Rajasthan College Librarian Syllabus: 2024-25

 RAJASTHAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, AJMER

SYLLABUS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAM FOR THE POST OF

 LECTURER–- LIBRARY SCIENCE,

COLLEGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

PAPER – I 

Unit – I :

• Knowledge, Definition, Growth, Types and Value. 
• Information: Types, Characteristics, Nature and Use. 
• The conceptual difference between Data, Information and Knowledge. 
• Information Society – Genesis, Characteristics and Social and Economic Applications. 
• Information Literacy: Concept, types and Models. 
• Information as a Resource commodity. 
• Information Transfer Cycle – Generation, Collection, Storage and Dissemination. 
• Communication – Channels, Models and Barriers. 
• Intellectual Property Rights – Concepts, Copyright, Censorship – Print and Not Print Media. 
• Library and Information Policy at the National Level. 
• Right to Information Act.

Unit – II :

• Laws of Library Science. 
• Library Resource Sharing and Networking, Library Movement and Library Legislation in India. 
• Library Extension Services, Library and Information Science Education in India, Library and Information Profession, 
• Library Associations in India, U.K. and U.S.A.-
  ILA(Indian Library Association),
  IASLIC,
  IATLIS,
  SIS,
  LA,
  ASLIB,
  CILIP,
  SLA and
  ALA. 
• Library Associations and Organizations at the International Level –
  FID(International Federation for Information and Documentation),
  UGC(University Grants Commission)
  IFLA (International Federation of Library Association and Institutions) and
  UNESCO(The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).

Unit – III :

• Organization of Knowledge/Information, Modes of formation of subjects, Normative Principles of Ranganathan. 
• Library Classification-Canons and Principles, 
• Library Classification Schemes
  DDC,
  UDC and
  CC. 
• Role of CRG (London), DRTC (Banglore) in the development of classification.
• Library Cataloguing – Canons and Principles, Library Catalogue Codes –
  CCC and
  AACR-II,
• Bibliographic Records – International standards-
  ISBDs,
  MARC and
  CCF,
• Indexing-Precoordinate, Post-coordinate, 
• Vocabulary Control – Thesaurus, Lists of Subject Headings,
• Databases- Search Strategies, Boolean Operators, Knowledge Management, Content development. 
• Evaluation of Information Storage and Retrieval System.

Unit – IV :

• Management – Principles, Functions, Schools of Thought, Planning, Organization Structure, Decision making, System Study – Analysis, Evaluation and Design, Collection Development – Books, Serials, Non-book Materials-Selection. 
• Acquisition, Maintenance,
  ISBN,
  ISSN,
  Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP). 
• Human Resources Management – Manpower Planning, Job analysis, Job description, Selection, Recruitment, Motivation, Training and Development. 
• Staff Manual, Leadership and Performance Evaluation, Delegation of authority. 
• Financial Management - Resource Generation, Types of Budgeting, Cost and Cost-Benefit Analysis. 
• PERT,
  CPM,
  SWOT. 
• Library Buildings and Equipments, Performance Evaluation of Libraries/Information Centres and Services, 
• Total Quality Management (TQM). 
• Disaster Management in LIS Centres.

Unit – V :

• Research: Concept, Meaning, Need and Purpose of Research. 
• Limitations of Research, Types of Research- Basic, Applied, Interdisciplinary, Research Design, Review of Literature, Scientific Method, Hypotheses, Data Collection, Sampling. Methods of Research-Historical, Descriptive, Case Study, Survey, Comparative and Experimental. 
• Statistical Methods, Data Analysis, Report Writing, Citation models and techniques, Research Methods in Library and Information Science and Services. 
• Bibliometrics and its laws, Webometrics.
• Application of Software Packages in Research.

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Note:- Pattern of Question Paper

1. Objective type offline paper

2. Maximum Marks: 75

3. Number of Questions: 150

4. Duration of Paper: Three Hours

5. All questions carry equal marks.

6. There will be Negative Marking.