Syllabus for Librarian (B.L.Sc/M.L.

Sc)

Paper-I: General Studies and General Abilities Basic Proficiency in

English
Section-I: General Studies

1. Current Affairs – Regional, National & International.

2. Indian Constitution; Indian Political System; Governance and Public Policy.
3. Social Exclusion; Rights issues such as Gender, Caste, Tribe, Disability etc. and inclusive
policies.
4. Society Culture, Civilization Heritage, Arts and Literature of India and Telangana
5. General Science; India’s Achievements in Science and Technology
6. Environmental Issues; Disaster Management- Prevention and Mitigation Strategies and
Sustainable Development.
7. Economic and Social Development of India and Telangana.
8. Socio-economic, Political and Cultural History of Telangana with special emphasis on
Telangana Statehood Movement and formation of Telangana state.

Section-II: General Abilities

9. Analytical Abilities: Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation.

10. Moral Values and Professional Ethics in Education.
11. Teaching Aptitude

Section – III: Basic Proficiency in English.

i) School Level English Grammar:

Articles; Tense; Noun & Pronouns; Adjectives; Adverbs; Verbs; Modals; Subject-Verb
Agreement; Non-Finites; Reported Speech; Degrees of Comparison; Active and Passive
Voice; Prepositions; Conjunctions; Conditionals.

ii) Vocabulary:

Synonyms and Antonyms; Phrasal Verbs; Related Pair of Words; Idioms and Phrases;
Proverbs.

iii) Words and Sentences:

Use of Words ; Choosing Appropriate words and Words often Confused; Sentence
Arrangement, Completion, Fillers and Improvement; Transformation of Sentences ;
Comprehension; Punctuation; Spelling Test; Spotting of Errors.
 Paper-II: Library & Information Science
Unit-1: Foundations of Library and Information Science
1. Five Laws of library Science;
2. Types of Libraries and their functions;
3. Library Movement in Telangana,
4. Important libraries in Telangana;
5. Library legislation in India;
6. Library Extension Services;
7. Library Association in India, UK and USA - ILA, IASLIC, SIS, LA and ALA;
8. National & International organizations promoting Library Development-RRRLF,
NASSDOC, NISCAIR, DESIDOC, IFLA and UNESCO.

Unit-2: Information, Communication and Society

1. Data, Information and Knowledge;
2. Information as a Resource / Commodity;
3. Role of Information in Socio-Economic Development;
4. Information Society, Knowledge Society;
5. Knowledge Management;
6. Information Generation, Collection, Storage and Dissemination;
7. Communication -Channels, Barriers;
8. National Knowledge Commission;
9. Intellectual Property Rights;
10. Copyright;
11. Right to Information Act.

Unit-3: Information Sources

1. Source of information-Primary , Secondary and Tertiary;
2. Documentary and Non-documentary;
3. Reference Sources- Dictionaries;
4. Encyclopaedias;
5. Geographical Sources;
6. Biographical Sources;
7. Year Books / Almanacs, Directories and Handbooks;
8. Statistical sources;
9. Bibliographies, Union Catalogues, Indexing and Abstracting Periodicals;
10. Serial Publications;
11. E-Documents - e-Books;
12. E-Journals;
13. Databases-Bibliographic;
14. Numeric;
15. Full text
Unit-4: Information Services
1. Information services- Bibliographic services, Indexing and Abstracting services, CAS, SDI,
Document Delivery Services, Referral services;
2. Online Services;
3. User Education and User Studies;
4. Information. Seeking Behaviour and Information Needs;
5. Information Literacy.

Unit-5: Information Processing (Classification and Cataloguing)

1. Organization of knowledge/information;
2. Modes of formation of subjects;
3. Library classification-Canons, Laws and Principles;
4. Notation & Mnemonics;
5. Fundamental categories;
6. Call Number;
7. Common isolates;
8. Library classification Schemes-DDC, UDC, and CC;
9. Library Cataloguing-Canons, Laws and Principles;
10. Library cataloguing codes- CCC and AACR-II;
11. Bibliographic standards: ISBD, MARC and CCF;
12. Indexing-Pre-Coordinate , Post-Coordinate;
13. Vocabulary control - Thesaurus, Lists of Subjects Headings;
14. Information Storage & Retrieval (ISAR): Search Strategies;
15. Boolean Operators;
16. Evaluation of ISAR.

Unit-6: Library Management

1. Management-Principles, Functions, Schools of Thought;
2. Organizational Structure;
3. Planning ;
4. Decision-making;
5. System study-Analysis, evaluation and design;
6. Collection Development (Books Serials, non-book, Material)- Principles of book selection;
7. acquisition procedures;
8. ISBN, ISSN;
9. Maintenance;
10. Preservation & Conservation;
11. Human Resources Management;
12. Financial Management-Resources generation, Budgeting, Cost and Cost-Benefit analysis;
13. PERT, CPM;
14. Library Buildings, equipment & furniture;
15. Marketing information products and services; Total Quality Management (TQM)
Unit-7: Fundamentals of Information Technology
1. Information Technology –Software and Hardware;
2. storage devices;
3. Software – Operating Systems ;
4. Application Software;
5. Client-Server Technology;
6. Different types of Servers.;
7. Communication Technology – Telecommunications;
8. Modem;
9. Router;
10. Wi Fi;
11. Transmission Media;
12. Networking Concepts – Topologies- LAN, MAN, WAN;
13. Communication Tools and Techniques – Fax, E-mail, Tele Conferencing, Video
Conferencing, Voice Mail.
14. Hyper Text and Hyper Media. List Serve / Electronic groups;
15. Standards;
16. Protocols and Formats;
17. Interoperability. ;
18. Internet Basics – WWW;
19. Web Browsers;
20. Search Engines;
21. Internet Connectivity;
22. Data Security- Computer Viruses.

Unit-8: Library Automation and Networks

1. Library Automation -Areas of Automation;
2. Hardware and Software selection;
3. OPAC;
4. Resource Sharing and Library Networks-ERNET, NICNET, DELNET, INFLIBNET;
5. OCLC;
6. Library Consortia;
7. Information systems- INIS, AGRIS, PUBMED, INSPEC;
8. Software for Library Automation.

Unit-9: Digital Libraries

1. Digital Library Initiatives;
2. Digitization – Software & hardware; Standards;
3. File formats;
4. Metadata;
5. Digital Collection Management – e-books;
6. e-journals;
7. Databases;
 8. Electronic Thesis & Dissertations;
9. Resource Discovery – Search engines;
10. search tools & techniques;
11. Digital Rights Management, copyright & plagiarism.

Unit-10: Research Methodology

1. Types of Research;
2. Scientific Method;
3. Hypothesis , Data Collection;
4. Sampling techniques;
5. Methods of Research-Historical , Case Study, Survey, experimental method etc.;
6. Data Analysis & Interpretation;
7. Report Writing;
8. Bibliometrics, Scientometrics and Webometrics.

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