Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur Syllabus For Senior Library Information Assistant

Syllabus for the post of SENIOR LIBRARY INFORMATION ASSISTANT

Written Test & Trade Test 

I. Library, Information and Society

1. Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom hierarchy

2. Communication – Concept, Types, Channels and Barriers

3. Library Legislation and Library Acts in Indian States; the Press and Registration of Books Act; the Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act 

4. Laws of Library Science

5. Professional Associations - National – ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS; International – IFLA, ALA, CILIP, ASLIB, SLA and RRRLF

6. Type of Users - User Studies, User Education

7. Informetrics: Citation: Citation Analysis, Librametry, Bibliometrics and Scientometrics, Webometrics.

8. Bibliometric Laws. Zipf’s Law, Bradford’s Law, Lotka’s Law. 

I. Library, Information and Society

1. Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom hierarchy

2. Communication – Concept, Types, Channels and Barriers

3. Library Legislation and Library Acts in Indian States; the Press and Registration of Books Act; the Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act 

4. Laws of Library Science

5. Professional Associations - National – ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS; International – IFLA, ALA, CILIP, ASLIB, SLA and RRRLF

6. Type of Users - User Studies, User Education

7. Informetrics: Citation: Citation Analysis, Librametry, Bibliometrics and Scientometrics, Webometrics.

8. Bibliometric Laws. Zipf’s Law, Bradford’s Law, Lotka’s Law. 

III. Classification & Cataloguing 

1. Various types and kinds of Library resources 

2. Library Classification Schemes – DDC, UDC and CC. 

3. Library Cataloguing Codes: CCC and AACR - II. 

4. Call Number -- Class Number, Book Number – Types of Book Numbers, Collection Number. 

5. OPAC. Web Based Catalogues. Use of the Internet in Cataloguing, OCLC and WorldCat. 

6. Standards of Bibliographic Record Formats and Description – MARC 21, RDA, FRBR.

7. Standards for Bibliographic Information Interchange & Communication – ISO 2709, 

Z39.50

IV. Library and Information Centres Management  

1. Library and Information Centres Management - Book Selection Tools and Principles; 

Library Acquisition, Technical Processing, Circulation, Maintenance and Stock Verification. Budgeting Methods; 

2. Project Management - SWOT, PERT /CPM. Management Information System (MIS), MBO, Management - Principles, Functions and Schools of thought. 

V. Information Technology 

1. Computer Technology - Computer Hardware, Software; Storage Devices; Input and Output Devices.

2. Types of Software - System Software, Application Software. Computer Networks -

Topologies, OSI Model, Types of Networks – LAN, MAN, WAN. Internet - Web browsers, WWW, E-mail; Search Engines

3. Internet Protocols and Standards – HTTP, FTP, SMTP, TCP/IP, URI, URL. 

4. Information Technology: Communication Technology, Electronic Information, Audio  Formats (MPEG, MP3, WAV), E-documents, Communication Tools and Techniques, Hyper Media. List Serve / Electronic groups, and Internet Communication. 

VI. Library Automation, Digital Library and Library Resources 

1. Library Automation and Library Management System Software- Proprietary and Open Source 

2. Barcode, RFID, QR Code, Biometric, Smartcard: Features and Applications. 

3. Digitization Hardware, Software, Digital Library: Genesis, Characteristics, DOI. 

4. Institutional Repositories – various software platfoms 

5. Library SAAS tools – off-campus/remote access, writing support tools, research support tools 

6. Electronic journals, databases 

7. Bibliometric analysis tools – Scopus, SciVal, Web of Science, etc. 

8. Open-source software for website creation, library resources marketing and 

promotion, A-Z listing, Web-scale discovery tools, federated searching, VU Find integration etc. 

9. Use of various social media platforms to connect with users and promoting library resources and services – responsible handling methods 

10. Basics of Copyright, IPR, Plagiarism detection, Ethical practices in scholarly activities 

VII. Elementary Research Methodology 

1. Types of Research – Basic and Applied 

2. Methods of Data Collection: Questionnaire, Interview, Observation, Library Records 

3. Research Report Writing and Citation Tools – Style Manuals; Online Citation Tools;  Reference Style Management Tools; Antiplagiarism Tools. 

Additionally, all latest, current and emerging concepts in the field of Library and Information Science &  Higher Education.