Exam Details

Subject Information Processing and Retrieval
Paper
Exam / Course Master of Library and Information Science
Department School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date June, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1.1 Explain the importance of Intellectual Organization of Information in information storage and retrieval system. Discuss the role of IOI in assigned and derived indexing system.
OR
1.2 Define indexing language. Discuss its need, purpose and characteristics.

2.1 Describe the concept of Deep Structure of Subject Indexing Language (DS-SIL). State the postulates associated with it.
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2.2 Describe the methodology of KWIC indexing. Discuss its advantages and disadvantages.

3.1 What is meant by bibliographic description? Explain its scope and objectives in the back-drop of a rapidly changing cataloguing environment.
OR
3.2 Describe the objectives of XML. How it is different from HTML. State its advantages.

4.1 Describe the objectives to be kept in view in designing an Information Storage and Retrieval System (ISAR). What are the features to be incorporated in ISAR to meet the above objectives
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4.2 Discuss the characteristics of Web information retrieval. What role does a web search engine play in retrieval of information? Explain.

5.0 Write short notes on any three of the following (in not more than 300 words each)

Broad system of ordering

SMART retrieval experiment

Unicode

Intelligent IR system

Recall and Precision


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Fundamentals of Information Communication Technologies
  • Information Communication Technologies : Applications
  • Information Processing and Retrieval
  • Information Sources, Systems and Programmes
  • Informetrics and Scientometrics
  • Management of Library and Information Centres
  • Preservation and Conservation of Library Materials
  • Public Library System and Services
  • Research Methodology
  • Technical Writing
  • university Library System