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BACHELOR OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

ONE YEAR FULL TIME PROGRAMME

SYLLABUS - SECOND SEMESTER

Paper- B-107 - MANAGEMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTRES

Paper – B-108 – INFORMATION SOURCES AND SERVICES
Paper- B-109 - LIBRARY CATALOGUING (Theory)
Paper- B-110 - LIBRARY CATALOGUING (Practical)
Paper- B-111 - INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME

Department of Library and Information Science

Faculty of Arts,
UNIVERSITY OF DELHI
DELHI – 110007

2009

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Paper- B-107 - MANAGEMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTRES

UNIT – I: Principles of Library Management

Management Vs Administration

General Principles and their Application

Library Organisation Structure and Library Governance

Library Planning: Need, Objectives and Procedures

Basics of Total Quality Management

UNIT – II: Financial and Human Resource Management

Library Finance and Sources of Finance

Library Budget, Budgeting and Accounting

Human Resource Management: Selection, Recruitment, Training, Development,

Performance Appraisal

UNIT – III: Library Building and Resources Management

Library Building

Collection Development

Acquisition of Periodicals and Serials

Technical Processing of Documents

UNIT – IV: Services and Maintenance of the Library

Circulation Work

Maintenance Shelving and Stock Verification

Preservation

Library Services

Reference and Information Service

UNIT – V: Library Records and Statistics

Staff Manual

Library Statistics

Annual Report

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Recommended Books

1. BRYSON (Jo). Effective library and information centre management. 1990.

Gower, Hants.
2. CLAYTON (P R) and GORMAN (G E). Managing information resources in
libraries: collection management in theory and practice. 2006. Facet Publishing,
London.
3. EVANS (G E) and SAPONARO (M Z). Developing library and information center
collections. Ed. 5. 2005. Libraries Unlimited, London.
4. KATZ (W A). Collection development: the selection of materials for libraries.
1980. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York.
5. KRISHAN KUMAR. Library management in electronic environment. 2007. Har-
Anand Publications, New Delhi.
6. MATTHEWS (J). Strategic planning and management for library managers.
2005. Libraries Unlimited, London.
7. MITTAL (R). Library administration: theory and practice. 2007. Ess Ess, New
Delhi.
8. RANGANATHAN (S R). Library administration. 2006. Ess Ess, New Delhi.
9. SEETHARAMA (S). Guidelines for planning of libraries and information centers.
1990. IASLIC, Calcutta.
10. STUEART (R D) and MORAN (B B). 2007. Library and information center
management. Libraries Unlimited, London.

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Paper – B-108 – INFORMATION SOURCES AND SERVICES

UNIT- I: Fundamental Concepts

Meaning, Definition, Importance, Nature and Characteristics

Printed and Electronic Information Sources

Types of Information Sources and Services

Criteria for Evaluation of Reference Sources

UNIT- II: Sources of Information

Primary Information Sources :General introduction (Periodicals, Conferences, Patents,
Standards, Theses/ Dissertations, Trade Literature, etc.)

Secondary Information Sources: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Biographical,

Geographical, Bibliographies, Indexing and Abstracting, Newspaper Indexes and
Digests, Statistics, Handbooks and Manuals

Tertiary Information Sources: Directories, Year books, Almanacs, Bibliography of

Bibliographies, Union Catalogues

UNIT- III: Reference and Information Services

Users and their Information Needs

Theory and Functions of Reference and Information Service

Enquiry Techniques

Role of Reference Librarian and Information Officer in Electronic Environment

UNIT- IV: Types of Information Services

Documentation Services: Abstracting and Indexing Services

Alerting Services, CAS, SDI, Reprographic Service, Translation Service, Document

Delivery and Referral Service

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UNIT- V: Information Literacy Programmes

Concept, Objectives, Initiation of Users

Users and their Information needs: Categories of users, Ascertaining users Information
needs

Information Literacy Products

Recommended Books

1. CHENEY (F N) and WILLIAMS (W J). Fundamental reference sources. Ed.

3. 2000. ALA, Chicago.
2. CRAWFORD (John). Evaluation of library and information services. 2000.
ASLIB, London.
3. FARMER (LSJ), Ed. The human side of reference and information services
in academic libraries: adding value in the digital world.2007. Chandos
Publishing, Oxford.
4. FOSKETT (D J). Information service in libraries. Ed.2. 1967. Archon Book
Hamden, Connecticut.
5. FOURIE (D) and DOWELL (D). Libraries in the information age.2002.
Libraries Unlimited, New York.
6. KATZ (William A). Introduction to reference work: reference service and
reference process. v.2. Ed. 5. 1987. McGraw-Hill, New York
7. KRISHAN KUMAR. Reference service. Ed. 3. 1996. Vikas Publishing, New
Delhi.
8. RANGANATHAN (S R). Reference service. Ed 2. 1989. Ranganthan
Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore.
9. WALFORD (A J). Guide to reference books. v.3. Ed. 4. 1980. Library
Association, London.
10. WOODSWORTH (Anne) and WILLIAMS (James F). Managing the
economics of owning, learning and contracting out information services.
1993. Gower, London.

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Paper- B-109 - LIBRARY CATALOGUING (Theory)

UNIT – I: Fundamental Concepts and Historical Developments

Library Catalogue: Definition, Objectives, Purposes and Functions

History and Development of Library Catalogue Codes

Physical Forms of Catalogues

Types of Catalogues

UNIT – II: Types of Catalogue Entries

Kinds of Entries

Data Elements in Different Types of Entries

Filing of Entries in Classified and Alphabetical Catalogues

UNIT – III: Choice and Rendering of Headings

Personal Authors: Western and Indic Names

Corporate Authors

Pseudonymous, Anonymous Works and Uniform Titles

Non-Print Resources

UNIT – IV: Subject Cataloguing

Subject Cataloguing: Concept, Purpose and Problems

Chain Indexing

Subject Headings Lists : LCSH, SLSH

UNIT –V: Trends in Library Cataloguing

Centralized and Cooperative Cataloguing

Bibliographic Standards: ISBD, MARC, CCF, etc.

ISBN and ISSN

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Recommended Books
1. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, et al. Anglo-american cataloguing rules.
Rev. Ed. 1998. Library Association, London.
2. BOWMAN (J H). Essential cataloguing. 2003. Facet Publishing, London.
3. HUNTER (E J) and BAKEWELL (K G B). Advanced cataloguing. 1989. Clive
Bingley, London.
4. KUMAR (G) and KUMAR (K). Theory of cataloguing. Rev. Ed.5. 1993. South
Asia Books, New Delhi.
5. MILLER (J), Ed. Sears list of subject headings. Ed. 15.1994.Wilson, New York.
6. RANGANATHAN (S R). Classified catalogue code with additional rules for
dictionary catalogue code. Ed. 5 (with amendments). 1989. Sarada Ranganathan
Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore.
7. READ (J). Cataloguing without tears: managing knowledge in the information
society. 2003. Chandos Publishing, Oxford.
8. TAYLOR (A G) and MILLER (David P). Wynar's introduction to cataloging and
classification. Ed.10. 2006. Libraries Unlimited, London.

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Paper- B-110 - LIBRARY CATALOGUING (Practical)

Cataloguing of books using Classified Catalogue Code, 5th edition (with amendments)
and AACR - II along with Sears List of Subject Headings (Latest edition).

UNIT - I: Classified Catalogue Code

Works of Single and Shared Authorship

Works of Mixed Responsibilities

Editorial Publications

Series Publications

Multivolumed Works and Pseudonymous

UNIT- II: Anglo American Cataloguing Rules (Latest Edition)

Works of Single and Shared Authorship

Works of Shared Responsibilities

Editorial Publications

Multivolume and Pseudonymous

UNIT - III: Classified Catalogue Code

Works of Corporate Authorship

Works of Conflict of Authorship

Periodical Publications

Ordinary and Artificial Composite Books

UNIT- IV: Anglo American Cataloguing Rules (Latest Edition)

Works of Corporate Bodies

Serial Publications

Works of Editorial Direction

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Recommended Books

1. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. Anglo-american cataloguing rules. Rev

Ed. 2. 1998. Library Association, London.
2. MILLER (Joseph), Ed. Sears list of subject headings. Ed 15. 1994 .Wilson, New
York.
3. RANGANATHAN (S R). Classified catalogue code with additional rules for
dictionary catalogue code. Ed. 5 (with amendments). 1989. Sarada Ranganathan
Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore.

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Paper- B-111 - INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME

UNIT- I: Internship Programme

A. Report on Internship Programme

B. Viva-Voce

Objectives:

(i) To train the students in practical librarianship in the working environment of

the library by deputing them in different types of libraries for a period of one
month.

(ii) To train them in preparing the Internship Report in a prescribed format based
on their practical training and learning.

Note: - Each student shall have to undergo an Internship Programme at a library,

selected by the Department for a period of one month, immediately after the
Second Semester Examination.

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