Exam Details

Subject Organising And Managing Information
Paper
Exam / Course Bachelor's Degree In Library And Information Science (Revised)
Department School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date June, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1.1 Define library classification. State its different types., Explain its types based on 'design methodology'.

1.2 Explain the need and purpose of Common Communication Format (CCF). Discuss the structure of a record in CCF.

1.3 Differentiate between 'subject cataloguing' and 'subject indexing'. Describe the process of subject indexing.

1.4 What are Knowledge Organisation Systems Discuss their different types.

2.1 Discuss the need and purpose of classification in a library.

2.2 What is hospitality of a notational system Discuss how it is achieved.

2.3 Define the terms library catalogue, an index and a shelflist. Differentiate between them.

2.4 What are cartographic materials Discuss the rules for cataloguing such a material according to AACR-2R with an example.

2.5 Discuss the problems of subject indexing.

2.6 What is vocabulary control State its objectives and the methods used for it.

2.7 Explain how different types of headings are handled in Sears list of subject headings.

2.8 Differentiate between manual and computerised indexing. Describe the components of a computerised indexing system.

Write short notes on all of the following in about 200 words each.

3.1 Differentiate between Knowledge classification and Library classification

3.2 Canon of Coextensiveness

3.3 Objectives of a Library Catalogue

3.4 Symbiotic relation between Classification and Cataloguing

3.5 Internal/local and exchange/interchange formats

3.6 Kaiser's Systematic Indexing

3.7 Types of equivalence relationships in indexing

3.8 Derived and Assigned indexing

3.9 Elementary categories and modifiers in POPSI

3.10 Item-entry and Term-entry systems in post-coordinate indexing


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

  • Communication Skills
  • ICT Fundamentals
  • Ict In Libraries
  • Information Products And Services
  • Information Sources And Services
  • Library, Information And Society
  • Management Of Library And Information Centre
  • Organising And Managing Information