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Library and Information Science-Paper III

[Attempt any Ten questions in each paper. All questions carry equal marks. Duration: 2 and half hours]

1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000

1994 [Month Not Available]

  1. 'Library publicity is an essential programme for the healthy growth of a public library'. Discuss this statement
  2. State the activities of American Library Association
  3. Discuss the concept of Library cess and describe its advantages and disadvantages in Indian context
  4. Write an essay on "the British Library"
  5. Discuss briefly different measures for providing Current Awareness Service to the clientele of large university libraries
  6. Differentiate between user education and reference service in a university library
  7. Discuss the special features of and changes in the 7th edition of Colon Classification
  8. Explain the rules in CCC or AACR-II with regard to the choice and rendering of pseudonymous authors
  10. Mention the various methods for preparing library budget and explain any one method suitable for a university library
  11. What do you understand by Information Technology?. Discuss its role in providing library and information services.
  12. Write an essay on UNESCO's role in providing library systems and programmes
  13. Discuss the progress made in the direction of computer based networking of libraries in India
  14. Define Hypothesis and describe its role in research
  15. Explain the spiral of scientific method
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July, 1995

  1. Describe the role of public library as a social institution
  2. Discuss the contribution of Indian Library Association to the development of library profession in India
  3. State, with reasons, the various provisions, which according to you would make library legislation effective
  4. Write an essay on modernisation of an academic library
  5. "Reference Service is the process of establishing contact between a reader and his document in a personal way". Discuss
  6. Highlight the importance of information services in a modern library
  7. Write a critical note on the problems involved in cataloguing of Indic names
  8. "Classification is the foundation of Librarianship". Discuss
  9. What is library budget?. Explain the features of Zero based budgeting
  10. "The best motivation comes from within. A manager can only create the conditions in which self-motivation can be facilitated. Discuss
  11. Explain library co-operation and its importance with special refernce to India
  12. Discuss the importance of translation services and describe the role played by INSDOC in this regard
  13. How would you plan computerzation in a library
  14. Highlight the activities and achievements of NISSAT
  15. Outline a programme for the improvement and extension of readers services keeping in mind any University Library
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December, 1995

  1. Analyse the factors that have contributed to the development of academic libraries in India
  2. Discuss the future of the book and consequently of the libraries in the age of information technology
  3. What is meant by an abstracting periodical?. Discuss in detail any two abstracting periodicals, commenting on their reference value
  4. State the objectives of NISSAT and explain its structure and development
  5. What is Bradford's Law? How can it be applied in citation analysis?
  6. "CD-ROMs have extended infinite access to information for the developing countries". Elucidate
  7. What are indexing languages?. Explain the characteristics of an indexing language of your choice
  8. Discuss the need and importance of research in the development of library and information science
  9. Explain how library budget is a tool for performance evaluation of a library
  10. What is INFLIBNET?. Explain how academic libraries in India can drive benefits from its development
  11. Discuss IFLA's contribution to standardization of bibliographic services
  12. Briefly evaluate the performance of INSDOC as a national information centere
  13. Give in brief an account of library legislation in India
  14. Describe briefly the process of evaluating a library collection
  15. What is the meaning of bibliographic control?. Discuss how this may be achieved
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July, 1996

  1. Examine the role of libraries play in the development of human society
  2. 'Library staff should work as a team'. Discuss
  3. Distinguish, with examples, general effectiveness from cost effectiveness in the context of libraries
  4. Explain system analysis. Illustrate its application in designing a computer based book acquistion system
  5. Describe the need and importance of translation services in research
  6. Write an essay on "Resource sharing and its impact on library services"
  7. Explain the structure of KWIC index. Discuss its advantages and disadvantages
  8. What is meant by Bibliometrics?. Describe the areas of Library and Information Science where it can be usefully applied
  9. What do you understand by UAP?. Describe the efforts made at the international level for achieving its objectives
  10. What is vocabulary control?. How is it practised in an information retrieval?
  11. Discuss in brief salient features of AACR2
  12. State the current status of Dewey Decimal Classification as a tool for effective organisation of knowledge libraries
  13. Describe the activities and services of INSDOC
  14. Examine how the University library fulfills the information needs of the academic community through its collection and services
  15. Explain the term 'User Education' and describe the programmes implied in it
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December, 1998

  1. We are moving from 'Free library service' to 'Fee based services'. Comment
  2. Describe the information content of any two of the following:

    • Standards and Specifications
    • Research Reports
    • Thesis

  3. Define 'Serials'. Distinguish between the different types of serials indicating their role
  4. What types of users are there in academic libraries?. What are the methods of determining their needs?.
  5. Explain the functions of management
  6. Discuss the parameters you would employ in evaluating an information retrieval system
  7. Social culture and historical factors affect the development of libraries. Elaborate in relation to the developments in public libraries in India
  8. State the functions of a national library association and review the working of ILA in the light of these functions
  9. What is Operations Research?. How is it used in managing a large libraries?.
  10. What is computer memory?. What are different types of memory?. Explain the working of primary storage in a computer.
  11. What is a local area network?. Explain the features of LAN topologies.
  12. Describe the role of NISSAT
  13. What is ISBD?. Discuss the structure and development of ISBD for books
  14. Comment on the salient features of DDC 21st edition
  15. What is sampling?. Differentiate between random sampling and stratified sampling
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June, 2000

  1. Enumerate the barriers to information communication and explain how libraries help to overcome them?
  2. Compare IASLIC and ASLIB with reference to their role in promotion and dissemination of research in the field of LIS?
  3. Distinguish between current awareness services and selective dissemination of infomation
  4. Explain with examples, how Boolean operators are used in refine search strategies
  5. Describe the ways in which new subjects are formed? Explain the devices used by various classification schemes to accommodate them
  6. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of using uncontrolled vocabulary. Discuss how technology may be used to overcome them
  7. Compare the MARC format with CCF
  8. Explain the contribution of the Behavioural School of Thought to library management
  9. Define and distinguish between "Collection development" and "Collection management"
  10. Explain the importance of budgeting as an instrument for development of the library. Discuss the various components of a library budget
  11. "CD-ROMs have extended infinite access to information for the developing countries". Elucidate
  12. What is library network? What are the prerequisites of an effective library network
  13. Identify and explain the similarities and differences between case study and survey methods of research
  14. Define the different statistical methods used in Library and Information Research
  15. "The successful functioning of a library depends on its personnel." Explain the importance and methods of staff development
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December, 2000

  1. Define 'information'. Discuss the various channels of communication with examples
  2. Critically examine the role of library association in the development of libraries
  3. Define primary sources of information. Discuss 'Patents' as a primary source
  4. Describe the role of technology in the publication of secondary sources
  5. Define Current Awareness Service (CAS). Explain the methods of offering CAS
  6. Justify the need for conducting user studies in libraries
  7. Describe the creteria for evaluation of indexing systems
  8. What is search strategy? Describe the techniques of searching online databases
  9. Describe the major contributions of Taylor on the concept of 'Scientific Management'
  10. Describe the salient features of Line organisation and staff organisation
  11. Write an essay on CDS/ISIS microversion and its features
  12. Trace the history of computers through varied genrations
  13. Define and explain the neef for formulating a 'hypothesis'
  14. Explain the role of a library in higher educational institutions
  15. Describe the staff development programmes of an academic library in India
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