IIT BHU
Syllabus for the post of Library Superintendent.
SECTION — A
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: eresources, 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
General English; Drafting of letters/notices/other forms of communications in English;
General Arithmetic; General Knowledge; Current Affairs; Reasoning and Logical Abilities;
etc.
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