Library Assistant Recruitment Syllabus

Indicative Syllabus of Paper – II (Descriptive Test): 100 Marks

i. Section A – Library Management (35 Marks) Collection development – Types of Documents and Selection Principles, Acquisition Procedure, Acquisition of Journals and Periodicals, Preparation of Documents for use; Library Personnel and Library Committee, Library Rules and Regulations; Library Finance and Budget; 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.;


ii. Section B – Classification and Cataloguing (35 Marks) Library Classification Theory and Practice: Canons and Principles, Library Classification Schemes – DDC, CC, UDC; Library Cataloguing Theory and Practice: Canons and Principles; Library Cataloguing Codes – CCC and AACR; Reference and Information Sources: Bibliography and Reference Sources – Types of Bibliography; Reference Sources – Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Ready Reference Sources, etc.; Sources of Information – Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Documentary, Non-Documentary; EDocuments, E-Books, E-Journals, etc.;


iii. Section C – ICT (30 Marks) Information Services: 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 Technology: Basics Introduction to Computers; Use of computers in Library housekeeping, Library Automation; Software and software packages; Networks – DELNET, NICNET, etc.; National and International Information Systems – NISSAT, NASSDOC, INSDOC, DESIDOC, etc.