IIT BHU Junior Library Superintendent Exam Notice and Syllabus

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SYLLABUS FOR JUNIOR LIBRARY SUPERINTENDENT (23146)

SECTION — A: MCQ based Written Test / Skill Test

Library and Society:
– Laws of Library Science
– Types of Libraries
– Library Associations, Systems and Programs
– History, Library Movement and Library Legislation in India
– Organizations and Institutions involved in the development of Library and Information Services — UNESCO, IFLA, FID, INIS, etc.

Library Management:
– Collection development and Selection Principles
– Acquisition Procedure for books, journals (print & online)
– Library Personnel and Library Committee
– Library Rules and Regulations
– Library Finance and Budget
– Human Resource Management
– Principles of Library Management, Library Organization and Structure
– Use and Maintenance of the Library — Circulation, Maintenance, Shelving, Stock Verification, Binding and Preservation, Weeding out, etc.

Knowledge Organization: Library Classification and Cataloguing:
– Canons and Principles
– Library Classification Schemes — DDC, CC, UDC
– Library Cataloguing Codes — CCC and AACR
– ISBD; MARC; CCF; ISBN; ISSN; etc.

Reference and Information Sources and Services:
– Types of information resources, Bibliography and Reference Sources
– Sources of Information — Primary, Secondary, Tertiary; digital documents
– Information Services: e-resources, Consortia, eShodhsindhu, Shodhganga, Institutional Digital Reposition (IDR) etc.
– Concept and need for Information
– Types of Documents
– Nature and organization of Information Services, Abstracting and Indexing Services
– Computer based Information Services — CAS, SDI; Information retrieval, etc.

Information Storage and Retrieval:
– Information Storage and Retrieval Systems — Sears List, PRECIS, POPSI, KWIC etc.
– Vocabulary Control; Search Strategies
– Evaluation of Information Retrieval Systems etc.

Information Technology, Recent ICT trends in Libraries:
– Generations of Computer
– Classification of Computers; Computer memory and their types; Computer Architecture
– I/O devices; Programming Languages & Operating Systems
– Application Software; Library Automation and software packages; Internet; Digital Libraries; RFID; Networks — DELNET, NICNET etc.
– National and International Information Systems — NASSDOC, NISCAIR, DESIDOC
– Reference Management Tools, Plagiarism Detection tools, Web OPAC, Database Search etc.

SECTION — B: MCQ based Written Test

– General Arithmetic
– General Knowledge
– Current Affairs
– Reasoning and Logical Abilities
– etc.

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