Exam Details

Subject university Library System
Paper
Exam / Course Master of Library and Information Science
Department School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1.1 Briefly discuss the recommendations of various commissions and committees appointed by the Government of India 'and UGC for improvement of libraries.
OR
1.2 Discuss the important programmes of UGC in the development of academic libraries in India.

2.1 What do you understand by 'weeding out policy'?
Discuss the types of materials to be weeded out.
OR
2.2 Describe the types of services provided in a college library and state how information technology has affected these services.

3.1 Describe the norms of UGC and AICTE staffing pattern in a University Library System.
OR
3.2 What are the training and development principles of a University Library System Discuss.

4.1 Differentiate between resource sharing and library cooperation. Discuss the factors to be considered by participating libraries to make resource sharing successful.
OR
4.2 Explain the need for and objectives of library consortia. List the major library consortia III India and describe anyone in detail.

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

Library Governing Body

School Library

Collection Development Policy in a College Library

Zero-Based Budgeting

Shelf Rectification


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