NIT Calicut

Syllabus - Library & Information Assistant

Library Science
Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom, Information Life Cycle - Generation,
Collection, Storage and Dissemination, Role of Information in Planning, Management,
Socio-economic, Cultural, Educational and Technological Development, Information
Science – Relationship with other subjects, Information Society and Knowledge Society,
Communication – Concept, Types, Theories, Models, Channels and Barriers; Trends in
Scholarly Communication, Information Industry - Generators, Providers and
Intermediaries, IPR and Legal Issues - Categories, Conventions, Treaties, Laws,
Plagiarism: Concept and Types, Right to Information Act (RTI); Information Technology
Act, National Knowledge Commission; National Mission on Libraries.

Historical Development of Libraries in India; Committees & Commissions on Libraries
in India, Types of Libraries – Academic, Public, Special and National, Library Legislation
& Library Acts in Indian States; The Press and Registration of Books Act; The Delivery
of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act, Laws of Library Science, Library &
Information Science Profession - Librarianship as a Profession, Professional Skills and
Competences; Professional Ethics, Professional Associations - National – ILA, IASLIC,
IATLIS; International – IFLA, ALA, CILIP, ASLIB, SLA; Role of UGC, RRRLF and
UNESCO in Promotion & Development of Libraries, Library and Information Science
Education in India, Library Public Relations and Extension Activities, Type of Users –
User Studies, User Education, Information Literacy - Areas, Standards, Types and
Models; Trends in Information Literacy.

Information Sources - Nature, Characteristics, Types & Formats, Sources of Information
Primary, Secondary & Tertiary; Documentary & Non-Documentary, Primary Information
Sources (Print & Electronic) - Journals, Conference Proceedings, Patents, Standards,
Theses & Dissertations, Trade Literature, Secondary Information Sources (Print &
Electronic) - Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Bibliographies, Indexing & Abstracting, 

Statistical sources, Handbooks & Manuals, Tertiary Information Sources (Print &
Electronic)- Directories, Year Books, Almanacs, Reference Sources - Bibliographical,
Biographical, Educational, Language & Geographical, Electronic Information Resources
- Subject Gateways, Web Portals, Bulletin Boards, Discussion Forums /Groups,
Databases: Bibliographic, Numeric, Full text, Multimedia; Open Access, Institutional &
Human Resources, Evaluation of Reference Sources & Web Resources.
Community Information Services, Reference Service – Concept and Types; Referral
Services, Alerting Services - CAS, SDI, Inter Library Loan and Document Delivery,
Mobile based Library Services and Tools – Mobile OPAC, Mobile Databases, Mobile
Library Website, Library Apps, Mobile Library Instructions, Augmented Reality, SMS
Alerts, Geo-Location, Reference Enquiry, Web 2.0 and 3.0 - Library 2.0- Concept,
Characteristics, Components; Instant Messaging, RSS Feeds, Podcasts, Vodcasts, Ask
a Librarian, Collaborative Services- Social Networks, Academics Social Networks,
Social Tagging, Social Bookmarking, Web – Scale Discovery Services National
Information Systems and Networks: NISCAIR, DESIDOC, SENDOC, ENVIS,
INFLIBNET, DELNET, NICNET, ERNET, National Knowledge Network (NKN),
Biotechnology Information System Network, International Information Systems and
Networks: INIS, AGRIS, INSPEC, MEDLARS, BIOSIS, ERIC, Patent Information
System (PIS), Biotechnology Information System (BIS), Library Resource Sharing and
Library Consortia – National and International.

Universe of Knowledge - Nature and Attributes; Modes of Formation of Subjects,
Knowledge Organisation - Classification – Theories, Cannons, and Principles; Simple
Knowledge Organisation System (SKOS), Taxonomies, Folksonomy, Trends in
Classification, Mapping of Subjects in Library Classification Schemes – DDC, UDC and
CC, Knowledge Organisation: Cataloguing - Cannons and Principles; Centralized and
Co-operative Catalogue; Library Cataloguing Codes: CCC and AACR – II, Standards of
Bibliographic Record Formats and Description – ISBD, MARC 21, CCF, RDA, FRBR,
Bibframe, Standards for Bibliographic Information Interchange & Communication – ISO
2709, Z39.50, Z39.71, Metadata Standards: Dublin Core; MARC21, METS, MODES,
EAD. Indexing Systems and Techniques: Assigned - Pre-coordinate; Post-Coordinate;
Derived- Title-based; Vocabulary Control, Abstracting – Types and Guidelines,
Information Retrieval System – Features, Components, Models and Evaluation.

Management - Principles, Functions and Schools of thought, Library and Information
Centers Management - Book Selection Tools and Principles; Library Acquisition,
Technical Processing, Circulation, Serial Control, Maintenance and Stock Verification;
Preservation and Conservation; Hazards and Control Measures of Library Materials,
Human Resource Management – Planning, Job Analysis, Job Description, Job
Evaluation, Selection, Recruitment, Motivation, Training and Development,
Performance Appraisal; Staff Manual, Financial Management in Libraries - Sources of
Finance, Resource Mobilisation, Budgeting Methods; Cost Effective and Cost Benefit
Analysis, Annual Reports &Statistics; Library Authority and Committee, Project
Management - SWOT, PEST, PERT / CPM,

Total Quality Management (TQM) - Concepts, Principles and Techniques, Six Sigma;
Evaluation of Services of Libraries and Information Centers, library Building, Furniture
and Equipment; Green Library Building; Information Commons; Makers Space; Security
and Safety, Management Information System (MIS), MBO, Change Management,
Disaster Management, Crisis Management, Knowledge Management – Principles,
Tools, Components and Architecture, Marketing of Library Products and Services –Plan, Research, Strategies, Mix, Segmentation, Pricing and Advertising; Management
Consultancy

Computer Technology -Character Representation (ASCII, ISCII, Unicode); Computer
Hardware, Software; Storage Devices; Input and Output Devices, Types of Software -
System Software, Application Software, Programming Languages – Object Oriented,
Procedural, High Level, Scripting; Web Languages, Telecommunication - Transmission
Channels, Mode, and Media, ISDN, PSDN, Multiplexing, Modulation, Standards and
Protocols, Wireless Communication – Media, Wi-fi, Li-fi, Satellite Communication,
Mobile Communication, Computer Networks - Topologies, Types of Networks – LAN,
MAN, WAN, Internet - Web browsers, WWW, E-mail; Search Engines, Meta and Entity
Search engines, Internet Protocols and Standards – HTTP, FTP, SMTP, TCP/IP etc,
URI, URL, Hypertext, Hypermedia, Multimedia, Video conferencing, Virtual Reality,
Augmented Technologies, Data Security, Network Security, Firewalls, Cryptographic
Techniques, Anti-virus software, Anti-spyware, Intrusion Detection System.
Library Automation – Areas, Planning, Selection of Hardware and Software,
Implementation and Evaluation; Standards for Library Automation, Barcode, RFID, QR
Code, Biometric, Smartcard: Features and Applications, Digitization – Planning,
Selection of Materials, Hardware, Software, Process, Issues, Digital Library: Genesis,
Characteristics, Types, Architecture; Standards, Formats and Protocols, DOI, Digital
Preservation - Need, Purpose, Standards, Methods, Techniques, Projects(National and
International), Digital Library Initiatives – National and International, Institutional
Repositories - Need, Purpose, Types and Tools; Institutional Repositories in India;
ROAR, DOAR, SHARPA-ROMIO, Content Management Systems – Architecture, Data
Integration, CMS Software – Selection, Implementation and Evaluation, Application of
Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems and Robotics in Libraries; Social Mobile Analytics
Cloud (SMAC); Cloud Computing, Ontology – Tools (RDF, RDFS, Potege); Semantic
Web, Linked Data, Big Data, Data Mining, Data Harvesting.
Research - Concept, Purpose, Functions, Scope and Ethics; Types of Research – Basic
and Applied, Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary, Research Methods: Historical,
Descriptive, Experimental and Delphi, Research Design - Selection of Research
Problem, Review of Literature; Formulation of Research Problem; Hypothesis –
Formulation, Types and Testing; Sampling Techniques, Methods of Data Collection:
Questionnaire, Interview, Observation, Library Records, Scales and Checklist, Data
Analysis and Interpretation - Presentation of Data; Statistical Methods/Techniques,
Statistical Packages – Spreadsheet, SPSS, Bibexcel, ‘R’ Statistics, Research Report
Writing and Citation Tools – Structure, Style, Contents, Guidelines; Style Manuals;
Online Citation Tools; Reference Style Management Tools; Anti-plagiarism Tools;
Evaluation of Research Report, Metric Studies in LIS - Bibliometrics, Scientometric,
Webometrics, Altmetrics; Impact Factors – Journal, Institutional and Authors; h-Index,
g-Index, i10 Index, Trends in Library and Information Science Research.
Academic Library and Information System, Public Library and Information System,
Special Library and Information System, Health Science Library and Information
System, Corporate Library and Information System, Agricultural Library and Information
System, Engineering and Technological Library and Information System. Archive,
Museums and Oriental Libraries, Community Information System, Information Services
and System for Persons with Disability, Children and Women.

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