CPT 1.

1 FOUNDATION OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

Unit 1 Libraries in Social Context, Social and historical foundations

of library, Role of libraries in formal and information
education, Different types of libraries: functions, objectives
and activities, Five laws of library science and their
implications. Library outreach.
Unit 2 Library Development, History of Library movement, Growth
and development of libraries in India, Library cooperation,
resource sharing, networking and consortia.
Unit 3 Information and Communication, Information -
characteristics, nature and use, Conceptual differences
between Data, Information, Knowledge, Information transfer
cycle: Generation, collection, storage and retrieval,
Information communication: channels, models and barriers
Unit 4 Information Science, Evolution. Definitions. Scope and
current status. Information Science as a discipline. Influence
of Information Science as a other discipline.
Unit 5 Library Legislation – need and importance, Library legislation
in India - study of Model public library bill of S. R.
Ranganathan, Karnataka Public Library Act, 1965,
Intellectual Property Rights: Copyright Act, Delivery of books
and Newspaper (Public libraries) Act, Right to information Act

Unit 6 Library Profession and Professional associations, Attributes of

profession: Librarianship as a profession, professional ethics
in Librarianship, LIS education and research in India,
Professional Associations: regional level - KALA, National level
– ILA, IATLIS, IASLIC, International level - IFLA, ALA, CILIP

Selected Readings:
1. Burahohan, A. (2000).Various aspects of librarianship and Information
Science. New Delhi: ESS ESS.
2. Chapman, E.A. and Lynden, F.C. (2000). Advances in librarianship. 24th
Vol. San Diego: Academic Press.
3. Isaac, K.A. (2004). Library legislation in India: A critical and comparative
study of state Library acts book description: New Delhi: Ess Ess Publication.
4. Kumar, P.S.G.(2003) Foundations of Library and Information Science. Paper
I of UGC Model Curriculum. New Delhi: Manohar.

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5. Kumar, P.S.G. (1997). Fundamentals of Information Science. Delhi: S.
Chand.
6. Ranganathan, S.R. (1999). The Five Laws of Library Science, 2nd Ed.,
Bangalore: Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science.
7. Richard E.R. (2000). Foundations of Library and Information Science. Neal-
Schuman.
8. Rout, R.K. Ed. (1999) Library legislation in India. New Delhi: Reliance.
9. Rudinow, J. & Graybosch, A. (2000). Ethics & Values in the Information
Age. NY.
10 Sadhu, S.N. & Saraf, B.N. (1967). Library legislation in India. Delhi: Sagar,
1967.
11 Sen B.K. (2002). Five laws of Library Science? IASLIC Bulletin, 47(3), p.121-
140.
12 Sharma, P. S.K.( 1992). Library and society. 2 Ed. Delhi: ESS ESS.
13 Surendra S. & Sonal Singh. Ed. (2002).Library, Information and Science
and society. New Delhi: ESS ESS.

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 CPT-1.2. INFORMATION SOURCES

Information sources: Meaning, Definition, Evolution,

Unit- 1
Characteristics, Functions, Importance, and Criteria for
evaluation
Primary sources of Information: Periodicals, conference
Unit-2
proceedings, technical reports, patents, standards and
specifications, trade literature,
Secondary sources- Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Yearbooks
and Almanacs, Biographical sources, Geographical sources,
Unit-3
Bibliographical sources, Abstracting and Indexing periodicals,
Handbooks and Manuals and Statistical Information sources.
Tertiary sources - Directories, Guides to reference sources,
Unit-4
Bibliography of bibliographies, Union Catalogues, etc.
Human Sources: Technological gatekeepers, Invisible colleges,
Information consultants, Experts/ Resource persons,
Representatives of firms, Personal home pages, common men
(priest, village head, postman, receptionist, etc.).
Unit-5 Institutional / Organisational Sources: Government,
Ministries and departments, R& D organizations, Learned
societies, Publishing houses, Press, Broadcasting stations,
Data banks, Information analysis centers, Referral centers,
Exhibitions & trade fairs. Institutional web sites.
Electronic sources: Internet Information resources, Databases.
E-books, Open Access Resources. Online forums, Subject
Unit-6 gateways. Wikipedia, ACM digital Library, IEEE / IEE
Electronic Library Online (IEL), Emerald, EBSCO, Elsevier
Science, PubMed Central, J-Gate, Web of Science, SCOPUS,
SciFinder Scholar, PLOS, DOAJ, etc.)

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Selected Readings:

1. Chowdhruy, G. G. and Sudatta Chowdhury(2001). Searching CD-ROM

and Online Information Sources. London : Facet Publishing.
2. Chowdhury, G. G. and Sudatta Chowdhury(2001). Information Sources
and Searching on the World Wide Web. London: Facet Publishing.
3. Krishna Kumar (2003). Reference service, Ed.3, New Delhi: Vikas.
4. Kumar (PSG). Ed.(2001). Indian encyclopedia of Library and Information
Science. New Delhi : S. Chand & Co.
5. Rao, I.K.R(2001). Electronic sources of Information. Bangalore: DRTC.s
6. Sewasingh (2001). Hand book of international sources on reference and
Information. New Delhi: Crest Publication.
7. Sharma, J.S & Grover, D.R (1998). Reference service and sources of
Information. New Delhi: ESS ESS.
8. Subramanayam, K. (1981). Scientific and technical Information
resources. New York : Marcel Dekkar.

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 CPT 1.3: LIBRARY CATALOGUING

Introduction to Organization of Information Resources:

Unit 1 Catalogues, Indexes, Bibliographies, Evolution of Catalogue
codes from Panizzi to AACR - II / RDA.

Document description –significance; Document Cataloguing:

Unit 2 Meaning, objectives and functions
Forms of document Cataloguing - Inner forms and Outer
Unit 3 forms.
Subject Cataloguing - Chain Procedure; Subject heading lists-
Unit 4 Sear's list, LCSH. Normative Principles: Laws, Canons and
Principles.

Standards for Bibliographic description: MARC, ISBD,

Unit 5 UNIMARC, CCF, ISO 2709, Metadata and Dublin-Core
Resource sharing - centralized, co-operative and Union
Unit 6 cataloguing, OPAC, OCLC and its activities; Consortia

Reading List:

1. Ranganathan, S.R. Classified Catalogue Code, EdS, SRELS, 1989

(Reprint)
2. Girija kumar and Krishna Kumar: Theory of Library cataloguing. New
Delhi, Vikas, 1983.
3. Viswanathan, C G cataloguing theory and practice. 1990.
4. Anglo- American Cataloguing Rules, Ed2 1986.
5. Allison Kaplan, Crash Course in Cataloging for Non-Catalogers: A Casual
Conversation on Organizing Information, Libraries Unlimited, February
17, 2009.
6. Mary L. Kao, Cataloging and Classification for Library Technicians,
Second Edition, The Haworth Press; 2nd edition (February 15, 2001).
7. Anne Welsh and Sue Batley, Practical Cataloging: AACR2, RDA and
MARC21, Neal-Schuman Publishers; 1 edition (April 30, 2012
8. Sheila S. Intner, Beginning Cataloging, Libraries Unlimited; 1 edition
(September 23, 2009), ISBN-10: 1591588391, ISBN-13: 978-1591588399
9. Sam Oh, Ontology-based Metadata Systems: Design and Implementation
(Third Millennium Cataloging), Publisher: Libraries Unlimited (December
30, 2013),

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10. Priscilla Caplan, Metadata Fundamentals for all Librarians, ALA
Editions; 1 edition (April 1, 2003),
11. Steven J. Miller, Metadata for Digital Collections (How-to-Do-It Manual)
(How to Do It Manuals for Librarians) , Neal-Schuman Publishers;
Pap/Psc edition (May 31, 2011),
12. Philip Hider, Information Resource Description: Creating and Managing
Metadata, Amer Library Assn (December 31, 2012)
13. Rebecca Lubas (Author), Amy Jackson (Author), Ingrid Schneider, The
Metadata Manual: A Practical Workbook (Chandos Information
Professional Series), Chandos Publishing; 1 edition (August 14, 2013),
14. Jia Liu, Metadata and Its Applications in the Digital Library:
Approaches and Practices, Libraries Unlimited (July 30, 2007)
15. Richard Smiraglia, Metadata: A Cataloger's Primer, Routledge
(November 19, 2005)
16. Barbara Tillett and Ana Lupe Cristán, IFLA Cataloguing Principles: The
statement of International Cataloguing Principles (ICP) and its
Glossary. In 20 Languages (Ifla Series on Bibliographic Control), K. G.
Saur Verlag; 1 edition (July 29, 2009).

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 SPT-1.4A : COMPUTER BASICS

Information Technology: Meaning, Definition, Scope and

Unit- 1 Evolution, Computers: Concept, Types, Generation, Capabilities
and limitations
-Computer Hardware: Components of a Computer; Memory -
Internal Storage: ROM and RAM, External Storage Devices:
Unit-2 Magnetic Devices - Hard Disk and Floppy Disk; Optical Devices,
CD, DVD; Pen drive; Input/output Devices.

Computer Software: Systems Software - Compilers and

Unit-3 Interpreters; Operating Systems: MS-DOS, MS-WINDOWS,
Application Software Package: MS Office - Word, Excel and
PowerPoint
Data Representation and Data Manipulation: Data
Unit-4 Representation-Bits, Bytes, Codes-BCD, EBCIDC & ASCII.
Number system Binary: Addition- Subtractions, Logic gates:
AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR
Programming, Algorithms, Flow-Charting; Basic programming
Unit-5 languages: C, C++, Java, HTML
File Organization- Concept, Types and their advantages and
Unit-6 disadvantages

Selected Readings:

1. Bansal, S.K.(2005). Information technology and globalisation, New Delhi:

A.P.H. Publishing corporation.
2. Basandra , S.K(2002). Computers today, New Delhi: Golgotia.
3. Curtin, D.P. & others: Information technology: The breaking wave. New
Delhi: TMH, Latest Edition.
4. Decson, E.(2000). Managing with Information technology. Great Britan:
Koganpage Ltd.
5. Dhiman, A.K.(2003). Basics of Information technology for librarians and
Information scientists, Vol.1. New Delhi: ESS ESS.
6. Hunter & Shelly (2002). Computers and common sense, New Delhi:
Prentice-Hall.
7. Kashyap, M.M. (2003). Database systems. New Delhi: Vikas.
8. Satyanarayana, R. (2005).Information technology and its facets. Delhi:
Manak

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 SPT 1.4B: INFORMATION LITERACY

Unit 1 Basics of Information Literacy, Information literacy:

Meaning, Definition, Need, Importance
Historical perspective of Information literacy. User education
to information literacy
Unit 2 Types of Information Literacy, Types of Information Literacy:
Library Literacy, Technology literacy, media literacy,
computer and digital literacy.
Unit 3 Information literacy Models and Standards, Models of
Information literacy: SCONUL model and Empowering 8
model. B-6, Seven Pillar, ELLIS. Guidelines and standards
for Information literacy programs: ALA, IFLA ACRL.
Taskforces and forums.
Unit 4 Information Literacy and higher education, Information
Literacy and Higher Education; Role of Libraries in
Information literacy. Information literacy in India, LIS
profession.
Unit 5 Information Literacy methods, Information Literacy
Competencies, Challenges of Information literacy.
Information literacy instructions in different types of Library
and Information centers. Biblion.
Unit 6 Trends in Information Literacy, Current trends in
Information literacy. Information Literacy and Life long
learning, Study of Information literacy programs in the
world including India.

Selected Readings:

1. American Library Association. Final Report of Presidential Committee on

Information Literacy. www.ala.org/at/nill/litt1sthtml
2. Barker, K. and Londsale, R. Ed. (1994). Skills for life: the value and
meaning of literacy. London: Taylor Graham.
3. Bawden, D.(2001). Information and digital literacies: a review of
concepts.
http://gti/edu.um.es.8080/gomez/hei/intranet/bawden/pdf.
4. Eisenberg, M.B. , Lowe, C.A. & Spitzer, K.L. (2004). Information literacy:
Essential skills for Information age. London: Libraries unlimited.

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5. Meadows, A.J. Ed. (1991). Knowledge and communication: essays on the
Information chain. London: Library Association.
6. Pantry, Sheila and Griffiths, Peter (2002). Creating a successful e-
Information service. London: Facet.
7. Zorana Ercegovac (2008). Information literacy: search strategies, tools &
resources for high school students and college freshmen. California:
ABC-CLIO.

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 CPP – 1.5: INFORMATION SOURCES

Acquaintence with various sources of information (Primary, Secondary,

Tertiary, Electronic sources of information)
(Each student shall compulsory maintain practical record and submit the same
at the time of practical examination).

CPP – 1.6 : CATALOGUING OF BOOKS

Cataloguing of simple doucments according to AACR-2 and assign subject

headings using at least one standard list of subject headings.
(Each student shall compulsory maintain practical record and submit the same
at the time of practical examination).

CPP – 1.7 : CATALOGUING OF NON-BOOK MATERIALS

Cataloguing of Non-Book materials according to AACR-2 and assign subject

headings using at least one standard list of subject headings.
(Each student shall compulsory maintain practical record and submit the same
at the time of practical examination).

SPP-1.8A: COMPUTER BASICS

Acquaintance with Operating Systems, Word Processing, Spreadsheets,
Presentation Package including hands on experience and work assignment.
(Each student shall compulsory maintain practical record and submit the same
at the time of practical examination).

SPP-1.8B: INFORMATION LITERACY

Application of B-6 skills in problem solving.

(Each student shall compulsory maintain practical record and submit the same
at the time of practical examination).

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CPT 2.1 MANAGEMENT OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION CENTERS

Unit 1 Management, Concepts, Definition and scope, Management

Schools of Thought Functions and principles of Scientific
Management and its application to Library and Information
Center, Organizational Structure
Unit 2 Library House keeping operations, Different sections of
Library and information centers: Acquision Section,
Technical Section, Circulation Section, Periodical Section,
Reference and Customer care Service, Need mapping.
Collection Management: Book Selection policies and
principles for print and electronic resources; Acquisition,
technical processing, Stock Verification, Weeding of
resources, Conservation and preservation of Library
Resources
Unit 3 Human Resource Management, HRM: Meaning, Definitions,
Need and importance. Organizational structure, Recruitment
Process, Job Analysis and description, Job evaluation,
motivation, Education training and development, Job
evaluation, Performance Appraisal, MBO.
Unit 4 Financial Management, Importance, Sources of Finance,
Financial Resources mobilization, Budgeting methods and
techniques: PPBS, ZBB etc… Budgetary control, Information
economy, Cost effectiveness, Cost benefit analysis (PERT),
out sourcing
Unit 5 Physical facilities and Library Records Management,
Building, Furniture and equipments, Library committees:
library rules and regulations, library statistics, Annual
reports
Unit 6 Personality Development Skills, Communication Skills:
Speaking; Writing; Presentation; Time Management;
International Perspectives for Information Professionals

Selected Readings:

1. Kumar, P.S.G. (2003). Management of Library and Information Centres.

Delhi: B. R. Publishing corporation.
2. Mahapatra, P.(1997). Library management. Calcutta: World Press.
3. Mittal, R.L. (1984).Library administration: Theory and practice. 4 Ed.
New Delhi: Metropolitan.

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4. Paliwal, P.K. (2000). Compendium of Library administration. New Delhi:
ESS ESS.
5. Paranjpe, V. (1997). Strategic human resource management. New Delhi:
Allied.
6. Parker, C. and Café, T.(1993). Management Information systems:
Strategy and action. New York: McGraw Hill.
7. Pearson, R.J. Ed.(1983). Management process: Selection of readings for
librarians. Chicago: ALA.
8. Ranganathan, S.R. (1954). Library administration. Bangalore: Sharada
Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science.
9. Siwatch, A. S.(2004). Library management: Leadership style strategies
and organizational climate. New Delhi: Shree.
10. Stuert, R.D. and Moran, B.B.(2004). Library and Information
center management. Colorado: Libraries Unlimited

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 CPT-2.2: LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION

Unit-1 Library Classification: Definition, meaning, objectives, need and

purpose. Evolution of theory of Classification: Descriptive and
Dynamic thory. Knowledge Classification; Book Classification;
Species of Library Classification.
Unit-2 Universe of Knowledge: concept, definition, Structure, attributes.
Modes of formation of Knowledge, Different types of Subjects,
Universe of Knowledge as mapped in CC; DDC & UDC.

Unit-3 Planes of work and Canons of Classification. Normative Principles

of Classification and their Application.
Unit-4 Fundamental Categories; Principles for Facet sequence; Phase
relations, Common Isolates.
Unit-5 Notational System: Need; Functions; Types; Qualities. Devices
used in CC. Mnemonics; Call Number; Systems and Specials;
Rounds and Levels; Method of Residue.

Unit-6 Classification Schemes: Standard Schemes of Classifications and

their features: CC; DDC; UDC. Major contributions of SR
Ranganathan to classification theory; Design and Development of
Schemes of Library Classification. Trends in Library
Classification.

Selected Readings:

1. Ranganathan, S.R.: Prolegomena to Library Classification. Bangalore,

SRELS, 1989.
2. Krishnakumar: Theory of Library Classification, New Delhi, Vikas, 1989.
3. Ranganatha, S.R.: Colon Classification, Ed6, SRELS, 1985 (Reprint).
4. Rosket, A.C.: Subject approach to information, Ed 5, 1991.
5. Maltby, A: Sayer’s Manaual of Library Classification. London:Clive
Bingley, 1966.

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 SPT-2.3A: LIBRARY AUTOMATION

Unit- 1 Library Automation: Meaning and Definitions, Genesis, History,

Need and Areas of Library Automation
Unit-2 Strategies for Library Automation: Factors - Internal and
External, Prerequisites, Library Automation Tasks
Unit-3 Infrastructure Requirements for library automation: Manpower,
Hardware, Software, Cost, Physical, Equipment and Furniture
Unit-4 Automation of House Keeping Operations: Acquisition,
Cataloguing, Circulation and Serials Control. Subsystems and
Interface, File and Data Structure.
Unit-5 Application of Barcode and RFID Technology for Library
Functions. Application of Artificial Intelligence to Library and
Information Centres. Retrospective Conversion: Strategies and
Techniques
Unit-6 Library Automation Software Packages: SOUL, Libsys,
NewgenLib, Koha, Criteria for Evaluation

Selected Readings:

1. Dhiman, A.K.(2003). Basics of Information technology for librarians and

Information
scientists. ESS ESS .
2. Haravu, L.J.(2004). Library automation: design, principles and practice.
London: Allied
publishing.
3. Kumar, P.S.G. (2004). Information technology: Applications (Theory and
Practice). DelhiL: B.R. Publishing.
4. Lucy, A. T.(2005). An introduction to computer based Library system. 3rd
Ed. Chichester: Wiley.
5. Ravichandra Rao (1996). Library automation. New Delhi: New Age
International.
6. Kochar, R. S. (2007). Library Automation: Issues and Principles. New Delhi:
APH Publishing Corporation.
7. Rajinder Singh Aswal (2006). Library Automation for 21st Century, New
Delhi:EssEss Publication.

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 SPT-2.3B: INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMMS

Information Services: Need, Importance, Definitions; Reference

Unit-1 Service: Concept, Definition. Types: SDI, CAS, Translation and
DDS, Referral Service, Indexing and Abstracting Service.
Unit-2 Information Users and their needs; Categories of information
users; User studies -Need, scope, purpose and objectives and
importance; Methods and techniques of user study. User
Education: Definition; need; Objectives; Technique and
methods of user education programme. Information seeking
behaviour.
Information systems: Basic concepts, Meaning, objectives and
Unit-3 functions.
Structure, Functions and services of: Libraries, Documentation
centers, Information Centers, Information Analysis Centers,
Clearing Houses, Archives, Referral and Translation Centers.
Study of National Information Systems and programs
Unit-4 NISCAIR, ENVIS, DESIDOC, NASSDOC

Study of International Information Systems and programs

Unit-5 INSPEC, PUBMED, ISI, AGRIS, CAS, SCOPUS, DOAJ, EBSCO,
ERIC

Unit-6 Virtual reference Service: Desk service/vitual library service.

Development of computer based information services. Online
Information Services.

Selected Readings:

1. Gupta, B.M. and others(1991). Handbook of Libraries, archives,

Information centres in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakshan.
2. Krishan Kumar (1990). Reference service. New Delhi, Vikas.
3. Lucas, Amy. Ed.(1989). Encyclopaedia of Information systems and
services. Detriot: Gale Research.
4. Neelameghan A. and Prasad, K.N. Eds. (2005). Information systems and
services in India. Bangalore: SRELS.
5. Vickery, B.(1987). Information systems. London: Butterworths.

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 CPP-2.5: MANAGEMENT OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION
CENTERS

Acquaintance and hands on experience with Table of Contents (ToC)

Service; Information Retrieval Service; Preparation of bibliography; Literature
Search Service; Allocation of Library Budget.
(Each student shall compulsory maintain practical record and submit the same
at the time of practical examination).

CPP-2.6: LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION

Classifcation of Documents according to DDC (depending on the availability).

(Each student shall compulsory maintain practical record and submit the same
at the time of practical examination).

SPP-2.7A: LIBRARY AUTOMATION

Installation, configuration and working with any one library automation

software (depends on the availability)

(Each student shall compulsory maintain practical record and submit the same
at the time of practical examination).

SPP-2.7B: INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMMS

Acquaintance with the Abstracting services; Newspaper clippings (both online

and offline); CAS; SDI.
(Each student shall compulsory maintain practical record and submit the same
at the time of practical examination).

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 CPT-3.1: INFORMATION PROCESSING AND RETRIEVAL
Information processing and Retrieval: Meaning, Definition,
Unit- 1 Functions, components. Information transfer cycle.

Indexing: Concepts, theories, methods and importance. Indexing

Unit-2 as profession, Indexing languages: Vocabulary control,
Semantics and Syntax, Thesaurus: Definition, importance,
Design and construction

Indexing system: Pre-coordinate indexing and post coordinate,

Unit-3 PRECIS, POPSI, KWIC and its variations, UNITERM Indexing,
Citations indexing, Google scholar, Web of science, Scopus

Bibliographic description: Concept, Historical development,

Unit-4 Standards for Bibliographic record format-ISBD, MARC-21, ISO-
2709, CCF

Bibliographic control: concepts, historical development,

Unit-5 International bibliographical control: Role of International
organizations, standards and cooperation’s

Unit-6 Evaluation of indexing system: Criteria- Recall, precision,

currency, ease of use, exhaustively. Evaluation studies: ASLIb
cranfield Project, MEDLARS

Seleted Readings:
1. Atchison, J. & Gilchrist, A.(1972). Thesaurus construction: a practical
manual. London: Aslib.
2. Austin, D.(1984). PRECIS: A manual of concept analysis and subject
Indexing. 2nd ed.
3. 6. Chowdhruy, G.G.(2003). Introduction to modern Information retrieval.
2nd Ed. London, Facet Publishing.
4. Cleaveland, D. B.(2001). Introduction to Indexing and abstracting. 3rd
Ed. Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited
5. Ghosh, S.B. and Biswas, S.C. (1998). Subject Indexing systems:
Concepts, methods and techniques. Rev. ed. Calcutta: IASLIC.
6. Lancaster, F.W.(2003).Indexing and Abstracting in Theory and Practice.
London: Facet Publishing.
7. Pandey, S.K. Ed.(2000).Library Information retrieval. New Delhi: Anmol.
8. Van, R.C. J.(1970). Information retrieval. 2nd ed. London: Butterworths.

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 CPT-3.2: DIGITAL LIBRARIES
Digital Libraries: Concepts, Evolution of digital libraries- study
Unit 1 of digital library initiatives and Organizations contributing to
development of DL. Digital library conferences- JCDL, ECDL
and ICADL
Design and development of digital library: digital library
Unit 2 architecture, Interoperability, Compatibility, Protocols,
standards and User Interfaces
Digital Content creation – Electronic documents, files and file
formats. Study of different file formats. PDF: features, creating
Unit 3 of PDF files. Born digital and legacy documents. Digitization-
scanning, OCR Scholarly communication, E-journals and e-
books Digital Preservation, Conservation and Archiving
Digital content management: DOI, OpenURL, CrossRef and
Unit 4 other aspects. Metadata and resource discovery issues.
Access Control and DRM, Security and preservation issues.
Unit 5 Digital library software: study of DL software: Greenstone,
DSpace, EPrints. Comparative evaluation
Open Access Movement and Institutional repositories. study of
Unit 6 select digital Libraries and IRs.
California Digital Library; Alexandria Digital Library;
Vidyanidhi, Shodhganga

Selected Readigns:
1. C.Xaiver. World Wide Web Design with HTML, New Delhi: TMH, 2000.
2. G.G. Chowdury. Introduction to Digital Libraries. London: Facet
Publishing, 2003.
3. John M. Cohn, Ann L. Kelsey and Ketih Micheal Fiels, Planning for
Library Automation: A Practical Handbook. London: Library Association,
1998.
4. Kausik Bose Information Networks in India: Problems and Prospects.
New Delhi: Ess Ess, 1994.
5. Paul Pedley. The invisible Web: Searching the hiddent parts of the
Internet. London: Aslib, 2001.

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 SPT-3.3A: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research:
Unit-1 Concept, Meaning, Need and Process of Research; Types of
Research – Fundamental and Applied including inter
disciplinary and multidisciplinary approach; Role of Research
in the Development of Scholarship.

Research Design:
Unit-2 Conceptualization and Operationlisation; Types of Research
Design; Identification and Formulation of problem;
Hypotheses- Nominal and Operational Definition; Designing
Research Proposal; Ethical aspects of Research; Literature
search – print, non-print and electronic sources.

Research Methods:
Unit-3 Scientific Method; Historical Method; Descriptive Method;
Survey Method and Case Study Method; Experimental
Method, Delphi Method and Participatory research.

Research Techniques and Tools:

Unit-4 Questionnaire; Schedule; Interview; Observation; Scales and
check lists; Library and Record and Reports; Sampling
Techniques.

Data Analysis and Interpretation:

Unit-5 Descriptive Statistics – Measure of Central Tendency; Mean,
Mode, Median, Tabulation and Generalization; Standard
Deviation; Graphical presentation of data – Bar, pie, line-
graphs, Histograms.
Research Reporting:
Unit-6 Structure, Style, Contents; Guidelines of Research Reports;
Style Manual – Chicago – MLA-APA etc.; E-Citation and
Methods of Research Evaluation.

Selected Reading:
1. Bush, C.H. and Harter, S.T. Research methods in Librarianship: 1986
2. Krishna Kumar. Research methods in Library and Information Science,
1992.
3. Kothari, C.R. Research Methodology, 1990.
4. Rao, IK.Quantitative methods in Library and Information Science, 1983.
5. Goode and Hatt. Methods of Research, 1968.

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 SPT-3.3B: TECHNICAL WRITING

Technical writings basics: Defintions, Purposes,

Unit-1 Characteristics, Types, Functions, Target groups and their
requirements.
Technical writing Process: Planning, drafting , editing,
Unit-2 finishing and producing the document. Use of editorial tools
viz Dictionaries, Style Manuals.
Techinical Writing Style: Language and technical skills, styles,
Unit-3 Semantics, Syntax, Diction, Sentence Structure, Readability.
Technical Writing Techniques: Information searching and
Unit-4 gathering skills, Summarizing
Designing pages: Tables, Line Graphs, Bargraphs, Pie charts,
Charts and Illustrations, footnotes and end notes.
Technical Communications: Structure and format of journal
Unit-5 articles, seminars/conference papers, review articles,
technical reports, research proposals, monographs,
dissertations/theses.
Use of PageMaker and MS-Office for the preparation,
production and presentation.
Technical presentations and evaluation: Preparation and use
Unit-6 of multimedia facilities for presentation. Criteria for evaluation
of scientific and technical communications and presentations.
Marketing Communication: company white papers, reference
manauals, user manaual, on-line help files, data sheets,
newsletters.
Implications on LIS – Growth opportunities, diversity of field,
marketing, quality coordination.

Selected Readings:
1. Anderson, Paul V and Brockamn, R John and Miller, Carolyn (ed).
New essays in Technical and scientific communication: Research,
theory and Pracice. Farmingdale: NY, Baywood, 1997
2. Day, Robert A. Writing scientific papers in English Ed 2.
Philadelphia: ISI, 1989
3. Joshi, Yateendra. Commnicating in style. New Delhi: TERI, 2003
4. Riodarn, Daniel G and Pauley, Steven E. Technical report writing
today. Ed 8. New Deli: Biztantra, 2004
5. Society for Technical Communication. Code for communicators.
Washington D C. STC, 1998
6. Staples, Catherine and Ornatowski, Cezar (Ed). Foundations for
teaching technical Communications:
7. Theory, Practice and Program Design. Greenwitch, CT: Ablex, 1997
8. Xerox Publishing standards: A manual of style and design. New
York: Xerox press, 1988

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 CPP-3.5: INFORMATION PROCESSING AND RETRIEVAL

Classifcation of Documents according to UDC (depending on the availability).

(Each student shall compulsory maintain practical record and submit the same
at the time of practical examination).

SPP-3.6: DIGITAL LIBRARIES

Hands-on experience in any one digital library software (depending on the
availability)
(Each student shall compulsory maintain practical record and submit the same
at the time of practical examination).

SPP- 3.7A: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Acquaintance and hand on experience with SPSS.

(Each student shall compulsorily maintain practical record and submit the
same at the time of practical examination)

SPP- 3.7B: TECHNICAL WRITING

Work assignment on technical writing basics; technical writing process,
techniques and Styles. Acquaitance, hands-on experience and work
assignment with software pacakages.
(Each student shall compulsorily maintain practical record and submit the
same at the time of practical examination)

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 CPT-4.1: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

Telecommunication: Signals - analog/digital. Transmission

Unit- 1 media - Pair of wires, Coaxial, Optic fibers. Satellite
communication; V-SAT, Microwave, Modulation and
Demodulation,
Networks: Concept, Definition, Need, Uses, Network Topologies,
Unit-2 Types of
Networks -LAN, MAN and WAN. Network Architectures; Network
protocols, Network Protection and Security
Communication Networks: NICNET, I-NET, BSNL, and ERNET.
Unit-3 Library
Networks in India: INFLIBNET, DELNET and CALIBNET
Internet: Origin, History and Evolution. Internet based library
Unit-4 and information services. Web browsers-Internet explorer,
Google chrome, Firefox. .Search engines and metasearch
engines: Search strategies
Electronic communication: TCP/lP.
Unit-5 E-mail. E-commerce. Cybercrimes and Laws: Regulation of Cyber
Laws, IT Bill 2001 (Govt. of India) and its Amendments. Internet
Security (Firewalls,
Hacking etc.)
Web Designing Tools- Mark-up Languages (HTML, DHTML, XML,
Unit-6 Java)
Evaluation of Web Sites and Web Resources -

Selected Readings:
1. Andrew S. T. & David J.W. (2011). Computer networks. Boston: Pearson
Prentice Hall.
2. Balakrishnan, S. (2000). Networking and the future of Libraries. New
Delhi: ESS ESS.
3. Bose, K.(1994). Information networks in India: Problems and prospects.
New Delhi: ESS ESS.
4. Jeanne, F.M. (2006). A librarian’s guide to the Internet: A guide to
searching and evaluating Information. Oxford: Chandos publishing.
5. Kumar, P.S.G. (2004). Information technology: Applications (Theory and
Practice). DelhiL: B.R. Publishing.
6. Lucy, A. T.(2005). An introduction to computer based Library system. 3rd
Ed. Chichester: Wiley.
7. Zorkoczy, P. (2005). Information technology: An introduction, London:
Pitman

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8. Bell, A. (2009). Exploring Web 2.0: second generation internet tools -
blogs, podcasts, wikis, networking, virtual worlds, and more.
Georgetown, TX: Katy Crossing Press.
9. Campesato, O., & Nilson, K. (2011). Web 2.0 fundamentals with Ajax,
development tools, and mobile platforms. Sudbury, Mass.: Jones and
Bartlett Publishers.
10. Governor, J., Nickull, D., & Hinchcliffe, D. (2009). Web 2.0
architectures. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
11. Shah, S. (2008). Web 2.0 security: defending Ajax, RIA, and SOA.
Boston: Charles River Media.
12. Shelly, G. B., & Frydenberg, M. (2011). Web 2.0: concepts and
applications. Boston, MA: Course Technology.
13. Solomon, G., & Schrum, L. (2010). Web 2.0 how-to for educators.
Eugene, O.R. : International Society for Technology in Education.

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 CPT-4.2: INFORMATION PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Unit 1 Information as a resource, Economic value of information,

Information Products.
Marketing: Basic Concepts and global scenario.

Unit 2 Meaning of information and information services: definition

and purpose. Economic modules and their application for
information industry
Unit 3 Transborder data flow. Actors and participants. Barriers:
access, economic, legal, linguistic and cultural.
Application of economic models in information industry

Unit 4 Products and Services: Planning and development.

Marketing Mix, New Product Development Cycle, Product
and service promotion - advertising, packing, branding etc.
Concept of TQM.
Content development and Management.
Unit 5 Pricing of information products and services: objective and
importance, factors influencing pricing, pricing techniques.
Market Research Techniques and tools. Statistical tools
forecasting models.
Unit 6 Strategic marketing-strategies for marketing of information
products and services in different libraries. Information
marketing and new technologies..

Selected Readings:

1. Bookstein, A. (1981). An Economic Model of Library Service. Library

Quarterly, 51(4), 410-428.
2. Bryson, J. (1996). Effective Library and Information Center Management.
New Delhi: Jaico.
3. Gupta, D. K., Koontz, C., Massisimo, A., & Savard, R. (Eds.). (2006).
Marketing Library and Information Services: International Perspectives.
Munich: K G Saur Verlag GmbH.
4. Jain, A. K., Jambhekar, A., Rao, T. P., & Rao, S. S. (Eds.). (1999).
Marketing information products and services: a primer for librarians and
information professionals. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co
Ltd.
5. Kotler, P., & Keller, K. L. (2012). Marketing Management (14th ed.).
Delhi: Prentice Hall.

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6. Rab, S. F. (1994). The Changing frontiers of library and information
science: concepts, models & applications. New Delhi: Commonwealth
Publishers.
7. Rowley, J. (2012). Information Marketing (2nd ed.). Burlington: Ashgate
Publishing Ltd.
8. Saez, E. E. (2012). Marketing Concepts for Libraries and Information
Services (2nd ed.). London: Facet Publishing.
9. Savard, R. (Ed.). (2002). Education and Research for Marketing and
Quality Management in Libraries. Munich: K G Saur Verlag GmbH. IFLA
Publications: 99
10. Seetharama, S. (1998). Libraries and Information Centres as Profit
Making Institutions. New Delhi: Ess Ess Publications.
11. Weingand, D. E. (1999). Marketing Planning Library and
Information ServiceS (2nd ed.). Englewood: Libraries Unlimited.

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SPT-4.3A: WEBOMETRICS, INFORMETRICS AND SCIENTOMETRICS

Unit-1 Concept of Scientometrics: Meaning, Definitions, Scope, Need and

Purpose, Librametrics to Cybermetrics.
Unit-2 Sources of Data: Science Ciation Index Expanded, Social Science
Ciation Index, NASA:ADS, PopLine, Arts and Humanities Citation
Index, LISA.
Unit-3 Bibliometric Laws: Bradford’s Law; Zipf’s Law and Lotka’s Law.
Unit-4 Growth of Literature Study: Growth of literature, Growth Models-
Logistic, Power. Obsolescence
Unit-5 Scientific Productivity: Citation Analysis; Authorship Study;
Collabration; Techniques of authorship studies.
Unit-6 Webometrics: Meaning and Definitions; Basic framework of
Webometrics,; Instruments for Webometrics analysis and Recent
trends.

Selected Readings:

1. Garfield, E: Essays of an Information Scientist: 1999-1993. 15

volumes, USA, ISI Press, 1993.
2. Ravichandra Rao, I.K.: Quantitative Methods for Library and
Information Science. New Delhi, Wiley, 1983.
3. Wolfram, Dietmar: Applied Informetrics for Information Retrieval
Research. London, Raintree, 2003.
4. Mahapatra, Gayatri: Bibliometric Studies. New Delhi: Indiana,
2009.
5. Tiwari, A: Bibliometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics, Jaipur,
RBSA, 2006.
6. Devarajan, G.: bibliometrics Studies in the Internet Era. New
Delhi, Ess Ess, 1997.
7. Sangam, S.L. et al. : Webometrics, Informetrics and
Scientometrics. Dharwad: KUD, 2010.
8. Pritchard, Alan: Biblometrcs. Wettford, AAIHBOOKS, 1960.
9. Senguputa, I.N.: Bibliometric Research. Kolkotta, SBA, 1988.

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 SPT-4.3B: E-PUBLISHING AND WEB TECHNOLOGY

- Electronic Publishing and scholarly communication:

Unit-1 Trends, Challenges and Opportunities to Libraries, E-
journals and e-books. Platforms, Standards and formats.
DTP software. Economics of e-publishing. IPR and
copyright issues.

Unit-2 Plagiarism: Social, legal issues and usability issues. Anti-

plagiarism Software, online plagiarism checkers
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Unit-3 Web 2.0. Definition and Characteristic features. Web 2.0
challenges for Libraries. Web 2.0 based Library services.
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Unit-4 RSS feeds. Metadata. Tags. Folksonomy, Blogs,
Photosharing, Social book marking, Social networks. Cloud
computing
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Unit-5 Understanding Podcasting, VODcast and Screencast.
WIKIS, Mashups, Real time communications.
-
Unit-6 Web mining: Content, structure and usage mining, Text
mining, Image and multimedia mining. Data Harvesting
and Semantic Web, Harvesting Web Resources
-

Selected Readings:

1. Gary Shelly, Mark Frydenberg (2010): Web 2.0: Concepts and

Applications
2. Dermot A. McCormack (2002). Web 2.0. Aspatore Books,
3. Jane Hosie-Bounar, Barbara M. Waxer (2010). Web 2.0: Making the Web
Work for You
4. By David J. Brown, Richard (2008). The Impact of Electronic Publishing:
The Future for Publishers and Librarians
5. Tatiana-Helen. Synodinou, Sarantos Kapidakis, Ioannis Iglezakis (2011).
E-publishing and Digital Libraries: Legal and Organizational Issues
6. Peter K. Ryan (2011). Social Networking The Rosen Publishing Group,

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 CPD-4.4.: DISSERTATION
Student shall have to choose a topic for dissertation and preliminary
preparation to be carried out under a guidance of a teacher. The student shall
have to submit the dissertation on the chosen topic before the commencement
of IV semester theory examinations.
CPP-4.5: INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
Acquaintance with Search Engines Search Strategies, Creation of custom
Search Engine. Designing and launching of websites, use of HTML, Bluevoda.

CPP-4.6: INFORMATION PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Acquaintance, hands-on experience and work assignment with Building
Newsletter; Building/ packaging information as a product; Building a digitized
collection of e-books and e-journals; Content Development service.
(Each student shall compulsorily maintain practical record and submit
the same at the time of practical examination)

SPP-4.7A: WEBOMETRICS, INFORMETRICS AND SCIENTOMETRICS

Application of mathematical and statistical techniques to measure:
Collaboratrive Co-efficient; Degree of collaboration; Collaborative Index; h-
Index; growth of literature; obsolescence of literature; impact factor of journals
and institutions; scientometric portraits of individual scientists.
(Each student shall compulsorily maintain practical record and submit the
same at the time of practical examination)

SPP-4.7B: E-PUBLISHING AND WEB TECHNOLOGY

Acquaintance with the Social networking, Plagiarism software and web mining.

(Each student shall compulsory maintain practical record and submit the same
at the time of practical examination).

CPPP-4.8: PROJECT PRACTICAL

Student shall have to present the findings of the chosen topic before the
examiner after the IV semester theory examinations.

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