INFLIBNET Syllabus for the post of Scientist-C (Library Science)

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Advt. No. 01/2021: Schedule, Syllabus and Instructions to candidates for the post of Scientist-C (Library Science)

Indicative Syllabus for the post of Scientist-C(LS)

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Types of Libraries — Academic. Public and Special, Library Legislation and Library Acts in Indian States; The Press and Registration of Books Act: Laws of Library Science. Professional Associations - National — ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS; International — IFLA, ALA, CILIP, ASLIB, SLA; Role of UGC, RRRLF and UNESCO in Promotion and Development of Libraries. Library and Information Science Education in India Library Extension Activities. Trends in Library and Information Science.	5
Data, information, Knowledge and Wisdom. Information Life Cycle - Generation. Collection, Storage and Dissemination. Information Science - Relationship with other subjects. Information Society and Knowledge Society. Communication — Concept, Types, Theories, Models, Channels and Barriers: Trends in Scholarly communication. IPR and Legal Issues - Categories. Conventions. Treaties, Laws. Right to Information Act (RTI); Information Technology Act. National Knowledge Commission; National Mission on Libraries	5
Information Literacy - Areas. Standards, Types and Models; Trends in Information Literacy Information Sources - Nature. Characteristics. Types and Formats. Sources of Information    -    Primary.       Secondary        and Tertiary: Documentary and Non-Documentary. Reference Sources - Bibliographical, Biographical. Educational, Language and Geographical. Electronic  Information         Resources -     Subject Gateways.       Web Portals. Bulletin Boards Discussion Forums /Groups. Databases: Bibliographic, Numeric, Full text. Multimedia: Open Access Databases. Evaluation of Reference Sources and Web Resources. Search and Discovery Services. Library Resource Sharing and Library Consortia — National and International. National  Information          Systems        and       Networks:         NISCAIR, DESIDOC. SENDOC, ENVIS, INFLIBNET, DELNET, NICNET, ERNET, National Knowledge Network (NKN), Biotechnology Information System Network International Information Systems and Networks: INIS, AGRIS, INSPEC, MEDLARS, BIOSIS, ERIC, Patent Information System (PIS). Biotechnology Information System (BIS).	15
Type of Users - User Studies, User Education. Community Information Services. Reference Service — Concept and Types; Referral Services. Alerting Services - CAS, SDI, Inter Library Loan and Document delivery  Mobile based Library Services and Tools — Mobile OPAC. Mobile Databases. Mobile Library       Website,      Library       Apps,         Mobile     Library Instructions,        Augmented     Reality,    SMS     Alerts,     Geo-Location, Reference Enquiry. Web 2.0    and     3.0     -       Library   2.0-     Concept,    Characteristics, Components; Instant Messaging. RSS Feeds, Podcasts, Vodcasts. Ask a Librarian Collaborative  Services-  Social    Networks,         Academics         Social Networks, Social Tagging, Social Bookmarking.	10
Universe of Knowledge - Nature and Attributes; Modes of Formation of Subjects. Knowledge Organization - Classification -Theories, Canons, and Principles; Sample Knowledge Organization System (SKOS), Taxonomies, Folksonomy, Trends in Classification. Mapping of Subjects in Library Classification Schemes — DDC. UDC and CC. Knowledge Organization: Cataloguing - Canons and Principles; Centralized and Co-operative Catalogue; Library Cataloguing Codes: CCC and AACR - II. Standards of Bibliographic Record Formats and Description — ISBD, MARC 21, CCF, RDA, FRBR, Bibframe. Standards for      Bibliographic     information        Interchange        & Communication - ISO 2709, Z39.50, Z39.71. Metadata Standards: Dublin Core; MARC21, METS, MODES, Indexing Systems and Techniques: Assigned - Pre-coordinate; Post-Coordinate; Derived- Title-based; Vocabulary Control. Abstracting — Types and Guidelines. Information Retrieval System — Features, Components, Madels and Ontology — Tools (RDF, RDFS, Protege).	15
Computer Technology - Character Representation (ASCII, ISCII,Unicode); Computer Hardware, Software; Storage Devices; Input and Output Devices. Types of Software - System Software, Application Software. Telecommunication - Transmission Channels. Mode, and Media.. ISDN. PSDN, Computer Networks - Topologies, Types of Networks — LAN, MAN. WAN. Internet - Web browsers, WWW, E-mail; Search Engines, Meta and Entity Search engines. Internet Protocols and Standards — HTTP, FTP. SMTP, TCP/IP. URI, URL. Hypertext. Hypermedia, Multimedia, Video conferencing, Virtual Reality. Cloud Computing Semantic Web, Linked Data, Big Data. Data Mining. Data Harvesting	10
Library Automation — Areas, Planning, Selection of Hardware and software. Implementation and Evaluation; Standards for Library Automation. Barcode, REID, QR Code, Biometric, Smartcard: Features and application. Digitization —  Planning,      Selection         of               Hardware. Software, Process. Issues. Digital Library Genesis, Characteristics, types, Architecture; Standard, format and protocols, DOI. Digital preservation -   Need.     Purpose.    Standards,      Methods. Techniques. Projects (National and International) Digital Library Initiatives — National and International. Institutional Repositories - Need. Purpose, Types and Tools; Institutional Repositories in India; ROAR, ROAR, SHERPA­ Content Management Systems — Architecture, Data Integration. CMS Software — Selection, Implementation and Evaluation.	15
Research Types of Research — Basic and Applied, Interdisciplinary and Research Methods:        Historical,         Descriptive,          Experimental  and Research Design - Selection of Research Problem, Review of Literature;        Formulation   of Research        Problem;               Hypothesis     — Formulation, Types and Testing; Sampling Techniques. Methods of Data Collection Data Analysis and Interpretation Plagiarism: Concept and Types. Statistical Packages — Spreadsheet, SPSS, Bibexcel, 'R Statistics. Research Report Writing and Citation Tools — Structure. Style, Contents, Guidelines; Style Manuals; Online Citation Tools; Reference Management Tools; Evaluation of Research Report. Metric Studies in LIS - Bibliometrics, Scientometric, Webometrics, Altmetrics; Impact Factors — Journal, h-Index, g-Index, 110 Index. Trends in Library and Information Science Research.	15
General Aptitude / Awareness/Knowledge about INFLIBNET	10