1. Library and Society
i Modern concept of Library- Library as a Community
Information Centre;
ii Definition of Information & Charateristics of
Information
iii Library related Legislation - Public Library Act;
Delivery of Books and
NewPapers (Public Libraries) Act;intellectural Property
Rights
iv History of Library Movement in India
v Library Associations & Professional Organaisations
2. Types of Libraries
i Categories of Libraries - Government ;Private;Industrial
ii Types of Libraries - Academic, Public, Special, contact
iii Levels of Libraries- National, State, District,
Local
iv Role of Government Agencies such as UGC,RRRLF in
Library Development
v Rural Library Service- Outreach Programmes.
3. Library Administration
i Library Rules and Procedures
ii Library Routines-such as Procurement, acquisition,
processing & circulation
iii Maintanence such as Binding,Replacement,Shelf rectification,Stock
Verification Etc.,
iv Library Statistics
v Types of Access-open, closed , resticted etc.,
4. Library Management
i Library Budgeting - Types & Sources of fund (budgetary
Control)
ii Material Selection Policy- Sources of information
etc.,
iii Personnel Management - In -service training etc.,
iv Public Relations
v User Studies and User Education.
5. Library Classification
i Need & Purpose
ii Different Schemes of library Classification
iii Canons and Principles of Classification
iv Notation
v Species of Classification - Enumerative and Analytico-Synthetic
6. Library Cataloguing
/Indexing
i Need and Purpose
ii Different Types of library Catalogues /Bibliographic
files
iii Different Codes of Cataloguing
iv International Standards relating to Cataloguing
v Subject Cataloguing & Indexing.
7. Information Sources
i Types of Information Sources - Primary, Secondary,
Tertiary
ii Information Sources- documentary, Institutional and
Human
iii Basic Reference Sources Electronic Sources of Information
iv Discipline-Oriented Information Sources - Medline,
Lexis etc.,
8. Library Services
i Type of Reference Services - Ready Reference, Long
Range Reference
ii Role & qualities of a Reference Librarian
iii SDI & CAS Services
iv Literature Search and Bibliography Compilation
v Reprographby, Translation and other Specialized Services
9. Library Networking
& Resource Sharing
i Inter Library Loan & Document Delivery Services
ii Library Information Networks in India
iii International Library Networks such as OCLC, WLN
etc.,
iv Internet ; Resources ; ISPs
v Types of Networks Such as LAN, WAN, MAN etc.,
10. Library
Automation & Rodernization
i Computer & its peripherals ; Types etc.,
ii Operating Systems
iii Areas of Library Automation; bar coding, electronic
surveillance etc.,
iv Library Application Software
v Basics of Database Management & Word Processing
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