N A L A N D A O P E N U N I V E R S I T Y
Master of Library Information Science (MLIS)
PAPER-III
(Information Processing and Retrieval)
Annual Examination, 2017
Time 3 Hours Full Marks 80
Answer any Five Questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Explain the role of intellectual organization of information in the context of IR systems. Discuss
the issues to be considered for intellectual organization in relation to search aspects of
information.
2. What is a special classification system Discuss its design and development alongwith benefits,
giving some examples.
3. Describe the methodology of KWIC (Keyword-In-Context) indexing. Discuss its advantages and
disadvantages.
4. Discuss the role of ISBD as base format for bibliographic description. State the various areas of
ISBD(G) with examples.
5. Describe the following
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6. Discuss the W3C guidelines for Web content development.
7. Describe the objectives of XML. How it is different from HTML. State its advantages.
8. Describe the structure and features of UNICODE. How can it be applied for multilingual content
development in libraries
9. Distinguish between the different types of ISAR systems. Discuss the different components of an ISAR
system.
10. Enumerate the information retrieval models based on theories and tools. Explain the Vector Space
Model.