Syllabus
of the M L I Sc (1 year) Degree Course
LIS 511: information,
Knowledge and Communication
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Unit 1 |
Information Science as a discipline: Definition and scope; Genesis and develop-ment; Basic areas of concern; Relationship with other disciplines: Librarianship, Documentation and Information Science |
Unit 2
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Properties and behaviour of information: Data, Information and Knowledge; Nature and properties of information; Growth process; Growth of publications; Aging and obsolescence of publications; Bibliometric laws and models; Informetrics |
Unit 3
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Information and communication: Definitions of communication; Communication models; Formal and informal channels of communication; Invissible College; Technological Gatekeepers; Barriers to communication process; Role of library in communication |
Unit 4
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Sociology of Information: User studies and behaviour; Information use and user studies, methods of collecting information about user needs; Patterns of user behaviour |
Unit 5
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Economics of Information: Information as a resource; Information industry; Cost analysis of information systems; Information audit; Marketing of information products and services |
LIS 512: Information Processing and Retrieval (Theory)
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Unit 1 |
Universe of Knowledge and its characteristics; Modes of formation of subjects; Intellectual organization of information for storage and retrieval; Mapping of knowledge in classification schemes |
Unit 2
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Subject Indexing Languages: Semantics and syntactics; Indexing models; Precoordinate and post-coordinate indexing systems – an overview; Chain Indexing, PRECIS, POPSI, Uniterm indexing, Natural language indexing and Automatic indexing |
Unit 3
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Design of Indexing Languages: Classification schemes and thesauri; Vocabulary control; Construction of thesaurus |
Unit 4
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Evaluation of Information Retrieval Systems: Parameters of evaluation; Trends in evaluation studies |
Unit 5
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Bibliographic Record Format: Standards for bibliographic record format – an overview: MARC, UNIMARC, ISO 2709, CCF |
LIS 513: Information Technology (Theory)
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Unit 1 |
Development of Information Technology: Impact of Information Technology in Libraries and Information Centres. |
Unit 2
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Developments in telecommunication: Analog, Digital, Switching techniques, Modulation, Demodulation, Data Communication standards, Protocols, ISDN |
Unit 3
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Internet, E-mail, WWW, Search engines, electronic journals, virtual library |
Unit 4
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Software packages. Alice for Windows, LIBSYS, Library software packages developed in India (General Study) |
Unit 5
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Online Information systems and Service: Online databases in various subjects. Database producing agencies and vendors. Online information search, Search strategy, Search logic, Hypertext, Hypermedia, CD ROM and multimedia technologies. |
Unit 6
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Factors for designing library software packages. Artificial Intelligence, Expert systems. Systems Analysis, Selection of computer systems for libraries. |
LIS 514:
Information Technology (Practical)
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Unit 1 |
CDS/ISIS: WINISIS |
Unit 2
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ALICE for WINDOWS, LIBSYS |
Unit 3
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Ms Office |
Unit 4
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Internet search, E-Mail |
Unit 5
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Website design, HTML, XML, Java Graphics and presentation packages, photo point corel draw, power point |
LIS
521: Information Systems and Services
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Unit 1 |
Components of an information system: Library as an information system; Functions and services of other Information systems; Documentation Centres Data Banks, Referral Centres. Information Analysis Centres, Cleaning houses etc. |
Unit 2
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Information systems and services such as AGRIS, BIOSIS, BLAISE, CAS, DEVSIS, INIS, INSPEC, MEDLARS, OCLC and UNISIST |
Unit 3
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Information systems and networks in India: Information Systems in Science and Social Sciences. INDONET, NICNET, CALIBNET, DELNET, ERNET, INFLIBNET |
Unit 4
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Machine readable databases and their on-line access:
Content and structure of databases;
Communication system required; Cost of on line search;
Vendors of databases. DIALOG,
ORBIT, STN, ESA/IRS, Infoline, CD ROM databases and their search |
LIS 522: Information Systems Management
Any
one of the following, covering the areas indicated below
2.
Agricultural Information System
4.
Social Science Information System |
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Unit 1 |
The nature and scope of the system Growth and development of the System in India and the present scenario |
Unit 2
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Planning of the system – guidelines User Community and the requirements |
Unit 3
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Information Sources available; Collection development; Technical Organisation |
Unit 4
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Services to be offered |
Unit 5
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Personnel requirements; Financial requirements |
Unit 6
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Evaluation, cost benefit analysis |
LIS
523: Research Methodology
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Unit 1 |
Research and its meaning; Types of research: Basic, Applied and Historical research. Scientific method and Spiral of scientific method. |
Unit 2
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Choice of a research problem. Factors affecting the choice. Formulation and definition of the problem. Statement of the objectives of the study. Formulation of the hypothesis. Different types of hypothesis. Areas of research in Library and Information Science |
Unit 3
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Methods of data collection – Literature search, Sampling, Survey using question-naire, interview etc. Observation, Experimentation, Case study, Historical research, Delphi technique and Brain storming technique |
Unit 4
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Report writing – Organization of the report, tables, graphs, citations etc. Evaluation of the research report |
LIS
524: Dissertation and Viva voce
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The students have to work on a topic approved by the Departmental Council, applying appropriate research technique(s) and prepare a dissertation. Appropriate size of the dissertation shall be 100 typed pages in A4 size paper. The students should also appear for a viva-voce |
Electives
LIS
501: Technical Writing
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Unit 1 |
Communication process: Verbal and non-verbal communication; Characteristic features of technical writing; Reader-writer relationship; Languages as a medium for communication of thought; Readability and text, Aberrations in technical writing. |
Unit 2
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Organisation and presentation of data in abstracts, textual matter, references. Preparation of popular articles, Scripts for audio and video presentation, technical reports, monographs, house-journals; Content development and web page design. |
Unit 3
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Repackaging of information: Preparation of review articles, trend report, progress report. |
Unit 4
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Editorial process: Copy editing; Editorial tools, Use of style manuals, Proof reading |
LIS
502: Statistical Methods
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Unit 1 |
General introduction – Functions, Applications and Limitations of Statistics |
Unit 2
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Collection of data: Sampling techniques |
Unit 3
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Summarisation of data: Tabular and graphical methods of presentation; Measures of central tendency - Mean, Median, Mode; Measures of variability-Range, Percentile, Interquartile range, Variance, Standard deviation |
Unit 4
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Data Analysis: Probability and probability distribution, Normal distribution and Binomial distribution; c2 test, F distribution |
Unit 5
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Testing of Hypotheses; Regression; Correlation analysis; Analysis of variance; Scaling techniques, Association of variable Statistical packages: SPSS, IDAMS |
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