Overview
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The course deals with information sources and library services. It gives detailed information about categories of information sources and how to evaluate them.
Syllabus
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COURSE LAYOUT
Week 1
Unit 1 - CATEGORIES OF INFORMATION SOURCES
Primary Information Source
Reading list of primary sources
Week 2
Quiz: Primary Sources of Information
Categorization of Information Sources
Non documentary sources of information
Week 3
Unit 2 - TYPES OF INFORMATION SOURCES
Secondary sources of Information
Tertiary Information Sources
Geographical Sources of Information
Quiz: Secondary Sources of Information
Week 4
Biographical Information Sources
Directories as Information Sources
Dictionaries as Information Sources
Statistical Information Sources
Encyclopaedia as Source of Information
Quiz : Non-Documentary Sources of Information
Week 5
Ready Reference Sources
Indexing and Abstracting Periodicals
Bibliographical Sources & Information
Quiz : Tertiary Sources
Unit 3 - CIRCULATION SERVICES
Circulation Work in Libraries
RFID in Libraries
Week 6
Quiz : Statistical Sources of Information
Unit 4 - REFERENCE SERVICES
Reference Services
Marketing of Library and information Services
Resources Sharing Among Libraries
Week 7
Unit 5 - AWARENESS SERVICES
Awareness Services
Reference Query Services
Reference Sources for Special Library
Reference Sources for Academic Libraries
Reference Sources for Public Library
Week 8
Activities and Services of the INFLIBNET Centre, Part - I
Activities and Services of the INFLIBNET Centre, Part - II
Activities and Services of the INFLIBNET Centre, Part - III
Activities and Services of the INFLIBNET Centre, Part - IV
Week 9
Unit 6 - USER ORIENTATION
Library Services
Week 10
Internet as Source of Information, Part - I
Internet as Source of Information, Part - II
Week 11
National Library of India : A journey
National Mission on Library
Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation
Week 12
Role of Internet in Library Services
Electronic Information Sources
