INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TIRUPATI
Syllabus for Junior Library Technician
Library and Society:
Laws of Library Science; Types of Libraries; Library Associations, Systems and Programmes; 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, Library Personnel and Library Committee, Library Rules and Regulations; Library Finance and Budget; Human Resource Management; Principles of Library Management, Library Organisation and Structure; Use and Maintenance of the Library – Circulation, Maintenance, Shelving, Stock Verification, Binding and Preservation, Wending out, etc.
Knowledge Organisation: 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, 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 ler 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; RF1D; Networks DELNET, NICNET, etc.; National and International Information Systems – NASSDOC, NISCAIR, DESIDOC; etc.
General:
General English; Drafting of letters/notices/other forms of communications in English; General Arithmetic; General Knowledge; Current Affairs; Reasoning and Logical Abilities; etc.
