Exam Details
| Subject | Informetrics and Scientometrics | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Master of Library and Information Science | |
| Department | School of Social Sciences (SOSS) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2015 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1.1 Define the term 'measurement'. Describe the requisite conditions for effective measurement and discuss its various techniques.
OR
1.2 What is 'informetrics' Trace the evolution of the discipline.
2.1 Elaborate on the applications of Bradford's law and Lotka's law.
OR
2.2 Define 'user studies'. Enumerate its purpose and describe the methodology of conducting user studies.
3.1 Explain the steps involved in the classification and tabulation of data with your own examples.
OR
3.2 What is scientific productivity Discuss the problem of its measurement.
4.1 Enumerate the types of indicators and describe their uses.
OR
4.2 Give an account of descriptive mapping with appropriate examples.
5.0 Write short notes on any three of the following (in about 300 words each)
Information Content
Life Cycle of Scientific Specialities
International Collaboration Indicators
Normal Distribution
Co-citation Mapping
OR
1.2 What is 'informetrics' Trace the evolution of the discipline.
2.1 Elaborate on the applications of Bradford's law and Lotka's law.
OR
2.2 Define 'user studies'. Enumerate its purpose and describe the methodology of conducting user studies.
3.1 Explain the steps involved in the classification and tabulation of data with your own examples.
OR
3.2 What is scientific productivity Discuss the problem of its measurement.
4.1 Enumerate the types of indicators and describe their uses.
OR
4.2 Give an account of descriptive mapping with appropriate examples.
5.0 Write short notes on any three of the following (in about 300 words each)
Information Content
Life Cycle of Scientific Specialities
International Collaboration Indicators
Normal Distribution
Co-citation Mapping
Other Question Papers
Departments
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
- School of Agriculture (SOA)
- School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
- School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
- School of Education (SOE)
- School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
- School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
- School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
- School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
- School of Health Science (SOHS)
- School of Humanities (SOH)
- School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
- School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
- School of Law (SOL)
- School of Management Studies (SOMS)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
- School of Sciences (SOS)
- School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
- School of Social Work (SOSW)
- School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
- School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
- School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
- School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
- Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)
Subjects
- Fundamentals of Information Communication Technologies
- Information Communication Technologies : Applications
- Information Processing and Retrieval
- Information Sources, Systems and Programmes
- Informetrics and Scientometrics
- Management of Library and Information Centres
- Preservation and Conservation of Library Materials
- Public Library System and Services
- Research Methodology
- Technical Writing
- university Library System