M.PHIL. LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

CURRICULUM

Sl. No / Papers / Max. Marks / Ex. Hrs.
1 / Research Methodology / 100 / 3
2 / Emerging Thrust Areas in Library & Information Centre / 100 / 3
3 / Evaluation & Administration in Library Science / 100 / 3
4 / Dissertation / 100 / -

Paper – I

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY THEORY AND TECHNIQUES

(Bio Technology, Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Commerce, Computer Science, Corporate Secretaryship, Education, Electronics, Information Technology, Microbiology, Home Science, Hotel Management, Library Science, Management, Physics, Population Studies, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, Tourism Management, Zoology)

Unit - I

Research – Definition – Importance and Meaning of research – Characteristics of research – Types of Research – Steps in research – Identification, Selection and formulation of research problem – Research questions – Research design – Formulation of Hypothesis – Review of Literature.

Unit – II

Sampling techniques : Sampling theory – types of sampling – Steps in sampling – Sampling and Non-sampling error – Sample size – Advantages and limitations of sampling.

Collection of Data : Primary Data – Meaning – Data Collection methods – Secondary data – Meaning – Relevances, limitations and cautions.

Unit – III

Statistics in Research – Measure of Central tendency – Dispersion – Skewness and Kurtosis in research.Hypothesis – Fundamentals of Hypothesis testing – Standard Error – Point and Interval estimates – Important Non-Parametric tests : Sign, Run, Kruskal – Wallis tests and Mann-Whitney test.

Unit – IV

Para metric tests : Testing of significance – mean, Proportion, Variance and Correlation – testing for Significance of difference between means, proportions, variances and correlation co-efficient.Chi-square tests – ANOVA – One-way and Two-way.

Unit – V

Research Report : Types of reports – contents – styles of reporting – Steps in drafting reports – Editing the final draft – Evaluating the final draft.

Reference Books

1. Statistical Methods - S.P. Gupta

2. Research Methodology Methods and Techniques - C.R. Kothari

3. Statistics (Theory and Practice) - B.N. Gupta

4. Research Methodology Methods and Statistical Techniques - Santosh Gupta

PAPER II:

EMERGING THRUST AREAS IN LIBRARY & INFORMATION CENTRE

UNIT - I

Library Automation - Meaning, & Need for automation – Historical Development of Computer - Operating Systems – Dos, Windows, Unix-I/O Devices – Systems Hardware& Software – System Software & Application Software – File Organisation – Serial, indexed sequential, direct and inverted files.

UNIT – II

Social, Economical and Psychological Implications of Automation – System Study and planning for automation – Computerization of various house keeping operations – a study of some important Library automation packages – CDS/ISIS, SOUL, LIBSYS etc.

UNIT – III

Networking: Types, Applications and relevance – transmission Media; Digital Networks: LAN, WAN, ISDN, PSTN, Optical Communication System; FAX, Modem, teletext, videotext, e-mail, Internet & Intranet – Study of important networks – NICNET, INDONET, Inflibnet, Ernet, Delnet etx.,

UNIT- IV

Digitization – Digital Library development – Issues Involved – Electronic resources – Access to Wed Based digital resources- Electronic Publishing, Email, and CD Rom technology.

UNIT – V

Strategic Management of Digital Libraries – Challenges for Digital Library – Intellectual Property Rights in Digital Environment – Operating Costs, Monitoring – Document delivery etc.

UNIT - VI

Marketing of Information: Information as a Commodity and a resource the concept of Marketing – Marketing for information Professional – Marketing Mix – Market segmentation and targeting – Marketing Research – Information Marketing Plan – Information and the new technologies.

BOOKS RECOMMENDED:

  1. Kothari, C.R, Research Methodology: Methods & Techniques, New Delhi: Wishwa Prakasam, 1996.
  2. Ravichandra Rao, I.K, Quantitative Method for Library & Information Science, New Delhi: Wiley Eastern, 1985.
  3. Panda, B.D, Research Methodology for Library Science, New Delhi, Ammol Publications – 1997.
  4. Santhosh Gupta, Research Methodology & Statistical Techniques, New Delhi: Deep & Deep, 2000
  5. Naidu, M.K.R t all, Creation And Management of Digital resources, papers Presented at the CALIBER 2001; Ahmedabad: Inflinet Centre.
  6. Raja Raman, V. Fundamentals Of Computers, New Delhi:PHI,1996.
  7. Ravichandra Rao, I.K, Library Automation, New Delhi: Wiley Eastern, 1992.

PAPER –lll

Evaluation & Administration in Library Science

  1. History & Development – Collection Development Police – Process of Library.
  2. Book Selection – Evaluation of Collection formulae, Expert judgment and Bibliographic Checking – Evaluation of Collection Analysis – the library Selectors approach to Evaluation of Materials – Controlling the Development of the Libraries Collection.
  3. Evaluation of Administration Services – Collection – Processing Services Evaluation of Reference and Information Services – Public Service for Adults- Resources – Resource Sharing.
  4. Special Collection – Periodicals – Bibliographical Instruction – Staffing Resources.
  5. The Nature of Evaluation – Techniques of Collection Evaluation.
  6. Future Prospects – Higher & Future Education Library – DocumentationCenters and Databanks - Social Welfare & Collection.
  7. Types of Indexes and Abstracts – Indexing process- Abstracting process –Evaluation of Indexing and Abstracting Services – Indexing and the Internet.
  8. Networking Services and Resource Evaluation Planning – Evaluation Approaches for a Networked Environment – Methods and tools –Future Directions.

REFERENCE BOOKS

  1. S R Sharma, Evaluation and Administration in Library Science, Mohit Publications, New Delhi, 1997.
  2. Khalid Kamal Faruqi, Development of Collection in the libraries, Anmol Publications Pvt Ltd, New Delhi
  3. Library Books Selection, S R Ranganatham & Gopinath MA, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for library Science, Bangalore, 1989.
  4. If you want to Evaluate your library, F.WLancasterUniversity of Ilinois, Ilinois,1993.
  5. Mary Virginia Gaver, Background readings in Building Library Collections Vol-1, The Scare Crow Press, Inc, Metuchen, NJ,1969.
  6. James H Hyde, Library Collection Management, Dominant Publishers and Distributors, Delhi, 2003.
  7. Rose Mary Magrill & Doralyn J Hickey, Acquisitions Management and Collection Development in Libraries , American Library Association , Chicago 1984.
  8. Ed. Danny P. Walllace and Connie Vanfleet, Library Evaluation A Case Study and Can Do Guide , Libraries Unlimited Inc Colorado, 2001.
  9. Donald B. Cleveland and Ana D. Cleveland, Introduction to Indexing and Abstracting, lll Ed, Libraries Unlimited Inc. Colorado, 2001.