CURRICULUM
OF
LIBRARY & INFORMATION
SCIENCE
FOR
BS4-YearProgram
(2009)
HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION
ISLAMABAD
CURRICULUM DIVISION, HEC
Dr. Syed Sohail H. NaqviExecutive Director
Prof. Dr. Altaf Ali G. ShaikhMember(Acad)
Miss Ghayyur FatimaDirector (Curri)
Mr. M. Tahir Ali ShahDeputy Director (Curri)
Mr. Shafiullah Deputy Director
Composed by: Ms. Pakeeza Yousuf, HEC,Islamabad
CONTENTS
Introduction / 6Standardized Template for BS 4-year Degree programme / 12
Layout for BS Library & Information Science / 13
Scheme of Studies for 4-year BS in Library & Information Science / 14
Details of Compulsory Courses / 16
Details of Foundation Courses / 28
Details of Major Courses / 37
Details of Elective Courses / 46
Recommendations / 61
PREFACE
Curriculum of a subject is said to be the throbbing pulse of a nation. By looking at the curriculum one can judge the state of intellectual development and the state of progress of the nation. The world has turned into a global village; new ideas and information are pouring in like a stream. It is, therefore, imperative to update our curricula regularly by introducing the recent developments in the relevant fields of knowledge.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Federal Supervision of Curricula Textbooks and Maintenance of Standards of Education Act 1976, the Federal Government vide notification No. D773/76-JEA (cur.), dated December 4th 1976, appointed the University Grants Commission as the competent authority to look after the curriculum revision work beyond class XII at the bachelor level and onwards to all degrees, certificates and diplomas awarded by degree colleges, universities and other institutions of higher education.
In pursuance of the above decisions and directives, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) is continually performing curriculum revision in collaboration with universities. According to the decision of the special meeting of Vice-Chancellor’s Committee, the curriculum of a subject must be reviewed after every 3 years.
A committee of experts comprising of conveners from the National Curriculum Revision of HEC in Basic, Applied Social Sciences and Engineering disciplines met in April 2007 and developed a unified template to standardize degree programs in the country to bring the national curriculum at par with international standards, and to fulfill the needs of the local industries. It also aimed to give a basic, broad based knowledge to the students to ensure the quality of education. The new Bachelor (BS) degree shall be of 4 years duration, and will require the completion of 130-136 credit hours. For those social sciences and basic sciences degrees, 63.50% of the curriculum will consist of discipline specific courses, and 36.50% will consist of compulsory courses and general courses offered through other departments.
For the purpose of curriculum revision various committees are constituted at the national level, comprising of senior teachers nominated by universities, degree awarding institutions, R&D organizations, respective accreditation councils and stake holders. The National Curriculum Revision Committee for Library & Information Science in a meeting held on April 16-18, 2009 at HEC Regional Centre, Karachiin continuation of its earlier meeting held on December 29-31, 2008 at HECRegionalCenter, Lahore, revised the curriculum in light of the unified template. The revised draft curriculum is being circulated for implementation in the concerned institutions.
PROF. DR.ALTAF ALI G. SHAIKH
Member Academics
August 2009
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
INTRODUCTION
The final National Curriculum Revision Committee’s meeting for the discipline of Library & Information Science was heldfrom April 16-18, 2009 at HEC Regional Centre, Karachi.The preliminary meeting for the same was held from December 29-31, 2008 at HEC Regional Centre, Lahore. The committee reviewed/revised the existing curriculum in Library & Information Science in the light of the HEC unified framework/template for integrated curriculum in the basic, social, applied and natural sciences.Mostly participants for both the meetings were same except Dr. Rubina Bhatti, Dr. Raees Ahmad Samdani, Mr. Muhammad Ramzan & Mr. Anwar Shoaib who were specially invited for 2nd round of the meeting.
The meeting was chaired by Prof. Malahat Kaleem Sherwani with the Secretary Mr. Hamid Rahman.
Meeting started with the recitation of Holy Quran at 9:00 AM. The formal inauguration took place after the recitation and was declared open by the zonal chief at HEC sub office Karachi.
The Secretary read out the minutes of the previous meeting before the August house which unanimously got approved.
The coordinator Ms. Ghayyur Fatima briefed the house and explained the agenda already circulated in advance to all the members.
In the formal session house reviewed all the expected flaws could be seen in the forthcoming syllabus. House discussed the scheme of study in detail and laid down the objectives of the different courses which were left over in the previous meeting of Lahore.
Discussion started with compulsory courses bearing weightage of 25 credit hours and made it final that there would be no choice in the compulsory courses.
Next it came the turn to discuss the general courses to be chosen from other departments with the weightage of 25 credit hours. Among the huge list of subjects suggested it curtailed down to seven courses which were thought most important for the students of Library & Information Science. Every course was discussed in detail and then made it final to place for the approval from the competent authority.
After the general courses next day discussion opened with the foundation courses and after deliberate discussion the house agreed upon to stay with ten foundation courses with 30 credit hours of wightage. Each member had a long list of literature/ reading material and it was difficult to select the most appropriate one. After thorough and mutual discussion it is agreed upon that recent published books and journals will be recommended. Web based literature from different popular sites was also recommended.
On 3rd day major course composition was brought to the discussion. There were altogether 12 major courses got approved with 43 credit hours of justification and which with little changes made final.
The remaining electivesubject were discussed in the last phase of the meeting and unanimously approved. With these the house put forward the recommendations for consideration to the HEC after which meeting got adjourned with the vote of thanks from the coordinator.
The following participants attended the preliminary and final meeting.
Sr. / NameProf.Malahat Kaleem Sherwani
Chairperson,
Dept of Lib. Information Science,
KarachiUniversity
Karachi. / Convener
Ch. Yaqub Ali,
The Chief Librarian
International Islamic University,
Islamabad / Member
Ch. Muhammad Nazir,
The Director General,
National Library of Pakistan,
Ministry of Education,
Islamabad. / Member
Ms. Gulnaz Akhtar,
Librarian,
FatimaJinnahWomenUniversity,
The Mall, Rawalpindi / Member
Dr. Khalid Mahmood,
Chairman
Deptt of Library & Information Science
University of the Punjab
Lahore / Member
Dr. Kanwal Ameen,
Associate Professor,
Deptt of Library & Information Science
University of the Punjab
Lahore / Member
Manzoor Ahmad Khan Anjum,
Chief Librarian,
University of Faisalabad,
Sargodha Road,
Faisalabad / Member
Mian Muhyammad Aslam Bhatti,
Associate Professor,
Department of Library Science,
University of Sargodha,
Sargodha / Member
Prof. Dr. M. Fazil Khan,
Department of Library Science,
University of Sargodha,
Sargodha / Member
Dr. Muhammad Ramzan
Chief Librarian
LahoreUniversity of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore. / Member
Dr. Khadija Ansar,
Professor,
Deptt of Library
University of Sindh
Jamshoro / Member
Dr. Sheerin Gul,
Assistant Professor,
Deptt of Library
University of Sindh
Jamshoro. / Member
Mrs. Azra Qureshi
Chief Librarian,
Health Science Library
Agha KhanUniversity
Karachi / Member
Mr. Muhammad Shoaib,
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Science,
KarachiUniversity
Karachi / Member
Mr. Khurshid Akhtar Ansari,
Chairmen,
Dept of Lib. & Information Science
University of Balochistan,
Quetta / Member
Mr. Hassan Zadi
Project Coordinator
Digital Library
Higher Education Commission
Islamabad / Member
Dr. Robina Bhatti
Deptt. Of Library and Information Sciences
IslamiaUniversity
Bahawalpur / Member
Syed Ghyour Hussain,
Research Officer,
Department of Libraries,
Ministry of Education, G-5,
Islamabad / Member
Mr.Hamid-ur-Rahman,
Chairman
Dept. of Lib. & Information Science
University of Peshawar,
Peshawar / Secretary
Minutes of the 1stMeeting
Meeting started with the recitation of Holy Quran by Mr. Bashir Ahmad zonal head of the regional office HEC Lahore.
Experts from all over the country were invited to participate and benefit the committee with their valuable thoughts.
Delegates from University of Karachi, Balochistan, Bahawalpur, and Sargodha could not participate due to uncertain weather condition somehow following experts participated in the meeting:-
- Ms. Azra QureshiAgha Khan University Karachi
- Ms. Shireen Gul SomrooUniversity of Sindh Jamshoro ( in chair)
- Ms. Khadija AnsariUniversity of Sindh Jamshoro
- Dr. Kanwal AminUniversity of the Punjab Lahore
- Dr. Khalid MahmoodUniversity of the Punjab Lahore
- Mr. Manzoor AnjumUniversity of Faisal Abad
- Ch. Muhammad NazirD.G National Library Islamabad
- Syed Ghayour HussainAsst. Director National Library
Islamabad
- Ms. Gul Naz Akhtar FatimaJinnahUniversityIslamabad
- Ch. Muhammad Yaqoob International Islamic University
Islamabad
- Hamid Rahman ChairmanLibrarySchool, University of
Peshawar (Secretary)
- Mr. Hassan Zaidi H.E.C. Digital Library Coordinator,
Islamabad
- Ms. Ghayyur Fatima Coordinator, Library Science
Curriculum, HEC, Islamabad
Meeting started a bit late due to late arrival of a few delegates from Karachi whose flights were cancelled due to fog & uncertain weather. Following the agenda and layout fixed for meeting, discussion started with compulsory courses. The house discussed the feasibility of B.S four year programme with eight semesters to which house agreed upon. House unanimously decided to proceed from general courses to specific and recommended general courses of English, Pakistan Studies and Islamyat with little introduction of Library & Information Studies at the initial level.
After a through and deliberate discussion experts recommended 25 credit Hours for compulsory courses with the recommendation of Basic Statistics and English IV seminar based oral presentation to replace the “university’s own choice” option.
As a result of brain storming more than 30 disciplines were pinpointed to include in general courses. But keeping in view the credit limits, house short listed with one compulsory course of personality development with leaving the option of six general courses out of a huge list of sixteen disciplines.
After pray and lunch break experts met again and start taking input from the participants for the construction of foundation courses. Basic requirements for eight semesters, provided were nine to ten courses with 30-33 credit hours. Committee selected most important courses for the foundation segment. The day 1st activity concluded with the session, leaving rest of the task for next day.
Day II Activity:-
The house again met on December 30, 2008 at 9:00 AM at HEC’s conference hall and got feed back from the specialists to formulate the major courses for B.S four year programme.
Keeping in view the previous curricula, committee after a thorough deliberation agreed upon 12 major courses with 41 credit hours. A few new courses e.g. information literacy etc were new inductions.
After lunch time a huge list of elective subjects was brought forward. As elective courses are discretionary and by choice, a verity of courses from the Library & Information Science discipline were discussed and left open for the library school to offer.
Day III Activity:-
Participant after having got the courses for all templates made reshuffling. Switching over a few courses from general to foundation and foundation to major and major to elective courses were discussed & done in order to fix the priorities & feasibility.
Course contents for newly introduced courses were also finalized. Discussing about the literature (Books etc) and other sources were put forward & recommended the latest editions for syllabus.
House after the lunch break went through the recommendation and suggested to extend its request to HEC for teachers training programme at national and international level, books/periodicals, computers and accreditation issues.
House also showed its concern about the mushroom growth of library school in the country and recommended for check and balance of such sub standard programmes.
House finally came up with the vote of thanks by the chair and secretary of the session.
The preliminary draft was recommended to circulate among the experts who could not attend the meeting and will meet again in the second meeting to finalize the tasks given.
HAMID REHMAN
SECRETARY
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE IN BS (4-YEAR)
STRUCTURE
Sr. / Categories / No. of courses / Credit Hours1. / Compulsory requirement (No Choice) / 9 / 25
2. / General courses to be chosen from other departments / 7 / 21
3. / Discipline specific foundation courses / 10 / 30
4. / Major courses including research project / internship / 12 / 43
5. / Electives within the major / 4 / 12
Total / 42 / 131
Total numbers of credit hours 131
Duration 4 years
Semester duration16-18 weeks
Semesters8
Course load per semester15-18 Cr hr
Number of courses per semester 4-6
PROGRAM LAYOUT
Compulsory Requirements (the student has no choice) / General Courses to be chosen from other departments / Discipline Specific Foundation Courses9 courses / 7 courses / 10 courses
25 Credit hours / 21 Cr. Hours / 30 Credit hours
Subject / Cr. hr / Subject / Cr. hr / Subject / Cr. hr
- English I (Functional)
- English II (Communication Skill)
- English III (Technical Writing and Presentation Skills)
- English – IV (Seminar Based Oral Communication Skills)
- Pakistan Studies
- Islamic Studies / Ethics
- Mathematics
- Basic Statistics
- Introduction to Compute
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3 /
- Personality Development
- Education
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Logic & Critical Thinking
- Languages (other than Urdu and English)
- Cultural and Heritage Studies
- Law
- Literature Studies
- Professional Ethics
- Economics
- Art Appreciation
- Geography
- Archeology
- General Science
- Communication Studies
- Gender Studies
- Entrepreneurship
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 /
- Information, Library & Society
- Evolution of Libraries and Information Sources
- User Services in Libraries
- Use of Emerging Technologies in Library
- Organization of Information
- Basic Reference Sources
- Management of Library & Information Services
- Introduction to Publishing and Book Trade
- Research Methodology
- Collection Development & Management
- 10. Introduction to Publishing and Book Trade
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
25 / 21 / 30
Major courses including research project/internship / Elective Courses within the major
12 courses / 4 courses
43 Credit hours / 12 Credit Hours
Subject / Cr. Hr / Subject / Cr. hr
- Applied Classification
- Applied Cataloguing
- Resource Sharing and Networking
- Quantitative Research Methods
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Library & Information Services in Pakistan
- Indexing and Abstracting
- Library Automation Systems
- Marketing of Library and Information Services
- Information Storage and Retrieval
- Information Literacy
- Research Project / Internship
3+1
3
3
3
3
3+1
3
3
3+1
3
6 / Any four of the following
- Digital Libraries
- Media Librarianship
- Data Base Design & Management
- Web Development
- Knowledge Management
- Human Resource Management
- Financial Management
- Archives & Records Management
- Intellectual Property Rights
- Bibliographic Control
- Project Management
- Preservation & Conservation of Library Material
- Serial Management
- Information Sources on Islam and Pakistan
- Information Sources on Business & Industry
- Information Sources on Health Sciences
- Information Sources on Humanities and Social Sciences
- Information Sources on Science & Technology
- Information Sources on Law
- Information Sources on Agriculture
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
43 / 12
SCHEME OF STUDIES
Semester / Name of Subject / CreditsFirst / ENGLISH-I / 3
PAKISTAN STUDIES / 2
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER / 3
GENERAL-I / 3
GENERAL-II / 3
Information, Library & Society
(FOUNDATION-I) / 3
17
Second / ENGLISH-II / 3
ISLAMIC STUDIES / ETHICS / 2
Mathematics / 3
GENERAL-III / 3
GENERAL-IV / 3
Evolution of Libraries & Information Sources
(FOUNDATION-II ) / 3
17
Third / ENGLISH-III / 3
Basic Statistics / 3
GENERAL-V / 3
GENERAL-VI / 3
User Services in Libraries
(FOUNDATION-III ) / 3
15
Fourth / ENGLISH-IV (Seminar Based Oral Communication Skills) / 3
GENERAL-VII / 3
Use of Emerging Technologies in Library (FOUNDATION-IV) / 3
Organization of Information
(FOUNDATION-V ) / 3
Basic Reference Sources
(FOUNDATION-VI ) / 3
15
Fifth / Management of Library & Information Services
(FOUNDATION-VII ) / 3
Introduction to Publishing and Book Trade (FOUNDATION-VIII ) / 3
Applied Classification
(MAJOR-I ) / 3+1
Research Methodology
(MAJOR-II) / 3
Marketing of Library and Information Services
(MAJOR-III) / 3
16
Sixth / Quantitative Research Methods
(FOUNDATION-IX ) / 3
Collection Development & Management
(FOUNDATION-X ) / 3
Applied Cataloguing
(MAJOR-IV) / 3+1
Library Automation Systems
(MAJOR-V) / 3+1
Information Literacy (MAJOR-XI) / 3
17
Seventh / Library & Information Services in Pakistan
(MAJOR-VII ) / 3
Indexing and Abstracting
(MAJOR-VIII) / 3
Resource Sharing and Networking
(MAJOR-IX) / 3
ELECTIVE-I / 3
ELECTIVE-II / 3
3
Qualitative Research Methods
(MAJOR-VI) / 18
Eight / Information Storage and Retrieval
(MAJOR-X) / 3+1
3
ELECTIVE-III / 3
ELECTIVE-IV / 3
RESEARCH PROJ/INTERNSHIP(Major XII)RESEARCH PROJ / INTERNSHIP (Major XII) / 3
3
16
TOTAL / 131
Compulsory Courses
COMPULSORY COURSES IN ENGLISH FOR BS
(4 YEAR) IN BASIC & SOCIAL SCIENCES
English I
(Functional English)
Objectives: Enhance language skills and develop critical thinking.
Course Contents
Basics of Grammar
Parts of speech and use of articles
Sentence structure, active and passive voice
Practice in unified sentence
Analysis of phrase, clause and sentence structure
Transitive and intransitive verbs
Punctuation and spelling
Comprehension
Answers to questions on a given text
Discussion
General topics and every-day conversation (topics for discussion to be at the discretion of the teacher keeping in view the level of students)
Listening
To be improved by showing documentaries/films carefully selected by subject teachers
Translation skills
Urdu to English
Paragraph writing
Topics to be chosen at the discretion of the teacher
Presentation skills
Introduction
Note: Extensive reading is required for vocabulary building
Recommended books:
1.Functional English
a) Grammar
1.Practical English Grammar by A.J. Thomson and A.V. Martinet. Exercises 1. Third edition. OxfordUniversity Press. 1997. ISBN 0194313492
2.Practical English Grammar by A.J. Thomson and A.V. Martinet. Exercises 2. Third edition. OxfordUniversity Press. 1997. ISBN 0194313506
b)Writing
1.Writing. Intermediate by Marie-Christine Boutin, Suzanne Brinand and Francoise Grellet. Oxford Supplementary Skills. Fourth Impression 1993. ISBN 0 19 435405 7 Pages 20-27 and 35-41.
c)Reading/Comprehension
1.Reading. Upper Intermediate. Brain Tomlinson and Rod Ellis. Oxford Supplementary Skills. Third Impression 1992. ISBN 0 19 453402 2.
d)Speaking
English II
(Communication Skills)
Objectives: Enable the students to meet their real life communication needs.
Course Contents
Paragraph writing
Practice in writing a good, unified and coherent paragraph
Essay writing