Library Science — LPUNEST (Ph.D.) Syllabus

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  1. Unit I — Fundamentals of Information & Communication

    1. 1.1 Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom
    2. 1.2 Information Life Cycle — Generation, Collection, Storage and Dissemination
    3. 1.3 Role of Information in Planning, Management, Socio-economic, Cultural, Educational and Technological Development
    4. 1.4 Information Science — Relationship with other subjects; Information Society and Knowledge Society
    5. 1.5 Communication — Concept, Types, Theories, Models, Channels and Barriers; Trends in Scholarly Communication
    6. 1.6 Information Industry — Generators, Providers and Intermediaries
    7. 1.7 IPR and Legal Issues — Categories, Conventions, Treaties, Laws
    8. 1.8 Plagiarism: Concept and Types
    9. 1.9 Right to Information Act (RTI); Information Technology Act
    10. 1.10 National Knowledge Commission; National Mission on Libraries

  2. Unit II — Libraries in India; Profession & Education

    1. 2.1 Historical Development of Libraries in India; Committees and Commissions on Libraries in India
    2. 2.2 Types of Libraries — Academic, Public, Special and National
    3. 2.3 Library Legislation and Library Acts in Indian States; The Press and Registration of Books Act; The Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act
    4. 2.4 Laws of Library Science
    5. 2.5 Library and Information Science Profession — Librarianship as a Profession; Professional Skills and Competences; Professional Ethics
    6. 2.6 Professional Associations — National (ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS); International (IFLA, ALA, CILIP, ASLIB, SLA); Role of UGC, RRRLF & UNESCO
    7. 2.7 Library and Information Science Education in India
    8. 2.8 Library Public Relations and Extension Activities
    9. 2.9 Types of Users — User Studies, User Education
    10. 2.10 Information Literacy — Areas, Standards, Types and Models; Trends

  3. Unit III — Information Sources

    1. 3.1 Information Sources — Nature, Characteristics, Types and Formats
    2. 3.2 Sources of Information — Primary, Secondary and Tertiary; Documentary and Non-Documentary
    3. 3.3 Primary Information Sources (Print & Electronic) — Journals, Conference Proceedings, Patents, Standards, Theses & Dissertations, Trade Literature
    4. 3.4 Secondary Information Sources (Print & Electronic) — Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Bibliographies, Indexing & Abstracting, Statistical Sources, Handbooks and Manuals
    5. 3.5 Tertiary Information Sources (Print & Electronic) — Directories, Year Books, Almanacs
    6. 3.6 Reference Sources — Bibliographical, Biographical, Educational, Language and Geographical
    7. 3.7 Electronic Information Resources — Subject Gateways, Web Portals, Bulletin Boards, Discussion Forums/Groups
    8. 3.8 Databases — Bibliographic, Numeric, Full text, Multimedia; Open Access Databases
    9. 3.9 Institutional and Human Resources
    10. 3.10 Evaluation of Reference Sources and Web Resources

  4. Unit IV — Services, Mobile Tools, Web 2.0 & Networks

    1. 4.1 Community Information Services
    2. 4.2 Reference Service — Concept and Types; Referral Services
    3. 4.3 Alerting Services — CAS, SDI, Inter-Library Loan and Document Delivery
    4. 4.4 Mobile-based Library Services & Tools — Mobile OPAC, Mobile Databases, Mobile Library Websites, Library Apps, Mobile Library Instructions, Augmented Reality, SMS Alerts, Geo-location, Reference Enquiry
    5. 4.5 Web 2.0 and 3.0; Library 2.0 — Concept, Characteristics, Components; Instant Messaging, RSS Feeds, Podcasts, Vodcasts, Ask-a-Librarian
    6. 4.6 Collaborative Services — Social Networks, Academic Social Networks, Social Tagging, Social Bookmarking
    7. 4.7 Web-scale Discovery Services
    8. 4.8 National Information Systems and Networks — NISCAIR, DESIDOC, SENDOC, ENVIS, INFLIBNET, DELNET, NICNET, ERNET, NKN, BIS etc.
    9. 4.9 International Information Systems and Networks — INIS, AGRIS, INSPEC, MEDLARS, BIOSIS, ERIC, Patent Information Systems
    10. 4.10 Library Resource Sharing and Library Consortia — National & International

  5. Unit V — Knowledge Organisation, Classification & Retrieval

    1. 5.1 Universe of Knowledge — Nature and Attributes; Modes of Formation of Subjects
    2. 5.2 Knowledge Organisation — Classification — Theories, Canons and Principles; SKOS, Taxonomies, Folksonomy; Trends
    3. 5.3 Mapping of Subjects in Library Classification Schemes — DDC, UDC and CC
    4. 5.4 Cataloguing — Canons and Principles; Centralized and Co-operative Catalogue; Library Cataloguing Codes: CCC and AACR-II
    5. 5.5 Standards of Bibliographic Record Formats and Description — ISBD, MARC 21, CCF, RDA, FRBR, Bibframe
    6. 5.6 Standards for Bibliographic Information Interchange & Communication — ISO 2709, Z39.50, Z39.71
    7. 5.7 Metadata Standards — Dublin Core; MARC21, METS, MODS, EAD
    8. 5.8 Indexing Systems and Techniques — Assigned/Pre-coordinate; Post-coordinate; Derived (Title-based); Vocabulary Control
    9. 5.9 Abstracting — Types and Guidelines
    10. 5.10 Information Retrieval Systems — Features, Components, Models and Evaluation

  6. Unit VI — Management of Libraries & Information Centres

    1. 6.1 Management — Principles, Functions and Schools of Thought
    2. 6.2 Library & Information Centres Management — Book Selection Tools and Principles; Acquisition; Technical Processing; Circulation; Serial Control; Maintenance & Stock Verification; Preservation & Conservation; Hazards and Control Measures
    3. 6.3 Human Resource Management — Planning, Job Analysis, Job Description, Job Evaluation, Recruitment, Motivation, Training & Development, Performance Appraisal; Staff Manual
    4. 6.4 Financial Management in Libraries — Sources of Finance, Resource Mobilisation, Budgeting Methods; Cost-effectiveness and Cost-benefit Analysis; Annual Reports & Statistics; Library Authority and Committee
    5. 6.5 Project Management — SWOT, PEST, PERT/CPM
    6. 6.6 Total Quality Management (TQM) — Concepts, Principles and Techniques; Six Sigma; Evaluation of Library Services
    7. 6.7 Library Building, Furniture and Equipment; Green Library Building; Information Commons; Makerspaces; Security and Safety
    8. 6.8 Management Information Systems (MIS), MBO, Change Management, Disaster & Crisis Management
    9. 6.9 Knowledge Management — Principles, Tools, Components and Architecture
    10. 6.10 Marketing of Library Products & Services — Plan, Research, Strategies, Mix, Segmentation, Pricing and Advertising; Management Consultancy

  7. Unit VII — Computer Technology, Telecommunications & Security

    1. 7.1 Character Representation — ASCII, ISCII, Unicode
    2. 7.2 Computer Hardware, Software; Storage Devices; Input & Output Devices
    3. 7.3 Types of Software — System Software, Application Software
    4. 7.4 Programming Languages — Object-Oriented, Procedural, High-Level, Scripting; Web Languages
    5. 7.5 Telecommunication — Transmission Channels, Modes, Media; ISDN, PSDN, Multiplexing, Modulation, Standards & Protocols
    6. 7.6 Wireless Communication — Media, Wi-Fi, Li-Fi, Satellite Communication, Mobile Communication
    7. 7.7 Computer Networks — Topologies, Types (LAN, MAN, WAN)
    8. 7.8 Internet — Web Browsers, WWW, E-mail; Search Engines; Meta & Entity Search Engines
    9. 7.9 Internet Protocols & Standards — HTTP, SHTTP, FTP, SMTP, TCP/IP, URI, URL
    10. 7.10 Hypertext, Hypermedia, Multimedia; Video Conferencing, Virtual Reality, Augmented Technologies
    11. 7.11 Data Security, Network Security, Firewalls, Cryptographic Techniques, Anti-virus, Anti-spyware, IDS

  8. Unit VIII — Library Automation, Digitization & Digital Libraries

    1. 8.1 Library Automation — Areas, Planning, Selection of Hardware & Software, Implementation & Evaluation; Standards
    2. 8.2 Automatic Identification Technologies — Barcode, RFID, QR Code, Biometric, Smartcard: Features & Applications
    3. 8.3 Digitization — Planning, Selection of Materials, Hardware, Software, Process, Issues
    4. 8.4 Digital Library — Genesis, Characteristics, Types, Architecture; Standards, Formats, Protocols; DOI
    5. 8.5 Digital Preservation — Need, Purpose, Standards, Methods, Techniques; Projects (National & International)
    6. 8.6 Digital Library Initiatives — National & International
    7. 8.7 Institutional Repositories — Need, Purpose, Types and Tools; Institutional Repositories in India; ROAR, DOAR, SHERPA-ROMEO
    8. 8.8 Content Management Systems — Architecture, Data Integration, CMS Software — Selection, Implementation & Evaluation
    9. 8.9 Application of AI, Expert Systems & Robotics in Libraries; SMAC; Cloud Computing
    10. 8.10 Ontology — Tools (RDF, RDFS, Protégé); Semantic Web, Linked Data, Big Data, Data Mining, Data Harvesting

  9. Unit IX — Research in Library & Information Science

    1. 9.1 Research — Concept, Purpose, Functions, Scope and Ethics
    2. 9.2 Types of Research — Basic & Applied; Interdisciplinary & Multidisciplinary
    3. 9.3 Research Methods — Historical, Descriptive, Experimental, Delphi
    4. 9.4 Research Design — Selection of Research Problem; Review of Literature; Formulation of Research Problem; Hypothesis — Formulation, Types and Testing; Sampling Techniques
    5. 9.5 Methods of Data Collection — Questionnaire, Interview, Observation, Library Records, Scales and Checklists
    6. 9.6 Data Analysis & Interpretation — Presentation of Data; Statistical Methods/Techniques
    7. 9.7 Statistical Packages — Spreadsheet, SPSS, Bibexcel, R
    8. 9.8 Research Report Writing & Citation Tools — Structure, Style, Contents, Guidelines; Style Manuals; Online Citation Tools; Reference Management Tools; Anti-plagiarism Tools; Evaluation of Research Report
    9. 9.9 Metric Studies in LIS — Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, Webometrics, Altmetrics
    10. 9.10 Impact Indicators — Journal/Institutional/Author Impact Factors; h-index, g-index, i10-index
    11. 9.11 Trends in Library & Information Science Research

  10. Unit X — Library & Information Systems by Sector

    1. 10.1 Academic Library and Information System
    2. 10.2 Public Library and Information System
    3. 10.3 Special Library and Information System
    4. 10.4 Health Science Library and Information System
    5. 10.5 Corporate Library and Information System
    6. 10.6 Agricultural Library and Information System
    7. 10.7 Engineering and Technological Library and Information System
    8. 10.8 Archive, Museums and Oriental Libraries
    9. 10.9 Community Information System
    10. 10.10 Information Services and Systems for Persons with Disability, Children and Women
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