Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University - Agra Courses

Bachelor of Library and Information Science (B.Lib.I.Sc.)

Course Structure

Course Detail

Paper-I

Foundations Of Library & Information Science

Unit-I Essentials of Library and Information Science

• Librarianship as a profession
• Library ethics
• User education
• Public relation
• Extension service
• Library path finders (Guides)
• Library building

Unit-II Conceptual framework and history of libraries

• Social foundation of libraries
• History of libraries
• Development of libraries in India, U.S.A and Britain
• Five laws of library science
• Types of libraries
• Different types of document and their role (from papyrus to current)

Unit-III Laws relating to libraries and information centers

• Library legislation-need and essential features
• Library acts in India
• Press and Registration Act and delivery of books (Public Library) Act
• Copyright Act

Unit-IV Professional associations

• Role and contribution of national organizations such as UGC, ILA, IASLIC,
• RRRLF in the growth and development of libraries in India
• Role and contribution of International Organizations such as LA, ALA,
• IFLA, FID, UNESCO, ASLIB in the growth and development of Libraries.
• Methodology: Lectures, self study, case studies, assignments, experimental learning exercises
• Sessional assessment: will be based on 1.Test 2. Assignment 3.Class attendance.
  

Paper-II

Management of Library & Information Centres/Institutions

Unit-I Essentials of management

• Concept, history and functions of management
• Concept and principles of scientific management
• Concept, elements and standards of TQM

Unit-II Library Management-general aspects

• HRM
• Delegation
• Communication
• Job description, analysis, specification and evaluation
• Selection and Recruitment
• Motivation
• Training and Development
• Performance appraisal

Unit-III Library Management –specific aspects

• Library authority and library committee
• Staffing
• Different sections of libraries and their working
• Annual report
• Care & preservation of library resources (printed and digital)

Unit-IV Financial management in libraries

• Budget
• Resources Mobilization including outsourcing
• Cost effectiveness & cost benefit analysis
• Financial control
• Methodology: Lectures, self study, case studies, assignments, experimental learning exercises
• Sessional assessment: will be based on 1.Test 2. Assignment 3.Class attendance.
  

Paper-III

Knowledge Organization & Information Retrieval

Unit-I Knowledge organization-I

• Knowledge organisation and subject organisation
• Bibliographic organization and different approaches to documents
• Concept and theory of library classification
• Species of library classification
• Normative principles of library classification
• Standard schemes of library classification and their features
• Latest trends in library classification
• Book Number Schemes

Unit-II Knowledge organization-II

• Concept and history of library cataloguing
• Purpose, structure, types and physical forms of library catalogue including
• OPAC
• Standard codes of library cataloguing
• Normative principles of library cataloguing
• Centralized and cooperative cataloguing, simplified and selective
• Cataloguing, Union Catalogue
• CCF and MARC
• Natural and artificial language
• Subject heading lists and Thesaurus

Unit-III Information retrieval-I

• Concept of Index and Indexing
• Pre-coordinate indexing-Chain, PRECIS, POPSI,
• Post-coordinate indexing -UNITERM
• Keyword Indexing
• Concept of Abstract and Abstracting
• Purpose and types of Abstract
• Steps of abstracting

Unit-IV Information retrieval-II

• Concept of Electronic information retrieval
• Concept, history and services of Internet
• Retrieval techniques for Internet
• Methodology: Lectures, self study, case studies, assignments, experimental learning exercises
• Sessional assessment: will be based on 1.Test 2. Assignment 3.Class attendance.
  

Paper-IV

Knowledge Organization: Practice-I

Unit-I Classification of documents (using DDC)

• Classification of documents with the latest edition of Dewey Decimal Classification with the following details: Main Classes, Divisions, Sectors, Subsectors, Auxiliary Tables.

Unit-II Cataloguing of documents (using AACR)

• Cataloguing of books and periodicals in accordance with the latest edition of AACR and Sears List of Subject Headings
• Methodology: Lectures, self study, case studies, assignments, experimental learning exercises
• Sessional assessment: will be based on 1.Test 2. Assignment 3.Class attendance.
  

Paper-V

Knowledge Organization: Practice-II

Unit-I Classification of documents (using CC)

• Classification of documents by 6th edition of CC with following details Basic Subject, compound and complex subject, phase Relations, common isolates etc.

Unit-II Cataloguing of documents (using CCC)

• Cataloguing of books and periodicals in accordance with the latest edition of CCC.
• Methodology: Lectures, self study, case studies, assignments, experimental learning exercises
• Sessional assessment: will be based on 1.Test 2. Assignment 3.Class attendance.
  

Paper-VI

Information Sources

Unit-I Information sources-I

• Concept of information sources
• Primary sources of information -journal, conference volume, patents, research reports, thesis and their electronic form

Unit-II  Information sources-II

• Secondary sources of information-Bibliography, Encyclopedia, Dictionary
• Yearbook, Directory, Biographical Source, Geographical Source, text book, Index and abstract and their electronic form

Unit-III  Information sources-III

• Tertiary source of information-Bibliography of bibliographies and guide to literature and their electronic form

Unit-IV  Information sources-IV

• Human resource
• Information centers
• Institutional information sources
• Mass media
• Database
• Methodology: Lectures, self study, case studies, assignments, experimental
• learning exercises
• Sessional assessment: will be based on 1.Test 2. Assignment 3.Class attendance.
  

Paper-VII

Information Users, Systems And Services

Unit-I Information users

• Information users and their information needs
• Concept, scope, content and methodology of user studies
• Critical review of some large scale user studies
• Specific techniques of user studies– Scenario analysis, Interaction analysis,
• Delphi method, Repertory grids
• Evaluation of user survey

Unit-II Information system

• Characteristics and scope of information systems
• International information systems (like VINITI,AGRIS, INIS, and OCLC),
• National information systems (like NISSAT, NISCAIR, NASSDOC and ENVIS)

Unit-III Reference and information Service

• Concept, purpose and types of reference service,
• Organization of reference section,
• Trends of reference service in digital age.
• Concept, history, need and types of documentation
• Concept, need, trend and information services
• Types of information service: CAS, SDI, Abstracting, Indexing,
• Reprography, Translation, Literature search, Document delivery services;

Unit-IV Information products

• Concept and purpose of information products Types of information products: Bibliography, House Journals, Newsletters, Trade and Product bulletin, State of the art, Trend report
• Methodology: Lectures, self study, case studies, assignments, experimental learning exercises
• Sessional assessment: will be based on 1.Test 2. Assignment 3.Class attendance.
  

Paper-VIII

Libraryand Information Technology

Unit-I Information technology-I

• Concept of information technology
• Types of information technology
• Computer technology-History, classification and generation of computers,
• computer hardware and software, operating systems-MS-DOS, Linux, UNIX and WINDOWS,
• Programming Languages, Algorithm & Flow Charting

Unit-II  Information technology-II

• Communication technology-general aspects
• Reprographic technology-general aspects
• Micrographic technologies-general aspects

Unit-III Library automation

• Concept and need of library automation
• Planning and implementation of library automation
• In-house operations (Acquisition, Cataloguing, Circulation, Serials Control)
• Library softwares including open source softwares, Library networks, new development in library automation such as use of RFID etc.

Unit-IV Essentials of library and information technology

• Social networking and Library blogs
• Repositories
• Digital libraries
• Library 2.0
• World wide web
• Methodology: Lectures, self study, case studies, assignments, experimental
• learning exercises Sessional assessment: will be based on 1.Test 2. Assignment 3.Class attendance.
  

Paper-IX

Library and Information Technology (Practice)

Unit-I

• Use of Operating System & MS-Office

Unit-II

• Database Creation in CDS/ISIS & Database search and Retrieval
• Methodology: Lectures, self study, case studies, assignments, experimental learning exercises
• Sessional assessment: will be based on 1.Test 2. Assignment 3.Class attendance.
  • i) Documents, data, database, etc. to work on for the practical assignments will be provided by the Teacher in the computer lab
  • ii) Students are required to do the practical assignment in the computer lab Evaluation of the assignment will be done by the Teacher on the spot.
  • iii) Studeny has to make Screen Captures for all the answers and save them in one file. The Teacher will evaluate these screen captures and give marks accordingly.