.

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ABLB2P03: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PRACTICAL

Contact Hours: 90

Unit 1 - Operating System Hours - 9

- Windows 2000/windows XP; Linux – Types and styles

- Arrangement and styles of menus, use of keyboard and mouse.

Unit 2 - Word Processing Hours - 18

MS Word – creating and editing text, blocking, merging, formatting page layout,

spell-check.

Unit 3 - Spreadsheet& Presentations Hours - 36

- MS excel – Designing spreadsheets

- MS Power Point – designing various forms of graphical presentations

Unit 4 - Database Management Hours - 27

- MS Access; WINISIS – editing, indexing, sorting, merging, searching. Export

and import, label form, report generation.