Approved by E.C. dt. 10.06.2008 Draft Syllabus

(As approved by the P.G. Board of Studies in its meeting held on 10-03-2008)

Master of

Library and Information Science

(To be effective from 2008-2009 academic session)

Department of Library and Information Science The University of Burdwan

Golapbag, Burdwan

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THE UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN Department of Library and Information Science

MLIS Curriculum Semester I Semester II

Paper No.

Paper Title Full Marks

Int Assess /Viva

Final Exam.

Paper No.

Paper Title Full Marks

Int Assess /Viva

Final Exam.

101 Information and Communication I

50 5 45 201 Information and Communication II

50 5 45

102 Research Methodology 50 5 45 202 Quantitative Techniques 50 5 45 103 Management of

Information Institutions I

50 5 45 203 Management of Information Institutions II

50 5 45

104 Knowledge Organisation I (Theory)

50 5 45 204 Knowledge Organisation II (Practice)

50 5 45

105 Resource Description and Access (Theory)

50 5 45 205 Resource Description and Access II (Practice)

50 5 45

106 Information Retrieval I 50 5 45 206 Information Retrieval II 50 5 45 107 Information Sources

and Systems 50 5 45 207 Information Products and

Services 50 5 45

108 Library Information Technology I (Theory)

50 5 45 208 Automated and Digital Library System I (Theory)

50 5 45

109 Library Information Technology II (Practice)

50 5 45 209 Automated and Digital Library System II (Practice)

50 5 45

110 Elective 50 5 45 210 Project on Elective 50 10 40 10

Papers 500 50 450 10

Papers 500 55 445

Total No. of Papers = 20 (10 in Semester I + 10 in Semester II) Total Marks = 1000 (500 in Semester I + 500 in Semester II) Electives: 110A Academic Library System 110B Community Information Systems and Services

110C Informetrics

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M L I Sc Curriculum (Two-Semester Programme) Papers and Units

Semester I (Papers and Units)

Semester II (Papers and Units)

101 Information and Communication I

• Introduction to Information Science • Information Generation and Communication • Information Society

102 Research Methodology

• Introduction to Research Methodology • Research: Design and Methods • Research: Data Collection Tools, Data Analysis and

Reporting 103 Management of Information Institutions I

• Approaches to the study of Management • Planning Methodology • Management Techniques

104 Knowledge Organization I

• General Theory of Library Classification • Design and Study of Classification Schemes • Trends and Future of Library Classification

105 Resource Description and Access I

• Canons, Principles and Codes of Cataloguing • Bibliographic data standards and Content designators • Online cataloguing: Data models and Access

mechanisms 106 Information Retrieval I

• Introduction to Information Retrieval System • Subject Indexing: Principles and Practices • Indexing Languages and Vocabulary Control

107 Information Sources and Systems

• Sources of Information • Information Institutions and Information Systems • Library Networks and Consortia

108 Library Information Technology I

• Computer Operating System • High-level Programming Languages • Database Management System

109 Library Information Technology II

• Linux user level tasks and Linux system administration tasks

• Advance Level HTML, DHTML and XML (Form, Frames, CSS and Java Scripts)

• C Programming Language • PHP or JSP or PERL Scripting Language • WINISIS, ISISMARC and RDBMS (MySQL or

PostGreSQL) 110 Elective Paper

201 Information and Communication II

• Economics and Marketing of Information • Information and Knowledge Management • Trends in information communication

202 Quantitative Techniques

• Introduction to Statistics • Basic Principles of Statistical Inference • Bibliometrics, Scientometrics and Informetrics

203 Management of Information Institutions II

• System Analysis, Design and Monitoring factors • Total Quality Management • Management of Change

204 Knowledge Organization II

• Universal Decimal Classification (Medium Ed.) 205 Resource Description and Access II

• AACR II (1998 Rev. 2005 Update) • Content designator based cataloguing • Metadata encoding

206 Information Retrieval II

• Online IR System • Users of IR Systems • Evaluation of IR Systems and Future trends in IR

207 Information Products and Services

• Information Products (Secondary) • Electronic information products • Information Services

208 Automated and Digital Library System I

• Computer Communication System • Automated Library System • Digital Library System

209 Automated and Digital Library System II

• WWWISIS and ISIS 3W for Web Accessibility of ISO-2709 supported Bibliographic Databases

• Library Automation Software – Managerial Level Tasks (any one of KOHA, WEBLIS or NewGenLib)

• Digital Library Software (any one of GSDL, DSpace or E-Print Archive)

• Unicode based Multilingual Automated and Digital Library System

210 Project on Elective Paper

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M L I Sc (Two-Semester Courseware)

Semester I

Paper No: 101 Paper Title: Information and Communication I Type: Theory Full Marks: 50; Internal Assessment: 05; Final Marks: 45; Hours: 50

15 Hrs X 3 Units + 5 Hrs for Assignment Unit – 1: Introduction to Information Science

• Information: Definition, Attributes, Kinds, Use, Nature and Characteristics; • Knowledge: Definition, Nature and Characteristics, Categories, Sources, Growth and

development; • Process of Cognition: Views and methodology including Spiral of Scientific Method and

Dialectical Materialistic Approach; • Conceptual relation between data, information, knowledge, wisdom and related concepts; and

Information and knowledge as object of study in various subjects and disciplines; • Information Science: Origin and development, scope and coverage, relationship with other

disciplines and professions. Unit – 2: Information Generation and Communication • Historical development; • Types of communication: verbal and nonverbal; Theories and Models of communication; • Barriers to communication and remedial propositions; • Information transfer process: Generation to utilization (Information eco-system); KGEU

(Knowledge generation and utilization) model; • Information theory – Message transmission, Information diffusion, Information entropy,

Measurement of information. Unit – 3: Information Society

• Information Society: Social implications; Genesis; Changing role of information institutions and information professionals;

• Nationals and International plans, policies and programmes relating to information for development with special reference to India and developing countries; Right to information;

• Politics of information: Universal data flow; Free flow of information vs. New world information communication order; Information poverty; Digital divide; Freedom, confidentiality and privacy of information; Intellectual property rights;

• Typology of information sectors – generators, providers, intermediaries; • Globalization and Information Communication Technology. Paper No: 102 Paper Title: Research Methodology Type: Theory Full Marks: 50; Internal Assessment: 05; Final Marks: 45; Hours: 50

15 Hrs X 3 Units + 5 Hrs for Assignment

Unit – 1: Introduction to Research Methodology

• Concept, meaning, objectives and process of research; • Criteria and problems of research; • Types of research – Descriptive, Analytical, Applied, Fundamental, Qualitative, Quantitative,

Conceptual, Empirical, etc. • Ranganathan’s spiral of scientific method; Indian approaches to research; • Ethical aspects of research.

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Unit – 2: Research: Design and Methods

• Research design: Meaning, need and features of good design; Identification and formulation of problem; Hypothesis; Types of research design; Sampling techniques;

• Stages of research and Designing research proposal; • Literature search – Print, Non-print and Electronic sources; • Research methods – Types and scopes; • Types of research method - Descriptive method; Historical method; Scientific method;

Experimental Method and Delphi method; Survey method and Case Study method. Unit – 3: Research: Data Collection Tools, Data Analysis and Reporting

• Data Collection – Introduction; Data Collection Tools and Techniques – Questionnaire; Schedule; Interview; Observation; Scales and check and list; Library records, Reports; • Data Analysis and Interpretation – Introduction (Data – meaning and types; Statistics – meaning

and types [Descriptive and Inferential]); • Data presentation – Generalization, Tabulation, Graphical presentation and Use of statistical

packages; • Research reporting – Structure, styles, contents, guidelines, quality parameters and citation

standards. Paper No: 103 Paper Title: Management of Information Institutions I Type: Theory Full Marks: 50; Internal Assessment: 05; Final Marks: 45; Hours: 50

15 Hrs X 3 Units + 5 Hrs for Assignment

Unit – 1: Approaches to the study of Management

• Management: Concept, definition, scope and need; • Management Philosophy; • Environment on Management Philosophy; • Management Schools of thought – Scientific, Classical, Bureaucratic, Human Relations,

Mathematical System, Situational/Contingency theory, Decision theory; • Management of information institutions. Unit – 2: Planning Methodology

• Nature and characteristic of planning, factors influencing planning; • Relations with objective, MBO, Leadership; • Principles of planning; • Steps in planning; • Policy making, Decision making, forecasting; • Relationship of other managerial functions with planning. • Planning Local and National Information System; Unit – 3: Management Techniques

Human Resource Management

• Objectives of Human Resource Management; • Manpower Planning; • Categories of Staff; • Staffing requirements; • Method of Manpower Planning – Job Analysis, Job description, Selection, Recruitment, Induction

and deployment, Training and Development; • Performance Appraisal; • Interpersonal Relation, Group dynamics, Johari Window; • Leadership – theories, styles, approaches and models; • Communication – methods of communication, types of communication model;

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• Motivation – theories of motivation, sources of motivation. Stock Management

• Collection development, different types of documents, selection, ordering, acquisition and technical processing of documents;

• Stock Maintenance; • Circulation; • Withdrawal; • Preservation and Conservation; • Stock Verification – planning and procedure. Financial Management

• Sources of finance, Principles of expenditure; • Budgeting methods, types of budget; • Budgetary techniques – types of costs, cost analysis and approaches; • Outsourcing.

Paper No: 104 Paper Title: Knowledge Organization I Type: Theory Full Marks: 50; Internal Assessment: 05; Final Marks: 45; Hours: 50

15 Hrs X 3 Units + 5 Hrs for Assignment

Unit – 1: General Theory of Library Classification

• Historical development and Theoretical foundation; • Dynamic theory of library classification; • Postulates, principles and canons; • Universe of subjects – Structure and development, Modes of formation; • Classification as knowledge representation tool; Theory of integrative level and System approach. Unit – 2: Design and Study of Classification Schemes

• Evaluation of classification schemes – DDC, UDC, CC, BC, BSO; • Special classification schemes; • Design and construction of depth classification schedule; • Classification of digital resources – methods, tools and initiatives. Unit – 3: Trends and Future of Library Classification

• Automatic classification - Application of NLP and AI techniques, Projects and initiatives, Indian school of research in automatic classification;

• Electronic and Web version of popular classification schemes; • Recent trends and development of library classification; • Contribution of CRG, FID/CR and DRTC; • Web-based classification systems – CyberDewey, Scorpion etc. Paper No: 105 Paper Title: Resource Description and Access I Type: Theory Full Marks: 50; Internal Assessment: 05; Final Marks: 45; Hours: 50

15 Hrs X 3 Units + 5 Hrs for Assignment

Unit – 1: Canons, Principles and Codes of Cataloguing

• Historical development and Theoretical foundation; • Canons and principles of cataloguing; • Cataloguing codes – objectives, principles, rules and concept of authorship; • Comparison and evaluation of cataloguing codes;

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• Methodology of designing cataloguing codes; Trends in development of cataloguing codes – the RDA.

Unit – 2: Bibliographic data standards and Content designators

• Computerized cataloguing - Historical development and Theoretical foundation; • Bibliographic descriptions: Principles and Standards (ISBDs); • Content designators: Framework standards (CCF, MARC 21, UNIMARC) and Interoperability

standards (ISO-2709, Z39.50, ZING, SRW); • Description of electronic resources – ISBD (ER) and Metadata Schemas; • Authority data – Concept, scope, use and standard (MARC 21 authority format). Unit – 3: Online cataloguing: Data models and Access mechanisms

• Online cataloguing: Objectives and principles; • Bibliographic data model - FRBR; • Authority data model - FRAD; • OPAC and Web-OPAC: Features, search operators, interface design, standards and development; • Trends in online cataloguing: Integrated access, Multilingual interface, Application of Web 2.0

tools etc. Paper No: 106 Paper Title: Information Retrieval I Type: Theory Full Marks: 50; Internal Assessment: 05; Final Marks: 45; Hours: 50

15 Hrs X 3 Units + 5 Hrs for Assignment

Unit – 1: Introduction to Information Retrieval System

• Information Retrieval (IR): Meaning, Differences with Data Retrieval; • Types of Information systems: IR Systems, DBMS, Decision Support Systems, Question-

Answering Systems; • IR Systems: Meaning, Purpose, Functions, Operational stages, Components, and kinds; • IR Systems: Historical and Theoretical foundations; • Designing IR Systems. Unit – 2: Subject Indexing: Principles and Practices

• Subject Headings: Contributions of Cutter, Kaiser, Ranganathan, Farradane, and Coates; • Derived and Assigned Indexing

o Derived indexing system: Printed (Keyword and Citation indexing) and Automatic/Full-text indexing (MGPP, Lucene, HTDig etc.);

o Assigned indexing system (Syntax): Pre-coordination and Post-coordination; • Pre-coordinate indexing system: Chain, PRECIS, POPSI, COMPASS, etc; • Post-coordinate indexing system: Computerized indexing system, Database Vs. Card based (Item

entry and Term entry) systems, Tools for improving Post-coordinate retrieval (Links, Roles, and Weights);

• Intelligent IR – Concept and application. Unit – 3: Indexing Languages and Vocabulary Control

• Indexing Languages: Differences with natural languages, Types, and Characteristics; • Natural Language Indexing Vs. Controlled Language Indexing, Problems of Assigned indexing

(Semantics); • Vocabulary Control: Need, Purpose, Tools (Alphabetical and Classed) and Standards; • IR Thesaurus: Structure, Compilation, Use and Evaluation of traditional, digital and integrated

thesaurus; • Design and development of integrated online thesaurus: Tools and Methods.

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Paper No: 107 Paper Title: Information Sources and Systems Type: Theory Full Marks: 50; Internal Assessment: 05; Final Marks: 45; Hours: 50

15 Hrs X 3 Units + 5 Hrs for Assignment

Unit – 1: Sources of Information

• Information sources and Information resources; • Bibliographic organization and control; • Categories of documentary information sources

Print materials; Non-print materials;

• Categories, characteristics and utility of non-documentary sources of information Institutional Sources; Human Sources;

• Electronic Information Sources Categories, characteristics and utility of electronic sources of information; Online and Off-line bibliographic databases (Reference, Referral and Source databases); E-journals, e-journal gateways, and electronic reference tools; Discussion forums, ListServs, Bulletin boards, Subject directories, Subject gateways,

Institutional repositories, Digital libraries, Blogs, RSS Feed, etc.; Open access knowledge objects.

Unit – 2: Information Institutions and Information Systems

• Information Institutions: Evolution, growth and role in information transfer cycle • Libraries and Information centres: Types and their organization; Data centres and Data banks,

Referral centres and Clearing houses; • Information Analysis and Consolidation centres • Information Systems: Structure, functions, objectives, features and system design

Global and Regional Information Systems (INIS, AGRIS, MEDLARS, INFOTERRA, HELLIS, APINMAP, etc.)

National Information Systems (Science & Technology, Biotechnology, Medical Science, Agricultural Science, Environmental Science, Statistics etc.)

• Role of International organizations in the development of systems and services (IFLA, UNESCO, FAO, UNEP, UNDP, FID, CILIP, etc.)

UNIT – 3: Library Networks and Consortia

• Resource sharing and Library Networking: Need, structure and management; • Global Library Networks and their Services (OCLC, RLIN, WLN, BLAISE, etc); • Indian Library Networks and their services (INFLIBNET, DELNET and others); • Library consortia: Scope, Need, Objectives, Functions, Features and Services; • Global and Indian library consortia initiatives (ICOLC, SPARC, INDEST, UGC-Infonet, FORSA,

etc.). Paper No: 108 Paper Title: Library Information Technology I Type: Theory Full Marks: 50; Internal Assessment: 05; Final Marks: 45; Hours: 50

15 Hrs X 3 Units + 5 Hrs for Assignment

Unit – 1: Computer Operating System

• Fundamentals of computer operating systems and their roles; • Time-sharing system; • Multi-user (Unix-like) operating systems (User level and Administration level) • Operating systems and library automation software • Open source operating systems Unit – 2: High-level Programming Languages

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• Historical and Theoretical foundations; • Overview of high-level programming languages and their use in problem solving; • Classification of High-level Programming Languages; • Algorithmic High-level Programming Languages (any one of C, PASCAL or FORTRAN) and

Program development tools; • Scripting High-level programming languages (any one of PHP, ASP, PERL or JSP) Unit – 3: Database Management System

• Files, file organization and structures; Indexing and hashing; Bibliographical database management system;

• Introduction to RDBMS; Database architecture and Data modeling; Entity-Relationship (E-R) modeling; Data normalization;

• Introduction to SQL; Database security; Backup and recovery; • Web databases (including Web accessibility of bibliographical databases); • Open source RDBMS (any one of MySQL or PostGreSQL) and Text retrieval engines.

Paper No: 109 Paper Title: Library Information Technology II Type: Practice Full Marks: 50; Internal Assessment: 05; Final Marks: 45; Hours: 50 Unit 1: Linux user level tasks and Linux system administration tasks

10 Hrs Unit 2: Advance Level HTML, DHTML and XML (Form, Frames,

CSS and Java Scripts) 5 Hrs Unit 3: C Programming Language 15 Hrs Unit 4: PHP or JSP or PERL Scripting Language 5 Hrs Unit 5: WINISIS, ISISMARC and 15 Hrs

RDBMS (MySQL or PostGreSQL)

ELECTIVE PAPERS (Any one from the following three papers)

Elective I

Paper No: 110A Paper Title: Academic Library System Type: Theory Full Marks: 50; Internal Assessment: 05; Final Marks: 45; Hours: 50

15 Hrs X 3 Units + 5 Hrs for Assignment

Unit –1: Academic Libraries and their Users

• Higher Education and Libraries in India • Academic Libraries – Definition, meaning, importance, functions and types • Users of Academic Libraries – Types of users and their needs, user study and user education • Structure and Hierarchies of Academic Libraries, Role of UGC, AICTE and NCTE in academic

library development • Changing role of academic libraries – National and global scenario, Recommendations, Standards

and Best practices Unit – 2: Management of Academic Libraries

Collection Development and Management Human Resource Management Financial Management

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Management of Automation, Digitization, Resource sharing and Networking MIS, Quality Management and Change Management

Unit – 3: Service in Academic Libraries

Traditional services ICT-enabled services Consortia and Network based services Academic library 2.0 Trends and future

Elective II Paper No: 110B Paper Title: Community Information System and Services Type: Theory Full Marks: 50; Internal Assessment: 05; Final Marks: 45; Hours: 50

15 Hrs X 3 Units + 5 Hrs for Assignment Unit –1: Introduction to Community Information System and Services

• Historical and Theoretical foundations; • Community Information Services – Nature and Features; • Providers of Community Information Services – Systems, Agencies and Institutions; • Community Information Systems and Services: Global and National Scenario; • Role of Public Libraries. Unit – 2: Community Information Resources: Organization and Access

• Community Information Resources – Nature, Features, Types and Differences with Bibliographic Resources;

• Organization of Community Information Resources Need of organization and Requirements for organization; Content designators – CCF/F and MARC 21 CIF Metadata – Schemas and Encoding;

• Integrated processing of Community Information Resources and Bibliographic Resources; • Subject Access to Community Information Resources – Vocabulary control tools; • Access to Community Information Resources – Media and Mechanisms. Unit –3: Digital Community Information Services

• Digital Community Information Services – Need, Advantages, Tools and Techniques; • Software Framework for Community Information Services: Models, Components, Clusters, and

Integration; • Community Communication and Interaction: Tools, Techniques and Processes; • User Interface of Community Information Services: Models and Applications; • Multilingual Community Information Services: Indic Script based interface, processing and

retrieval.

Elective III Paper No: 110C Paper Title: Informetrics Type: Theory Full Marks: 50; Internal Assessment: 05; Final Marks: 45; Hours: 50

15 Hrs X 3 Units + 5 Hrs for Assignment Unit – 1: Introduction

• Librametry, Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, Informetrics – Meaning, Scope and features; • Cybermetrics and Webometrics – Meaning, scope, features; • Laws of Bibliometrics; • Hyperlinks Vs. Citations (Sitations vs. Citations); • Application of Bibliometric laws in Web.

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Unit – 2: Indicators, Tools and Techniques

• Bibliometric indicators; • Webometric indicators; • Bibliometric tools – SCI, SSCI, A&HCI, MSCI etc ; • Webometric tools – Generic search engines and specialized tools (LexiURL, SocSciBot, Internet

archive, Pajek etc.); • Bibliometric and Webometric techniques – Growth, Obsolescence (Synchronous vs. Diachronous

studies), Citation and Co-Citation analysis, Network analysis, half-life, collaboration, Coupling, Informetric Modeling.

Unit – 3: Applications and Trends

• Bibliometric projects and initiatives – National and Global; • Webometric projects and initiatives – National and Global; • Specialized services on Bibliometrics – Web of Science, etc.; • Specialized services on Webometrics – CiteSeer, CiteULike, etc; • Trends and future.

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M L I Sc (Two-Semester Courseware)

Semester II

Paper No: 201 Paper Title: Information and Communication II Type: Theory Full Marks: 50; Internal Assessment: 05; Final Marks: 45; Hours: 50

15 Hrs X 3 Units + 5 Hrs for Assignment Unit – 1: Economics and Marketing of Information

• Economics of information: Concept, scope and objectives; Information as a commodity; • Information economics vs. Economics of information; • Demand and supply of information; Economic principles relevant to information; • Production, distribution and consumption of information and knowledge; Machlup’s model; • Marketing of information product and services: Planning, process and strategies; Economic

analysis models, cost-benefit analysis and cost effectiveness; Market research. Unit – 2: Information and Knowledge Management

• Meaning and scope; • Document management Vs. Information management Vs. Knowledge management; • Information industry; • Knowledge society and Knowledge economics; • Knowledge Management: Concepts and tools.

Unit – 3: Trends in information communication

• Impact of ICT on information communication; • International communication issues and recommendations: Information imbalance,

Communication imbalance, WSIS reports and recommendations, Role of intergovernmental agencies;

• Publishing industry – Change and change management; Sherpa-Romeo project; Copyright issues; FAIFE and CLM programme of IFLA; PEAK model;

• Open access to knowledge: Concept and genesis; Initiatives and programmes; Models – infrastructure, access and pricing issues;

• Open access to knowledge and role information institutions and information professionals. Paper No: 202 Paper Title: Quantitative Techniques Type: Theory Full Marks: 50; Internal Assessment: 05; Final Marks: 45; Hours: 50

15 Hrs X 3 Units + 5 Hrs for Assignment Unit – 1: Introduction to Statistics

• Statistics as tool for Collection, Organisation and Presentation of data; • Application of statistical techniques in LIS • Measures of Central Tendency – Mean, Median and Mode; • Measures of Dispersion - Absolute and relative measures; • Bivariate Frequency Distribution - Bivariate data; Scatter Diagram; Correlation and regression;

Rank Correlation.

Unit – 2: Basic Principles of Statistical Inference

• Estimation and testing of hypothesis; • Null and alternative hypothesis; • Distributions; • Level of significance and critical region; One tailed and two tailed tests; • Errors in testing hypothesis; Chi – Square Test.

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Unit – 3: Bibliometrics, Scientometrics and Informetrics

• Concept, meaning and application; Citation analysis; Librametry, Bibliometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics;

• Bibliometric laws – Bradford, Lotka, Zipf; • Bibliometric indicators, Obsolescence and half life; • Informetrics and Scientometrics; • Web link analysis and Webometrics.

Paper No: 203 Paper Title: Management of Information Institutions II Type: Theory Full Marks: 50; Internal Assessment: 05; Final Marks: 45; Hours: 50

15 Hrs X 3 Units + 5 Hrs for Assignment Unit – 1: System Analysis, Design and Monitoring factors

• System Analysis and System Design; • Decision tables; • Library as Information System; • Performance measurement, standards, and time-motion study; • Monitoring and controlling techniques – OR, MIS, MBO, SWOT, DFD, Network Analysis,

PERT/CPM, PEP, MAP, PCS. Unit – 2: Total Quality Management

• Definition, Concept, Elements, Objectives, Benefits; • Relevance and importance of Total Quality Management; • Quality improvement efforts; • Quality improvement programmes; • Total Quality Management for Library and Information Science.

Unit - 3: Management of Change

• Concept of change; Changes in procedures, methods; • Tools and techniques; • Problems in incorporating change; • Techniques of Managing change; • Globalization and Management: Globalization – concept, reasons, process, dimension, argument

in favour impact of globalization on management practices in Indian Library and Information Services.

Paper No: 204 Paper Title: Knowledge Organization II Type: Practice Full Marks: 50; Internal Assessment: 05; Final Marks: 45; Hours: 50 Universal Decimal Classification (Medium ed.) 50 Hrs Paper No: 205 Paper Title: Resource Description and Access II Type: Practice Full Marks: 50; Internal Assessment: 05; Final Marks: 45; Hours: 50 Unit –1: AACR II (1998 Rev., 2005 Update) – Focus on NPM and 20 marks/20 Hrs continuing resources Unit –2: Content designator based cataloguing 20 marks/20 Hrs (MARC 21 Bibliographic Format)

Designing bibliographic data entry framework; Leader, Control, Number & Code fields/subfields management; Data entry and validation (through library management software);

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Access to bibliographic records (through OPAC/Web-OPAC). Unit –3: Metadata encoding (DCMES and RFC 2731) 10 marks/10 Hrs

• Dublin Core – Simple and Qualified (as Metadata Schema); • RFC 2731 (as Encoding standard); • Encoding of digital resources.

Paper No: 206 Paper Title: Information Retrieval II Type: Theory Full Marks: 50; Internal Assessment: 05; Final Marks: 45; Hours: 50

15 Hrs X 3 Units + 5 Hrs for Assignment

Unit – 1: Online IR System

• Bibliographic Database: Structure, Organization, Types and Access mechanisms; • File design and organization; • IR models; • Search and Retrieval: Search strategy, Search techniques, Search Operators (Boolean, Relational

and Positional, Truncation, etc.), Multiple Database Searching – Common Command, Common Command Language – NISO and ISO;

• Web IR: Meaning scope & characteristics, Operational aspects of the Web, Web Indexing, Search Engines, Meta Search Engine, Subject Directory, Subject Gateway, IDR, Digital Library, Semantic Web.

Unit – 2: Users of IR Systems

• Users: Nature, Types of information needs, Information seeking behaviour; • Information needs in different areas of activity; • Methodologies of user study and Sources of information; • Models of information seeking behaviour: ASK, Sense-making etc; • Personal Information Environment (PIE): Use, Tools and Techniques.

Unit – 3: Evaluation of IR Systems and Future trends in IR

• Meaning, Purpose, and Levels of Evaluation (System effectiveness, Cost effectiveness, Cost benefit evaluation);

• Evaluation criteria and Evaluation methodology; • Evaluation experiments (Cranfield 1 and 2, MEDLARS Test, TREC Experiments etc.); • Cross-language information retrieval; • Recent developments and Future trends in IR.

Paper No: 207 Paper Title: Information Products and Services Type: Theory Full Marks: 50; Internal Assessment: 05; Final Marks: 45; Hours: 50

15 Hrs X 3 Units + 5 Hrs for Assignment

Unit – 1: Information Products (Secondary)

• Information products: Need, Techniques of production and Design issues; • Information products: Newsletters, House bulletins and other In-house communications; • Trade and Product bulletins; • IA+C Products and Methods: State-of-the-art reports, Reviews, Trend reports and Technical

digests; • Other secondary information products.

Unit – 2: Electronic Information Products

• Electronic information products – Concept, Nature and Features; • Bibliographic databases; • Portals, Vortals and Gateways;

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• Multimedia based information products; • Open access knowledge system: Products and Access.

Unit – 3: Information Services

• Information services: Concepts, Definition, Need, Requirements and Trends; Value-added information services;

• Need, Techniques and Evaluation of Alerting services (CAS & e-CAS, SDI & e-SDI); • Bibliographic, Referral, Literature search, Document delivery and translation services; • ICT enabled information services (User services, MIS support services, Web based services

etc.); Virtual Reference Services: Tools and Techniques; • Future and Trends of information services.

Paper No: 208 Paper Title: Automated and Digital Library System I Type: Theory Full Marks: 50; Internal Assessment: 05; Final Marks: 45; Hours: 50

15 Hrs X 3 Units + 5 Hrs for Assignment

Unit – 1: Computer Communication System

• Basics of computer networking and Network hardware, topology and cabling; • Network features and relationships (peer-to-peer and client/server relationships); • OSI networking model and TCP/IP reference model; • LAN, MAN and WAN; • Internet, Intranet and Extranet: Architecture, Tools and Services

Unit – 2: Automated Library System

• Library Automation: Need, Importance, Advantages, Models and Workflow; • Library Automation Software: Evolution, General functions, Requirements (system and

functional), Implementation of library automation software and automated library services; Open source software (KOHA, WEBLIS, NewGenLib etc.);

• Library automation software in India: Evaluation and Comparative study; • Indic script based Automated Library System; • Trends and future of Library automation.

UNIT – 3: Digital Library System

• Introduction to Digital Library System; Automated, Electronic, Digital and Virtual library systems; Digital Library: Architecture, Models, Components, User interface and Design issues;

• Institutional Repositories, Research Archives and Electronic Thesis and Dissertations (ETD) management; Digital Library: Services, Projects (National and Global) and Initiatives;

• Digitization and Organization of Digital objects: Tools, techniques and formats, Metadata – types, functions and schemas, Metadata encoding, Indexing and Access;

• Open Source Digital Library Software: Features, Parameters of evaluation, Use and application; Interoperability and Crosswalk; OAI/PMH and metadata harvesting;

• Indic script based Digital Library System; Trends and future of Digital Library System. Paper No: 209 Paper Title: Automated and Digital Library System II Type: Practice Full Marks: 50; Internal Assessment: 05; Final Marks: 45; Hours: 50 Unit 1: WWWISIS and ISIS 3W for Web Accessibility of ISO-2709 supported

Bibliographic Databases 10 Hrs Unit 2: Library Automation Software – Managerial Level Tasks (any one of KOHA,

WEBLIS or NewGenLib) 5 Hrs

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Unit 3: Digital Library Software (any one of GSDL, DSpace or E-Print Archive) 15 Hrs

Unit 4: Unicode based Multilingual Automated and Digital Library System

10 Hrs Paper No: 210 Paper Title: Project on Elective Type: Project* Full Marks: 50; Final Marks: 50 (Text – 40 Viva – 10);

* The project paper is to be written within 10,000 words, which is to be submitted within 30 days from the date of last examination of the Semester II.

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