Exam Details

Subject Public Library System and Services
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 What is a public library? Discuss the growth of public libraries in India after Independence.
OR
1.2 Discuss the role of state governments in the promotion and development of public libraries in India.

2.1 "Resource mobilization is an essential activity to strengthen a public library system". Elaborate the statement.
OR
2.2 Why is Human Resource Management needed in public libraries? Discuss the important activities which comprise HRM.

3.1 Explain the role of planning in a public library
and discuss the steps involved in it.
OR
3.2 Enumerate different types of services provided by a public library. Discuss any two services in detail.

4.1 Explain the systems of financing public libraries in India.
OR
4.2 What do you understand by public library networking? Discuss its need and objectives. Describe some important library networks in India.

5.0 Write short notes on any three of the following (in about 300 words each)

Public library and social change

NAPLIS

RRRLF

Public libraries in UK

State Library Authority


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