3.1 LIBRARY AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT- I DETAILED CONTENTS

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1 LIBRARY AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT- I RATIONALE L T P The diploma holders in library and information science have to manage the information related to libraries. In this subject the concepts of management, library organisation and technical works related to library functions are included. DETAILED CONTENTS 1. Concept of Management : Principles and functions of management (20 hrs) in relation to library and information centre 2. Library Staff Management Organizational Charts, Status, Duties and (15 hrs) Responsibilities 3. Library authorities: Library committee and its works (10 hrs) 4. Library Rules (15 hrs) 5. Planning for Library Building : Layout, Site Selection, Design and it function, furniture, equipment and other basic facilities (including fire safety management and pest control) Fittings, Ventilation, Sound proofing, flooring, roofing, cooling and heating (20 hrs) Requirements for Insurance of Library Material and equipment. INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY The teacher should acquaint the students with management skills and invite some highly accomplished Managers from Industry or big libraries or Information centers to teach them practical aspects of management. RECOMMENDED BOOKS 1. Library Administration and Management by Krishan Kumar, Vikas Publication House, Delhi 2. Library and Information Management by Narayana, GJ,. Tata McGraw Hill & Co. New Delhi 3. Library Administration by Mittal, RL 4. Steuart, Rahert and Eastilick, John I, Libraries Management 5 th Colorado, Libraries Unlimited, 2001

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3 54 RATIONALE 3.2 ICT Applications in Libraries L T P Most of the modern libraries are either automated or in the process of being automated. Library personnel in libraries need to have sufficient knowledge and skills related to ICT applications in libraries. DETAILED CONTENTS 1. Library Automation: (4 hrs) Definition and current Trends 2. Library networks and Consortia (10 hrs) - Inflibnet - Delnet - Library Consortia, etc. 3. Digitization/Digital library (15 hrs) - Concept - Definition - Function 4. Websites of libraries and information centres (15 hrs) - Evaluation on the basis of : Content Display Functionality Usage 5. Institutional Repository (10 hrs) - Concept - Definition - Use 6. Free and open source software ( 6 hrs) - Sources for library softwares

4 55 7. Social networking sites and their usage in libraries and information centres ( 20 hrs) - Blogs - RSS - IM etc. INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY Since this subject is practice oriented, the instructions would require to install, uninstall and reinstall WINISIS ir CDS/ISIS on various computer systems available for practice. Instructors usual also also require to create demonstration databases showing various field, including repeatable fields, side fields in appropriate format unstullation and students be given handouts on creating of database and retroing bibwgassh data from databases. RECOMMENDED BOOKS 1. Manual of CDS/ISIS or WINISIS SUGGESTED DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS Topic No. Time Allotted (Hrs) Marks Allotted (%) Total

5 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND DOCUMENTATION L T P 4-4 RATIONALE This subject aims at making the students aware of various techniques related to documentation. Information storage and Retrieval. It will also acquaint the students to the techniques of effective dissemination of information. The student will be made aware of the concept of user education, its need and purpose. DETAILED CONTENTS 1. Bibliography: Definition, need and purpose (18 hrs) Types: i. Subject Bibliographies ii. Author Bibliographies iii. Trade Bibliographies iv. National Bibliographies (INB, BNB) v. Webliography: brief introduction 2. Concept of Documentation, its Need, Purpose and Usage (8 hrs) 3. Current Awareness Services (8 hrs) 4. Selective Dissemination of Information (10 hrs) 5. Indexing (Pre Coordinate and Post Coordinate Indexing) (10 hrs) 6. Abstracts and Abstracting a) Indicative and b) Informative (10 hrs) LIST OF PRACTICALS 1. Preparation of Subject Bibliography (in any two subjects) 2. Preparation of Author Bibliography (for any two authors) 3. Preparation of Current Awareness List/ Documentation List 4. Creation of User profile and document profile 5. Preparation of Author/Subject Index on a given topic 6. Use of Bibliographical tools. Note: A proper record of practical work is to be maintained by each students

6 57 INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY The teacher should make the students understand the concept of Documentation, its techniques and various tools. They will also be acquainted with Indexing and abstracting services. Various facets of User Education will also be taught. SUGGESTED DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS Topic No. Time Allotted (Hrs) Marks Allotted (%) Total

7 LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION - III RATIONALE L T P 3-6 The basic function of a library is to arrange books, periodicals and other reading materials in helpful sequence to facilitate easy retrieval. Classification is the devise by which helpful sequence is obtained. The knowledge of various types of classification scheme and the methods of classifying book and serials is necessary. Therefore, this subject is included in the curriculum. DETAILED CONTENTS 1. Main features of Colon Classification Scheme (6 th revised edition) (14 hrs) 2. Fundamental Categories : PMEST (10 hrs) 3. Facet Analysis, Principle of Facet Sequence (10 hrs) 4. Principle of Helpful Sequence (10 hrs) 5. Mnemonics ( 4 hrs) LIST OF PRACTICALS (Colon Classification) 1. Practice on Classification of books and serial publications by Colon Classification Scheme: Simple cases and annotated titles: at least 25 titles on each main class with special emphasis on the use of common isolate - geographical divisions and chronological divisions, systems and specials 2. Periodicals simple cases : at least 20 titles Note: For the practical work, students will keep a proper record. INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY Teacher should train students to generate Class Numbers with the help of Colon Classification. Students may also be taken to various types of libraries and information centres for understanding the concept and applications of various schemes of classification.

8 59 RECOMMENDED BOOKS 1. Balty, CD, Introduction to Colon Classification, Bombay, Asia. 2. Introduction to 21 st ed. Dewey Decimal Classification, Bombay, Asia Bhargava, GD and Sood SP, Colon Classification, Theory and Practice, Ujjain, Vijay Prakash, Mills J, Modern outline of Library Classification, Bombay, Asia, Parkhi, RS, Decimal classification and colon classification in perspective Bombay, Asia, 1964 VII, Ranganathan SR, Colon Classification, 6 th rev. ed. Bombay Asis, Tripathi, SM and Shokeen NS; Fundamentals of Library Classification (Hindi) YK Publishers, Agra, Sharma, UC and Shokeen, NS, Colon Classification Practice (Hindi); YK Publishers Agra, Gautam JN and Niranjan Singh; Dewey Decimal Classification Practice (Hindi); YK Publisher, Agra Ranganathan SR, Elements of Library Classification, 3 rd Ed. Bombay, Asia Krishan Kumar, Theory of Library Classification Ed. 2, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, Raju AAN, Decimal, Universal Decimal and Colon Classification, Srivastava AP, Theory of Knowledge Classification in Libraries, New Delhi Lakshmi, Dewey Decimal Classification (Latest ed) 15. Tripathi, SM, and others: Colon Classification Practice (Hindi), YK Publishers, Agra, 1999 SUGGESTED DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS Topic No. Time Allotted (Hrs) Marks Allotted (%) Total

9 60 RATIONALE 3.5 LIBRARY CATALOGUING-III L T P 3-6 Along with classification, cataloguing is the most important techniques, which help quick retrieval of documents. A catalogue entry is the bridge between the users and the documents in library. Methods of cataloguing various types of book and serials by different cataloguing codes have therefore, to be taught in order to catalogue documents. Topics giving knowledge and skills of various types of catalogues, cataloguing codes and their practices have been included in the subject DETAILED CONTENTS 1. Types of library catalogue (02 hrs) 2. Classified catalogue and dictionary catalogue: Difference between classified catalogue and dictionary catalogue (04 hrs) 3. Introduction to RDA (Resource Description) (06 hrs) - Format of Entries - Metadata 4. Chain procedure: How to derive sought subject headings (08 hrs) 5. Kinds of entries according to Classified Catalogue Code (CCC) (08 hrs) 6. Study of Rules for description, choice and rendering of headings for main and added entries according to CCC. (20 hrs) Simple Authorship Joint Authorship Collaborators Pseudonym works LIST OF PRACTICALS Note: Classified Catalogue Code-5 th Edition is to be used for practical work. 1. Cataloguing of books by: Single Author Joint Author Collaborators Pseudonym works 2. At least five titles are to be given for each problem for which students are to be keeping a record

10 61 INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY Teachers must practically show the students various forms of catalogue cards. Students should know how to prepare classified and dictionary catalogue and they must be able to differentiate between two skills of drawing subject heading with the help of chain in describing. RECOMMENDED BOOKS 1. Classified Catalogue Code - 5 th Edition by SR Rangnathan 2. Krishan Kumar and Girja Kumar; Cataloguing Practice, Vikas Publishers, New Delhi 3. Tripathi SM and Shokeen, NS; Fundamentals of Library cataloguing; YK Publishers, Agra, Shokeen NS, Gupta, DK, Sharma, Sanjiv and Vijender Singh; Cataloguing Practice: CCC and AACR-II (Hindi); YK Publishers Agra, ALA, Rules for Filing Catalogue Cards 2 nd Ed. Chicago, Anglo American Cataloguing Rules 2, 1979 or latest edition 7. Girija Kumar and Krishan Kumar, Theory of Cataloguing 2 nd Rev. Ed., New Delhi, Vikas, Ranganathan, SR; Theory of Library catalogue, Ranganathan, SR; Classified Catalogue Code, 5 th Ed., Bombay Asia 10. Ranganathan, SR, Cataloguing Practice, New York, Asia, Vishwanathan, CG, Cataloguing: Theory and Practice 4 th Ed., New Delhi; Today and Tomorrow, 1970 SUGGESTED DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS Topic No. Time Allotted (Hrs) Marks Allotted (%) Total

11 62 ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS CAMP A diploma holder must have knowledge of different types of pollution caused due to industries and constructional activities so that he may help in balancing the eco system and controlling pollution by pollution control measures. He should also be aware of environmental laws related to the control of pollution. This is to be organized at a stretch for 3 to 4 days. Lectures will be delivered on following broad topics. There will be no examination for this subject. 1. Basics of ecology, eco system and sustainable development 2. Conservation of land reforms, preservation of species, prevention of advancement of deserts and lowering of water table 3. Sources of pollution - natural and man made, their effects on living and non-living organisms 4. Pollution of water - causes, effects of domestic wastes and industrial effluent on living and non-living organisms 5. Pollution of air-causes and effects of man, animal, vegetation and non-living organisms 6. Sources of noise pollution and its effects 7. Solid waste management; classification of refuse material, types, sources and properties of solid wastes, abatement methods 8. Mining, blasting, deforestation and their effects 9. Legislation to control environment 10. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Elements for preparing EIA statements 11. Current issues in environmental pollution and its control 12. Role of non-conventional sources of energy in environmental protection

12 63 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES RATIONALE A diploma holder must have knowledge of different types of pollution caused due to industries and constructional activities so that he may help in balancing the eco system and controlling pollution by pollution control measures. He should also be aware of environmental laws related to the control of pollution. Lectures will be delivered on following broad topics. DETAILED CONTENTS 1 Basics of ecology, eco system and sustainable development. 2 Conservation of land reforms, preservation of species, prevention of advancement of deserts and lowering of water table 3 Sources of pollution - natural and man made, their effects on living and non-living organisms 4 Pollution of water - causes, effects of domestic wastes and industrial effluent on living and non-living organisms 5 Pollution of air-causes and effects of man, animal, vegetation and non-living organisms 6 Sources of noise pollution and its effects 7 Solid waste management; classification of refuse material, types, sources and properties of solid wastes, abatement methods 8 Mining, blasting, deforestation and their effects 9 Legislation to control environment 10 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Elements for preparing EIA statements 11 Current issues in environmental pollution and its control, Global warming, Green house gases, non-conventional sources of energy, introduction to clean technology. 12 Introduction to Green buildings, site selection, material efficiency, energy efficiency, water efficiency, building form. 13 Role of non-conventional sources of energy in environmental protection

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