Department of Library and Information Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

2 years Integrated Course of

Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS)

Course Structure
(1) The integrated MLIS course will be of 2 years duration consisting of 4 Semester with total of 80 credits. (2) The semester wise details of the paper would be as follows :

Semester I

Marks allocation Internal Assessment Semester Exam 70 marks 70 marks 70 marks Total marks 100 100 100

Paper I : Foundations of Library & Information Science Paper II : Computer Basics & Applications

30 marks 30 marks

Paper III : Knowledge Organisation - Library Classification 30 marks & Cataloguing (Theory) Paper IV : Knowledge Organisation - Library Classification 30 marks & Cataloguing - I (Practical)

70 marks

100

Semester II Paper V : Library Management Paper VI : Computer Applications Practical Paper VII : Information Sources & Services 30 marks 30 marks 30 marks 70 marks 70 marks 70 marks 100 100 100 100

Paper VIII : Knowledge Organisation - Library Classification 30 marks 70 marks & Cataloguing - II (Practical) Semester III Paper IX : Universe of Knowledge & Research Methods Paper X : Information Retrieval (Theory) Paper XI : Information Retrieval (Practical) Paper XII : Information Technology and System Design 30 marks 30 marks 30 marks 30 marks 70 marks 70 marks 70 marks 70 marks

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Semester IV Paper XIII : Information Science and Knowledge Management 30 marks 70 marks Paper XIV : Elective xiv (a) Information Sources & Products in Science & Technology xiv (b) Information Sources & Products in Social Sciences Paper XV : Information Users & Needs Paper XVI : Information Technology Applications (Practical) Detailed content of papers as follows: 100

30 marks 30 marks

70 marks 70 marks

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30 marks 30 marks

70 marks 70 marks

100 100

SEMESTER - I
Paper I : Foundations of Library & Information Science Unit 1 : Information Systems, Components, Roles and Types (i) (ii) (iii) Libraries, Documentation and Information Centers Types and Function of Libraries : Public, Academic and Research Five Laws of Library Science & their Implications

Unit 2 : History & Development of Libraries, Documentation & Information Centers (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Development of Libraries & Information Centers Library Legislation : Need, Function & Salient feature of State Library Acts in India Information System & Services in India International Information Systems and Services

Unit 3 : Library Associations & Organisations (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Professional Organisations : Objectives, Functions & Professional Activities Library Associations of India : ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS, UPLA International Associations : IFLA NAPLIS

Unit 4 : Library Organisations (i) (ii) (iii) Library Building, Furniture & Equipment Resource Sharing Legal Deposit System 2

Department of Library and Information Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi Unit 5 : Digital Libraries (i) (ii) (iii) Concept of Digital, Virtual Library Characteristics and Problems of Digital Libraries & their collections Role of Library Professionals in Electronic Environment: Issues and Challenges

Paper II : Computer Basics and Applications Unit 1 : Computer Basics (i) (ii) (iii) Computer : Definition, Developments and Computer Generations Classification of Computers Basic Components of a Computer, Computer Peripherals

Unit 2 : Hardware and Software Components (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) Computer Hardware : Components, Functions Processors, Memory, Storage and Input/output Peripherals Operating Systems, Functions and their commands : Windows and UNIX/Linux Programming Languages : Types, Characteristics and their Applications Flowcharting

Unit 3 : Software Packages (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Word Processing Packages Desktop Publishing Library Application Software : CDS/ISIS An overview of Library Automation Software

Unit 4 : Library Automation (i) (ii) (iii) Use of Computers in the house keeping operation Retrospective Conversion Selection of Library Software Packages

Unit 5 : Networking (i) (ii) (iii) Definition, Need, Client Server Architecture Network Types & Topologies Components of Networks

Department of Library and Information Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi Paper III : Knowledge Organisation : Library Classification & Cataloguing (Theory) Unit 1 : Basics of Classification (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) Definition, Need and Purpose of Classification Concept of Call number, Class number & Basic number Species of Classification Schemes Salient Features of DDC, CC and UDC Notation : Definition, Kinds, Function

Unit 2 : Theoretical Foundations of Classification (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) Canons of Classification Phase Relation, Common Isolates & Other Auxiliary Tables of DDC, CC and UDC Postulational Approach to Classification and Five Fundamental Categories and Facet Sequence Principles of Helpful Sequence Devices, Indicator Digits Recent Developments in Classification

Unit 3 : Basics of Cataloguing (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Library Catalogue : Definition, Function, Types & Physical Forms Kinds of Entries and Their Functions History of Catalogue Codes Salient Features of AACR-II and CCC

Unit 4 : Normative Principles and Subject Cataloguing (i) (ii) (iii) Normative Principles & Canons of Cataloguing Subject Cataloguing : Chain Procedure, Subject Heading Lists. Filing of Catalogue Entries & Alphabetisation

Unit 5 : Bibliographical Formats & Other Aspects (i) (ii) (iii) Standards of bibliographic descriptions and record formats : ISBD, MARC, CCF, ISO 2709/Z39.2, Dublin Core Centralised and Cooperative Cataloguing, Simplified Cataloguing Cataloguing of Non-Book material: Cartographic Materials, Electronic documents, Audio-visual Materials and Continuing documents

Paper IV : Knowledge Organization : Library Classification & Cataloguing I (Practical) (i) Steps in Classification, Classification of Documents by Colon Classification and Dewey Decimal Classification 22nd edition with the following details : CC, Basic Subject, Compound and Complex Subject, Fundamental Categories, Facet

Department of Library and Information Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi Sequence, Phase Relations. DDC : Main Classes, Divisions, Sectors, Sub-sectors, Auxiliary Tables, Use of Schedule & Relative Index. Cataloguing of Books and Periodicals in accordance with the latest edition of AACR and Sears List of Subject Headings : Single, Personnel Author, Joint Personal Author, Pseudonym, Corporate Author

(ii)

Note : 20 marks will be reserved for viva-voce.

SEMESTER II
Paper V : Library Management Unit 1 : Principles of Library Management (i) (ii) (iii) Principles of Management & their application in Libraries and Information Centres Elements of Management Process : POSDCORB Total Quality Management (TQM)

Unit 2 : Collection Development (i) (ii) (iii) Policy & Principles Selection tools for book and non-book materials Handling of Government documents and Manuscripts

Unit 3 : Library Routines & Workflow (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) Acquisition & Processing of Reading Material Principles, Routines and Records Technical Processing: routines and tools Circulation Methods, Routine Records, Serials Control Shelving, Maintenance and Preservation of Library Materials, Stock Verification Annual Report and Statistics

Unit 4 : Personnel Management (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Human Resource Management Staff Recruitment, Selection & Training, Staff Formula Staff Development, Motivation & Leadership Quality Improvement Staff Manual

Unit 5 : Financial Management (i) (ii) (iii) Sources of Library Finance Budget Estimation Line Budget, Program Budget, Performance Budget Marketing of Information 5

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Paper VI : Computer Applications Practical Hands on experience with computer operation with reference to (i) (ii) (iii) MS DOS Commands WINDOWS MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Power point

Note : 20 marks will be reserved for viva-voce Paper VII : Information Sources & Services Unit 1 : Nature of Information Sources (i) Concept of Information Sources (ii) Kinds of Information Sources (iii) Basic Reference & Information Sources and criteria of their evaluation Unit 2 : Reference Tools (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) Bibliographical Sources : National Bibliographies INB & BNB , Trade Bibliographies Language Dictionaries Yearbooks & Directories Biographical Sources Geographical Sources

Unit 3 : Electronic Sources (i) (ii) (iii) Magnetic Tapes, CD-ROMs and Multimedia Electronic Books and Electronic Journals Electronic Databases

Unit 4 : Web Resources (i) (ii) World Wide Web : Services & Facilities Websites & Sources Subject Gateways, Digital Libraries, Forums, Bulletin Board etc.

Unit 5 : Information Services (i) (ii) (iii) Information Services : Concept, Types and Need Types of Services : Literature Search, Documentation Services, Translation Service, Document Delivery Service etc. CAS and SDI Service

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Paper VIII : Knowledge Organisation : Library Classification & Cataloguing II (Practical) (i) (ii) Classification of Documents with Complex Subjects according to DDC 22nd edition and Colon Classification Cataloguing of Documents involving complicated Personal and Corporate Authorship, Periodicals according to AACR-II.

Note : 20 marks will be reserved for viva-voce

SEMESTER III
Paper IX : Universe of Knowledge and Research Methods Unit 1 : Universe of Knowledge (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Definition, Source of Knowledge, Types of Knowledge Characteristics of the Universe of Knowledge Subjects having knowledge as their field of study Modes of thinking: Authoritative, Speculative and Positivistic modes

Unit 2 : Modes of Formation of Subjects (i) (ii) Fission, Fusion, Distillation, Lamination, Loose Assemblage Spiral of Scientific method

Unit 3 : Research Methods (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) Research Definition, Nature, Characteristics, Purpose and Kinds Scientific Methods: Features Research Methods Historical, Survey and Experimental Sampling technique Report writing

Unit 4 : Methods of Data Collection (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) Formulation of Research Design: Exploratory, Descriptive, Diagnostic and Experimental Research Design: Setting and steps Collection of Data: Questionnaire, Interview and Case Study Statistical Method: Measures of Central Tendency; Measure of Variability; Correlation; Chi-square Test Presentation of Data: Table, Diagram, Graphs etc.

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Unit 5 : Bibliometrics & Technical Writing (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) Bibliometrics Studies : Meaning, Scope & Parameters Bibliometric Laws & their Applications Technical Writing : Meaning, Purpose, Part & Types Writing skills Different Kind of Documents : Research Article, Review Article etc. Research Reports

Paper X : Information Retrieval (Theory) Unit 1 : Subject Analysis and representation (i) (ii) (iii) Fundamentals of Retrieval Systems : Nature & Characteristics Problems of Subject Analysis & Representation : Contribution of Cutter, Kaiser, Ranganathan, Farradane & Coates Thesaurus : Structure & Construction, Thesaurofacet

Unit 2 : Abstracting (i) (ii) Abstracting : Definition, Types, Slant in Abstracting Principles & Canons of Abstracting

Unit 3 : Subject Indexing (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) Subject Indexing : Concept & Development Assigned Indexing Derived Indexing : KWIC and KWOC Pre-coordinate Indexing System Chain Indexing, PRECIS, POPSI Post Coordinate Indexing System Uniterm Citation Indexing

Unit 4 : Information Searching (i) (ii) (iii) Retrieval Performance Evaluation Search Techniques : Boolean Searches, Proximity search, Truncation etc. Retrieval models : Cognitive, Probabilistic etc.

Unit 5 : Application of Artificial Intelligence (i) (ii) (iii) Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Man Machine Interface Intelligent Intermediaries : Natural Language Processing

Paper XI : Information Retrieval (Practical) (i) Classification of documents with complex subjects according to UDC and Colon Classification 8

Department of Library and Information Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (ii) (iii) Cataloguing of documents involving complicated personal & corporate authorship, complex periodicals & non-book material Indexing practice using PRECIS and KWIC

Paper XII : Information Technology and System Design Unit 1 : Information Technology : Basics (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Overview of Information Technology Computer and Communication Technology Application of Information Technology in Libraries Digital Libraries : Planning, Procedure and Implementation

Unit 2 : Internet (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) Overview of Internet and History Uniform Resource Identifiers, Hyper Text, Hyper Link, Hyper Media Internet Connectivity Dial-up, Leased Line, ISDN, Cable Modem Internet Protocol HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, Remote Login, Z39.50, OAIPMH Browsers and E-mail Search Engine Types and Evaluation

Unit 3 : Library Software Packages (i) (ii) (iii) Library Software Packages : Features, Market Value Study of available automation suites Study of Digital Library Software: Greenstone Digital Library Software, DSpace etc.

Unit 4 : Database Management System (i) (ii) (iii) Database : Definition, Concept, Components and Types Database Structure : Logical Data Structure, Physical Data Structure Database Management System Models - Structure Hierarchical, Networking, Relational, Object Oriented

Unit 5 : System Analysis and Design (i) (ii) (iii) Systems Analysis and Design : Concept and Types Systems design and Development Implementation & Evaluation

SEMESTER IV
Paper XIII : Information Science and Knowledge Management Unit 1 : Information : Its Nature, Characteristics & Scope 9

Department of Library and Information Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (i) (ii) (iii) Information : Definition, Kinds, Nature and Use Representation of Information : Signal, Sign, Symbols, Language & Scope Information Communication : Theories, Models & Media. Barriers to Communication of Information

Unit 2 : Information Science (i) (ii) Definition & Scope Relation of Information Science with other Disciplines like Computer Science, Psychology, Mathematics, Language, Artificial Intelligence etc.

Unit 3 : Information Science from Systems Perspectives (i) (ii) (iii) Introduction to Systems Theory Churchman Systems model, Debons EATPUT Model and Component Oriented Models Function Oriented Information Systems : MIS, DSS, Expert system

Unit 4 : Information & its Relationship with Society (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Information and Society Information Profession Methods in Information Science Information Industry

Unit 5 : Knowledge Management (i) Knowledge Management : Concept & Scope (ii) Types of Knowledge (iii) Tools of Knowledge Management (iv) Information Management Vs Knowledge Management (v) Role of Librarians in Knowledge Management Paper XIV : Elective XIV (a) Information Sources & Products in Science & Technology XIV (b) Information Sources & Products Social Sciences XIV (a) Information Sources & Products in Science & Technology Unit 1 : Science & Technology (i) Overview of Major Subjects of Science & Technology (a) Physics (b) Chemistry (c) Engineering & Technology

Unit 2 : Sources of Information

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Department of Library and Information Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (i) Primary Sources of Information : Their Types, Characteristics & Role with Emphasis on Periodicals, Research Reports, Patents, Specifications etc. Secondary Sources of Information : Their Types & Characteristics Bibliographies, Indexes and Abstracts, Encyclopaedia, Year books etc. Evaluation of Important Secondary Sources from the view of their Information Value Databases in Science & Technology

(ii) (iii) (iv)

Unit 3 : Role of Research Institutes & Professional Organizations in the development of Science & Technology (i) (ii) (iii) India U.K. USA

Unit 4 : Information Systems and Services in Science & Technology (i) (ii) National International

Unit 5 : Information Analysis & Repackaging (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Content Analysis Condensation Consolidation Compilation

XIV (b) Information Sources & Products in Social Sciences Unit 1 : Overview of Social Science (i) Developments in Major Subjects of Social Science 1. 2. 3. 4. Sociology Political Science History Economics

Unit 2 : Sources of Information (i) Primary Sources of Information : Their Types, Characteristics & Role with Emphasis on Periodicals, Research Reports, Patents, Specifications etc. Secondary Sources of Information : Their Types & Characteristics Bibliographies, Indexes and Abstracts, Encyclopaedia, Year books etc. Evaluation of Important Secondary Sources from the view of their Information Value Databases in Social Sciences 11

(ii) (iii) (vi)

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Unit 3 : Role of Research Institutes & Professional Organizations in the Development of Social Sciences a. India b. U.K. c. USA

Unit 4 : Information Systems and Services in Social Science (i) (ii) National International

Unit 5 : Information Analysis and Repackaging (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Content Analysis Condensation Consolidation Compilation

Paper XV : Information Users & Needs Unit 1 : Information Users (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Identification of Users Concept of Need, Want, Demand & Requirement Users Categories : Planners, Policy Makers, Managers, R&D Personnel, People at Grass Root Information Seeking Behaviour of Different User Groups

Unit 2 : Uses of Information (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) Uses of Information in Management activities Uses of Information in Decision Making Uses of Information in R & D Role of Information in Raising the Standards & Quality of Life Technology Innovation & Technology Transfer

Unit 3 : User Studies (i) (ii) (iii) Scope and Content of User Studies Studies by Types of Libraries : Different User Groups, Different Disciplines Critical Review of Some Large Scale User Studies

Unit 4 : Methodology of User Studies 12

Department of Library and Information Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Qualitative & Quantitative Paradigm Data Collection Methods Other Specific Technique Scenario Analysis, Interaction Analysis, Delphi Method, Repertory Grids Evaluation of User Survey

Unit 5 : User Education (i) (ii) Concept & Importance of User Education Methods of User Education

Paper XVI : Information Technology Applications (Practical) (i) CDS/ISIS Systems Overview, Creation of FDT, Data Entry Worksheet, Print/Display Format, Field Select Table, Data Entry Services, Formatting Language, Sorting & Printing Services, Master File Services, Data Import & Export Hands on practice using available library packages Internet Searching Programming Web Page Designing (a) Syntax of HTML Document (b) Formatting of HTML Document (c) FrontPage

(ii) (iii) (iv) (v)

Note : 20 marks will be reserved for viva-voce

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