Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, Etawah
Syllabus for the post of Librarian Grade – 2
Part- A: General Aptitude (Page No 4) – 40 Questions (120 Marks)
Part- B: Core Subject – 60 Questions (180 Marks)
- Library Methods and Techniques Library and Society: Laws of Library
Science; Types of Libraries; Library Associations, Systems and Programmers;
Library Movement and Library Legislation in India; Organizations and
Institutions involved in the development of Library and Information Services-
UNESCO, IFLA, FID, INIS, NISSAT, etc.
2. Library Management: Collection development – Types of Documents and
Selection Principles, Acquisition Procedure, Acquisition of Journals and
Periodicals, Preparation of Documents for use.
3. Library Personnel and Library Committee, Library Rules and Regulations
4. Library Finance and Budget
5. Principles of Library Management, Library Organization and Structure
6. Use and Maintenance of the Library – Circulation, Maintenance, Shelving,
Stock Verification, Binding and Preservation, Weeding out, etc.; Library
Classification Theory and Practice: Canons and Principles, Library
Classification Schemes – DDC, CC, UDC.
7. Library Cataloguing Theory and Practice: Canons and Principles; Library
Cataloguing Codes – CCC and AACR.
8. Reference and Information Sources: Bibliography and Reference Sources –
Types of Bibliography; Reference Sources- Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Ready
Reference Sources, etc.
9. Sources of Information – Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Documentary, Non-
Documentary; E-Documents, E-Books, E-Journals, etc
10. Information Services: Concept and need for Information
11. Types of Documents; Nature and organization of Information Services,
Abstracting and Indexing Services; Computer based Information Services –
CAS, SDI.
12. 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.
