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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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