Exam Details

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


Question Paper

1.1 Discuss the implications of the Law of Library Science in the functioning and development of libraries.

1.2 State the objectives of a primary school library. Discuss the activities and services of such a library.

2.1 Define public library. Discuss in detail the functions of public libraries.

2.2 Discuss the need for library legislation. Describe the Model Public Library Acts drafted in India.

3.1 What is user education State its goals and objectives.

3.2 Discuss the need for a library association. Describe the activities and functions expected from a library association.

4.1 List some of the national level information and documentation centres in India. Discuss the activities and services of INSDOC (now NISCAIR).

4.2 Discuss the activities and services of NISSAT.

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

Functions of a National Library

The British Library

Dimensions of Change in the Society

User Characteristics

INIS


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

  • Information Services
  • Information Technology: Basics
  • Library and Society
  • Library Cataloguing Practice Part I : AACR-2
  • Library Cataloguing Practice Part II : CCC
  • Library Cataloguing Theory
  • Library Classification Practice: Part I: Dewey Decimal Classification
  • Library Classification Practice: Part II: Colon Classification
  • Library Classification Theory
  • Library Management
  • Reference & Information Sources