1. Library Systems, Components, Roles and Types: Changing roles of libraries and information centres; Five Laws of Library Science and implications; types and functions of public, academic and special libraries.
2. Library Movement: Development of libraries and information centres; need, functions and salient features of state library acts in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala and West Bengal; INIS and AGRIS.
3. Library Associations and Information Centres: Objectives and activities of NISCAIR and DESIDOC; ILA and IASLIC; IFLA and ALA.
4. Library Planning, Resource Sharing and Legal Issues: Library buildings, furniture and equipment; resource sharing; legal deposit, copyright and intellectual property rights.
5. Information Literacy: Concept, need and models; professional ethics and code of conduct.

1. Elements: Concepts and terminology; need, purpose and functions; types of classification schemes.
2. Theory and Development: Historical development; normative principles; modes of formation of subjects.
3. Approaches: Postulational and systems approaches; fundamental categories, facet analysis and facet sequence; phase relations and common isolates.
4. Notation and Class Number: Need, purpose, types and qualities of notation; call number, class number, book number and collection number; construction and devices.
5. Classification Schemes: DDC, UDC and Colon Classification.

Section A — Colon Classification, 6th revised edition: Classification of simple and complex titles; main classes; common isolates (anteriorising and posteriorising); time, space and language isolates; phase, intra-facet and intra-array relations; special isolates; subject, geographical, chronological, superimposition and alphabetical devices; parallel schedule device.

Section B — DDC, 23rd edition: Practical classification using the three summaries, Standard Subdivisions (Table 1) and Area Table (Table 2).

The source describes 50 marks written test and 25 marks viva; verify the complete assessment split with the official syllabus.

1. Management Principles: Principles and applications; POSDCORB; Total Quality Management (TQM) and its library applications.
2. Collection Development: Principles and selection tools for book and non-book materials.
3. Library Routines: Acquisition, selection, ordering, accessioning; circulation; serials selection and subscription; stacking, shelving, rectification, preservation and stock verification.
4. Human Resource Management: Personnel management; recruitment, selection, training, staff formula and manual; staff development, motivation, leadership and quality improvement.
5. Financial Management: Finance sources; per-capita, proportional and method-of-details estimates; line-item, programme, performance, formula, PPBS and zero-based budgets.

1. Computer Basics: Generations and types; input/output devices; architecture, storage and peripherals; system/application software; DOS and Linux; word processing, spreadsheets and PowerPoint.
2. Library Automation: Need and purpose; acquisition, cataloguing, circulation, serial control and OPAC; library automation applications.
3. Networking: Concept, need and components; client-server and peer-to-peer; types, topologies and twisted-pair, coaxial and fibre-optic media.
4. Internet: History; dial-up, leased line, ISDN, modem and Wi-Fi; HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, remote login; browsers, e-mail and search-engine types/evaluation.
5. Library Software: Software features; CDS/ISIS; library automation and housekeeping packages including SOUL and e-Granthalaya.

1. Nature of Information Sources: Concept and kinds; documentary/non-documentary sources; evaluation criteria.
2. Reference Tools: National bibliographies (INB, BNB), trade bibliographies, dictionaries, yearbooks, directories, biographical and geographical sources.
3. Electronic Resources: Concept, need and features; e-books, e-journals and electronic databases.
4. Internet Sources and Services: Internet facilities; subject gateways, digital libraries, forums, bulletin boards and WWW.
5. Reference and Information Services: Concept and need; long-range and short-range services; types of information services.

1. Documentation: Concept, need, definition and work; CAS, SDI; documentation centres and activities.
2. Indexing Services: Scope and importance; keyword, coordinate and citation indexing; national and international services.
3. Indexing Languages: Types and characteristics; vocabulary control, IR thesaurus and role operators.
4. Abstracting Services: Concept, need, types, preparation guidelines and national/international services.
5. Searching and Retrieval: Search strategies, feedback and refinement; Boolean, proximity and truncation techniques.

1. Fundamentals and History: Definition, objectives, purposes and functions of catalogues; catalogue codes, physical forms and types.
2. Catalogue Entries: Kinds of entries, data elements and filing in classified/dictionary catalogues.
3. Headings: Western and Indic personal names; corporate authors; pseudonymous/anonymous works; uniform titles and non-print resources.
4. Subject Cataloguing: Concept, purpose and problems; chain indexing; LCSH and SLSH.
5. Trends: Centralised and cooperative cataloguing; ISBD, MARC, ISBN and ISSN.

Descriptive and classified cataloguing of printed monographs using AACR-2, Sears List of Subject Headings and CCC (5th edition), with chain procedure for subject cataloguing. Listed cases: single personal author, joint personal authors, pseudonymous works, multivolume sets and corporate authors.

Source assessment note: 50 marks written test and 25 marks viva. Confirm the final scheme with the official syllabus.

• DOS installation and commands.
• MS Office: PowerPoint presentations, editing/formatting Word documents and MS Excel spreadsheets.
• Document data entry using SOUL and e-Granthalaya.
• Internet use: web searching, offline database searching, e-mail account creation and customisation.

Source assessment note: 50 marks IT practical and 25 marks viva. Verify the applicable total and split with the university.

1. Information Basics: Definition, characteristics, nature and use; representation through signal, sign, symbol and language; information life cycle.
2. Information and Society: Information and society; information industry and generators; providers and intermediaries; information profession.
3. Communication of Information: Information generation; communication process, channels, models and barriers; trends in scientific communication.
4. IPR and Related Issues: Freedom and censorship; data security and fair use; IPR acts; national policy on library and information systems/services.
5. Knowledge Management: Definition, concept and need; tools; components of knowledge management systems; trends and role of knowledge managers.

1. Subject Analysis and Representation: Retrieval system nature/characteristics; subject analysis problems; contributions of Cutter, Kaiser, Ranganathan, Farradane and Coates; thesaurus construction and Thesaurofacet.
2. Subject Indexing: History and development; pre-coordinate systems—Chain Indexing, PRECIS, POPSI, KWIC and KWOC; post-coordinate systems—Uniterm and optical-coincidence; citation indexing.
3. Searching and Retrieval: Retrieval performance evaluation; Boolean, proximity and truncation; cognitive and probabilistic models.
4. Abstracting: Definition, types, slant, principles and canons.
5. Information Retrieval and AI: Intelligent intermediaries and interface.

Section A: Classification of documents with complex subjects according to Colon Classification.

Section B: Cataloguing of documents involving complicated personal and corporate authorship, complex periodicals and non-book materials.

Source assessment note: 50 marks written test and 25 marks viva. Confirm the final pattern with the university.

1. Universe of Knowledge: Characteristics; subjects studying knowledge; historical development in natural science, social science and humanities.
2. Modes of Subject Formation: Fission, fusion, distillation, lamination and loose assemblage; spiral of scientific method.
3. User Studies: Scope and content; library types, user groups and disciplines; user surveys.
4. User Education: Concept, importance and methods.
5. Bibliometrics: Meaning, scope, parameters, bibliometric laws and applications.

1. IT and Libraries: ICT concepts, components and library applications; utility/application software; software selection criteria.
2. Digitisation and Digital Libraries: Concept, need and process; digital library features; DSpace and Greenstone.
3. Library Automation Packages: Features and market value; comparative study of SOUL, LibSys, Koha and e-Granthalaya.
4. DBMS: Database concepts and components; logical/physical structures; hierarchical, relational and object-oriented DBMS; bibliographic, full-text, numeric and non-numeric databases.
5. System Analysis and Design: Kinds of systems; analysis; design and development; implementation and evaluation.

• Citation tools and use of Mendeley.
• Compilation of bibliographies.
• Technical report writing and report structure.
• Database searching.

The paper heading states Practical 30 + Viva 20, while a later source note states 50 practical + 25 viva. This inconsistency must be checked against the official syllabus.

1. Research Basics: Concept and definition; fundamental/applied and interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary research; research design and types; hypothesis; print and non-print literature search.
2. Research Methods: Research elements; identifying/formulating problems; scientific, historical, descriptive, survey, case-study, experimental and Delphi methods; proposal design.
3. Sampling and Data Collection: Concept, need and techniques; questionnaire, interview, observation, scales, checklists, library records and reports.
4. Data Analysis and Representation: Analysis, interpretation, tabulation and generalisation; bar, pie and line graphs, histograms; SPSS.
5. Statistics: Mean, mode, median, standard deviation; dispersion, variance and covariance; correlation, t-test, linear/non-linear regression and chi-square test.

1. Information Analysis and Repackaging: Concept, need and procedures—content analysis, condensation, consolidation and compilation.
2. Retrieval Services: International abstracting/indexing services including SciFinder, PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus.
3. Retrieval Systems: Concepts, types, online IR features/elements, trends and evaluation.
4. Information Products: Nature, concepts, types, design and development.
5. Marketing of Information: Concept, need, objectives, segmentation, marketing mix and marketing information products.

1. Science and Technology: Overview of physics, chemistry, engineering and technology.
2. Information Sources: Primary sources, especially periodicals, research reports, patents and specifications; secondary sources such as bibliographies, indexes, abstracts, encyclopaedias and yearbooks; evaluation of information value.
3. Electronic Resources: Online/web resources, databases, major publishers of e-resources and evaluation.
4. Research Institutes and Professional Organisations: Their role in science and technology development in India, the UK and the USA.
5. Information Systems and Services: National and international science and technology information systems/services.

1. Academic Institutions: Library role; development of academic libraries in India after Independence; planning; recommendations of Indian committees and commissions.
2. Library Authority: Governance, authority, library committees, duties/functions and role of librarian.
3. Human Resources and Finance: Organisational patterns; staffing, selection, recruitment, performance appraisal and budgeting.
4. Resource Sharing and Buildings: Need/types of library services; cooperation and resource sharing; academic library planning/design, basic elements, furniture and fittings.
5. E-Resources and Consortia: INFLIBNET objectives/activities; library consortia, need and benefits; OCLC; selected university libraries—BHU, AMU, Delhi University and JNU.

• MS Access: database creation.
• CDS/ISIS: bibliographic database creation and modules such as FDT, worksheet, format and FST.
• Library automation software practicals using SOUL and e-Granthalaya.