Syllabus of Librarian in AP Collegiate Education Service

Job details:Recruitment applications are invited On-line through the proforma Application to be made available on WEBSITE in from 25/01/2013 to 23/02/2013 (Note:21/02/2013 is the last date for payment of fee) for recruitment to the post of Librarian in A.P.Collegiate Education Service
Name of posts:Librarian in A.P.Collegiate Education Service
No of post:21 posts
Location of job:APPSC ANDHRA PRADESH

NOTIFICATION NO: 23/2012
SCHEME AND SYLLABUS FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POST OF LIBRARIAN IN A.P COLLEGIATE EDUCATION SERVICE
WRITTEN (OBJECTIVE TYPE) EXAMINATION
Paper-1 General Studies &
Mental Ability      150 Marks    150 Minutes    150 Questions
Paper-2 Library & Information Science
                    300 Marks    150 Minutes    150 Questions
TOTAL 450 Marks
SYLLABUS
PAPER-1: GENERAL STUDIES AND MENTAL ABILITY
1. General Science – Contemporary developments in Science and Technology and their implications including matters of every day observation and experience, as may be expected of (a) well-educated person who has not made a special study of any scientific discipline.
2. Current events of national and international importance.
3. History of India – emphasis will be on broad general understanding of the subject in its social,economic, cultural and political aspects with a focus on AP Indian National Movement.
4. World Geography and Geography of India with a focus on AP.
5. Indian polity and Economy – including the country’s political system- rural development –Planning and economic reforms in India.
6. Mental ability – reasoning and inferences.
7. DISASTER MANAGEMENT (Source : CBSE Publications)
1. Concepts in disaster management and vulnerability profile of India / State of A.P.
2. Earth quakes / Cyclones / Tsunami / Floods / Drought – causes and effects.
3. Man made disasters - Prevention strategies.
4. Mitigation strategies / Mitigation measures.
PAPER – II
LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE
INFORMATION, COMMUNICATON AND SOCIETY
Information. information science, Information Society, Knowledge Society,Information transfer cycle- Information generation , collection, Storage and Dissemination,Data, Information and Knowledge,Communication -Channels , Barriers
Intellectual Property Rights-Concept , Copyright, Censorship-Print and non-Print media Information,Technology Act, Right to Information Act,National Information Policy in India
National Knowledge Commission
FOUNDATIONS OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE:Five Laws of library Science,Types of Libraries and their functions,Role of UGC on Academic libraries,A.PLibrary Movement and Library,legislation in India with special reference to A P.P.L.A.1960,Library Extension Services,Library and Information science education in India,Library Association in India, UK And USA,ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS, APLA SIS, LA and ALA,Library association organizations and information centres at national and international level-,RRRLF, NASSDOC,NISCAIR, DESIDOC, IFLA and UNESCO,INFORMATION SOURCESSource of information-Primary , secondary and tertiary-Documentary and non-documentaryReferences Socures-Encyclopaedias, Dictionaries, Geographical Sources, Biographical Sources,Year Book/ Almanacs, Directories, and Hand books, Statistical (salient features and evaluation)Bibliographical Sources-bibliographies, Union, Catalogue, indexing and Abstracting, Journal (salientfeatures and evaluation),E-Documents . e-Books E-Journals,Database-Bibliography, Numeric and full text evaluation,DBMS, CDS/ISIS, WINISIS,Information Literacy
INFORMATION SERVICES
information services : Types
Bibliographic services, Indexing and Abstracting services, CAS, SDI, Online Services, Document
Delivery Services, referral services
User Education and User Studies
Information Seeking Behaviour and Information Needs
INFORMATION PROCESSING : (Classification and Cataloguing )
Organization of knowledge/information,Modes of formation of subjects,Library classification-Canons laws and Principles,Notational System, Fundamental categories, Call Number, isolates,Library classification Schemes-DDC, UDC, and CC,Library Cataloguing-Canons, laws and Principles,Library cataloguing codes-CCC and AACR_II,Bibliographic standards : ISBD, MARC and CCF,Indexing ; Pre-Coordinate , Post-Coordinate,Vocabulary control-: Thesaurus, lists of Subjects Headings,Database-: Search Strategies, Boolean Operators,Knowledge Management
LIBRARY MANAGMENT
Management-Principles, Functions, Schools of Thought Planning , OrganisationalStructure,Delegation of authority, Decision-makingSystem study-Analysis, evaluation and designCollection Development-Books Serials, non-book, Material SelectionAcquisition Maintenance, ISBN, ISSN.Human resources Management-Manpower, planning, job analysis, Job description, selection,recruitment, Motivation, Training and development, Staff Manual , Leadership and performanceevaluation,Financial Management-resources generation, types of Budgeting, Cost and Cost-Benefit analysisPERT, CPM,Library Buildings and equipments,Marketing information product and services,Total quality management (TQM)
FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information Technology:Components of IT, Software and Hardware, storage devices
Software – Operating Systems – Single User, Multi User. Types of Application Software
Client -- Server Technology: Different types of Servers.Communication Technology:Telecommunications. Modem.Switching Systems: Circular, Message and PSS. Gateways, Ethernet, Hub/Switches.Communication Media.ISDN.Electronic Information:Electronic / Digital Information.Digital Collection, Digital Rights Management.Digitization.Software & hardware used for digitization. Image Formats (JPEG, GIF / BMP)..Management of e-resources.web 2.0 Communication Tools and Techniques:Fax, E-mail, Tele Conferencing, Video Conferencing, Voice Mail. Hyper Text and Hyper Media.List Serve / Electronic groups.Open Source and Proprietary Software.Digital Standards – Standards, Protocols and Formats. Interoperability.Internet Communication.Internet Communication.Features and Developments.Internet Connectivity: Types.Data Security: Virus – Security Methods.
LIBRARY AUTOMATION AND NETWORKS
Library Automation -Areas of automation, planning, Hardware and Software selection , OPAC
Networking -Concepts Topologies, Types-LAN, MAN, And WAN,Resource Sharing and Networks-ERNET, NICNET, DELNET, OCLC, INFLIBNET : Library Consortia
Internet-Components, Services Browsing-Web browser, Search Engine, Meta-Data, Digital Object
Identifies (DOI),National and international information system-NISSAT, INIS, AGRIS, MEDLARS, INSPEC,Regional Information Systems,Library Automation and Digital Library Softwares
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY-Types of Research Scientific Method Hypothesis , Data Collection methods : Sampling techniques, Methods of Research-Historical , Descriptive, Case Study, Survey, Comparative, delphi and experimental methods Statistical Methods, Data Analysis Report Writing Research Methods in library and Information Science and Services ,Bibliometrics, scientometrics and webometrics

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