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Annamalai university
COURSE – I: LIBRARY AND SOCIETY
Answer all questions
(5 x 4 = 20 Marks)
1. Discuss the impact of five laws of Library science on Information services.
2. Explain the Extension activities of Public libraries.
3. “Resource sharing provides means to improve library services” – Explain.
4. Explain the role of National Library.
5. Write short notes on the following
a. Madras Public Libraries Act
b. IFLA
c. Functions of ILA
d. School libraries
COURSE – II: LIBRARY MANAGEMENT
Answer all questions
(5 x 4 = 20 Marks)
1. Discuss briefly the Scientific principles of management.
2. What is Charging and discharging? Discuss Newark charging system.
3. Explain the role of Personnel management in libraries.
4. Discuss the work flow in different sections in a Library.
5. Write short notes on the following:
a. Library statistics
b. Library committee
c. Zero-Based Budget
d. Circulation Section
COURSE - III: LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION (THEORY)
Answer all questions
(5 x 4 = 20 Marks)
1. Define library classification. Explain its use in organizing the collection of a
library.
2. Explain the features of Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme.
3. Discuss the use of Devices in library classification.
4. Define Notation and discuss the good qualities of notation.
5. Write short notes on the following:
a. Rounds and levels
b. Fundamental categories
c. Phase relation
d. Common isolate.
COURSE - V: LIBRARY CATALOGUE THEORY
Answer all questions
(5 x 4 = 20 Marks)
1. Describe the various physical forms of Library catalogue and their
advantages and disadvantages.
2. Discuss the objectives and functions of library catalogue.
3. Bring out the difference between Centralized cataloguing and Co-operative
cataloguing.
4. Discuss the Symbiosis between classification and cataloguing.
5. Write short notes on the following:
a. PRECIS
b. Cross Reference Index Entry
c. Author catalogue
d. Chain Procedure.
COURSE – VI: LIBRARY CATALOGUING
(Written Practice)
1. This Response sheet consists of TWO sections namely section – A and Section
– B. Both the sections are compulsory. Each section carries 10 Marks.
2. Section – A consists of title pages for making catalogue entries according to
Dr. S.R. Ranganathan’s Classified Catalogue Code. (Edition 5, 1964).
3. Section – B consists of title pages for making catalogue entries according to
AACRII. Supplemented by the Sears List of Subject Headings. Unit card
method should be followed.
4. All the entries are to be prepared and written consecutively.
COURSE - VII: INFORMATION SOURCES
Answer all questions (5 x 4 = 20 Marks)
1. What is an ‘Information Source”? Explain various forms of information
sources.
2. Discuss various kinds of Information Sources with suitable examples.
3. What are Encyclopedias? Give the salient features of any one General
encyclopedia.
4. Describe the different types of dictionaries and evaluate any one dictionary.
5. Write short notes on the following
a. Abstracting Periodical
b. Current contents
c. BNB
d. LISA
COURSE - VIII: INFORMATION SERVICE AND SYSTEM
Answer all questions (5 x 4 = 20 Marks)
1. What is information service? Briefly explain various information services
rendered by a modern library.
2. Define reference Service. Explain the nature of Long Range Reference Service.
3. What is Reprography? Why libraries provide reprographic services?
4. Explain the activities of NISCAIR
5. Write short notes on the following:
a. CAS
b. SDI
c. User Education
d. Translation Service
COURSE - IX: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER
Answer all questions (5 x 4 = 20 Marks)
1. Trace the evolution and genesis of computers.
2. Define Application Software.
3. Describe the different types of computers.
4. Explain the salient features of internet.
5. Write short notes on the following:
a. Keyboard
b. Monitor
c. CD-ROM
d. Floppy Disc.
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