Jkssb syllabus for Librarian, Photo Librarian and Library Assistant
J&K Services Selection Board has advertised various posts Librarian, Photo Librarian and Library Assistant, Divisional Cadre Jammu Kashmir, under Item No 65, 117, 178 and 223 vide Advertisement Notification No. 01 and 02 of 2020. Accordingly, the syllabi for the said posts shown below as per the Annexure “A” to this notification. The candidates are also intimated that there shall be negative marking for wrong answers (-0.25 for each wrong answer) attempted in the said examination. This notice is for the purpose of intimation to the concerned candidates only.
Jkssb syllabus for Librarian, Photo Librarian and Library Assistant
Total Marks=120
Time=02 Hours
UNIT-I ( 20 Marks ):-
(i) Types of Libraries and their Features.
(ii) Role of Libraries in contemporary Society.
(iii) Five Laws of Library Sciences.
(iv) Library legislations in India.
(v) Digital Library.
(vi) Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).
(vii) National and International Library Associations: ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS, IFLA, FID ALA, ASLIB etc.
(viii) National and intercalation Agencies: UNESCO, OCLC, PRRLF, UGC, INFLIBNET, DELNET etc.
(ix) Information Centres, DRTC, ISI, INSDOC (NISCAIR), NASSDOC, DESIDOC, SENDOC, etc.
Unit-II ( Marks 20 ):-
(i) Basic Terminology: call Number, Class Number, Book Number, Isolates.
(ii) Classification; concept & purpose.
(iii) Types and characteristics of classification scheme.
(iv) ISBD, ISBN, ISSN; classification schemes.
(v) Features of DDC, UDC, and CC.
(vi) Five Fundamental Categories.
(vii) Notation: Definition and Purpose.
(viii) Library Catalogue; Definition and purpose.
(ix) Cannons of Classification and Cataloguing.
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https://jkssb.nic.in/Pdf/Syllabi_for_Advt_01_and_02_of_2021_08042021.pdf
Unit-III ( Marks 20 ):-
(i) Principles of Book Selection.
(ii) Selection Tool; Print and Non-Print Materials.
(iii) Processing of Documents; Accessioning, Classification, Cataloguing, labelling and shelving.
(iv) Difference between catalogue, Accession Register, bibliography and Shelf list.
(v) Serials/ Journals; Selection and procurement.
(vi) Book Transaction System: Traditional and Modern.
(vii) Stock verification of Books; Methods and Tools.
(viii) Weeding Process
Unit-IV ( Marks 20 ):-
(i) Information sources: Definition, types and importance;
(ii) Information sources- Primary, Secondary and Tertiary.
(iii) Information Services: Definition and need of reference, documentation and information services.
(iv) Types of Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias.
(v) Geographical and Biographical Sources.
(vi) Indexing and Abstracting Sources.
(vii) Types of Bibliographies.
(viii) Bibliographies Sources.
Unit-V ( Marks 20 ):-
(i) Types of Reference service, Ready reference service, Long Rang Reference Service.
(ii) Reference Librarian: Role Skills and Competences.
(iii) User Education/ Information Literacy Skills.
(iv) CAS/SDI.
(v) International Information System; INIS, AGRIS, MEDLARS/MEDLINE, INSPEC.
(vi) Information Seeking Pattern.
Unit-VI ( Marks 20 ):-
(i) Study of Computer including concept of Hardware.
(ii) Library Automation Need and Purpose.
(iii) Need for computer applications, Areas of computer applications. Automation in library Management. Software Packages for Library Management-Essential features.
(iv) Computer and its Units, Computer and its classification.
(v) Study of Various operating systems.
(vi) General-purpose application software: Word Processing such as MS-office, lotus.
(vii) Special Purpose application software: CDS/ISIS.
(viii) Library Networking: Needs & Purpose.
(ix) OPAC AND Web-OPAC.
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