Schedule, Syllabus for the post of Scientist-C (Library Science) - INFLIBNET

Topics

Weightage in

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• Types of Libraries — Academic. Public and Special,
• Library Legislation and Library Acts in Indian States; The Press and Registration of Books Act:
• Laws of Library Science.
• Professional Associations - National — ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS;International — IFLA, ALA, CILIP, ASLIB, SLA; Role of UGC, RRRLF and UNESCO in Promotion and Development of Libraries.
• Library and Information Science Education in India
• Library Extension Activities.
• Trends in Library and Information Science.

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• Data, information, Knowledge and Wisdom.
• Information Life Cycle - Generation. Collection, Storage and Dissemination.
• Information Science - Relationship with other subjects. Information Society and Knowledge Society.
• Communication — Concept, Types, Theories, Models, Channels and Barriers: Trends in Scholarly communication.
• IPR and Legal Issues - Categories. Conventions. Treaties, Laws.
• Right to Information Act (RTI); Information Technology Act.
• National Knowledge Commission; National Mission on Libraries

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• Information Literacy - Areas. Standards, Types and Models;Trends in Information Literacy
• Information Sources - Nature. Characteristics. Types and Formats.
• Sources of Information    -    Primary.       Secondary        and         Tertiary:Documentary and Non-Documentary.
• Reference Sources - Bibliographical, Biographical. Educational, Language and Geographical.
• Electronic  Information         Resources -     Subject Gateways.       Web Portals. Bulletin Boards Discussion Forums /Groups.
• Databases: Bibliographic, Numeric, Full text. Multimedia: Open Access Databases.
• Evaluation of Reference Sources and Web Resources.
• Search and Discovery Services.
• Library Resource Sharing and Library Consortia — National and International.
• National  Information          Systems        and       Networks:         NISCAIR, DESIDOC. SENDOC, ENVIS, INFLIBNET, DELNET, NICNET, ERNET, National Knowledge Network (NKN), Biotechnology Information System Network
• International Information Systems and Networks: INIS, AGRIS, INSPEC, MEDLARS, BIOSIS, ERIC, Patent Information System (PIS). Biotechnology Information System (BIS).

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• Type of Users - User Studies, User Education.
• Community Information Services.
• Reference Service — Concept and Types; Referral Services.
• Alerting Services - CAS, SDI, Inter Library Loan and Document delivery 
• Mobile based Library Services and Tools — Mobile OPAC. Mobile Databases.
• Mobile Library       Website,      Library       Apps,         Mobile     Library Instructions,        Augmented     Reality,    SMS     Alerts,     Geo-Location, Reference Enquiry.

• Web 2.0    and     3.0     -       Library   2.0-     Concept,    Characteristics, Components; Instant Messaging. RSS Feeds, Podcasts, Vodcasts. Ask a Librarian
• Collaborative  Services-  Social    Networks,         Academics         Social Networks, Social Tagging, Social Bookmarking.

• Universe of Knowledge - Nature and Attributes; Modes of Formation of Subjects.
• Knowledge Organisation - Classification -Theories, Canons, and Principles;
• Sample Knowledge Organisation System (SKOS), Taxonomies, Folksonomy, Trends in Classification.
• Mapping of Subjects in Library Classification Schemes — DDC. UDC and CC.
• Knowledge Organisation: Cataloguing - Canons and Principles; Centralized and Co-operative Catalogue; Library Cataloguing Codes: CCC and AACR - II.
• Standards of Bibliographic Record Formats and Description — ISBD, MARC 21, CCF, RDA, FRBR, Bibframe.
• Standards for      Bibliographic     information        Interchange        & Communication - ISO 2709, Z39.50, Z39.71.
• Metadata Standards: Dublin Core; MARC21, METS, MODES,
• Indexing Systems and Techniques: Assigned - Pre-coordinate; Post-Coordinate; Derived- Title-based; Vocabulary Control.
• Abstracting — Types and Guidelines.
• Information Retrieval System — Features, Components, Madels and
• Ontology — Tools (RDF, RDFS, Protege).

• Library Automation — Areas, Planning, Selection of Hardware and software.
• Implementation and Evaluation; Standards for Library Automation.
• Barcode, REID, QR Code, Biometric, Smartcard: Features and application.
• Digitization —  Planning,      Selection         of               Hardware. Software, Process. Issues.
• Digital Library Genesis, Characteristics, types, Architecture; Standard, format and protocols, DOI.
• Digital preseration -   Need.     Purpose.    Standards,      Methods. Techniques. Projects (National and International)

• Digital Library Initiatives — National and International.
• Institutional Repositories - Need. Purpose, Types and Tools;
  Institutional Repositories in India; ROAR, ROAR, SHERPA­
• Content Management Systems — Architecture, Data Integration. CMS Software —
• Selection, Implementation and Evaluation.

• Research
• Types of Research — Basic and Applied, Interdisciplinary and
• Research Methods:        Historical,         Descriptive,          Experimental  and
• Research Design - Selection of Research Problem, Review of Literature;        Formulation   of Research        Problem;               Hypothesis     — Formulation, Types and Testing; Sampling Techniques.

• Methods of Data Collection
• Data Analysis and Interpretation
• Plagiarism: Concept and Types.
• Statistical Packages — Spreadsheet, SPSS, Bibexcel, 'R Statistics.
• Research Report Writing and Citation Tools — Structure. Style, Contents, Guidelines;
• Style Manuals; Online Citation Tools; Reference Management
  Tools; Evaluation of Research Report.
• Metric Studies in LIS - Bibliometrics, Scientometric, Webometrics, Altmetrics;
• Impact Factors — Journal, h-Index, g-Index, 110 Index.
• Trends in Library and Information Science Research.

• General Aptitude / Awareness/Knowledge about INFLIBNET