Scheme and Syllabus for the post of Librarian (Schools) in

Residential Educational Institution Societies

Scheme of Examination
No. of Duration
Written Examination Objective Type) Marks
Questions (Minutes)
Paper – I General Studies and General
150 150 150
Abilities
Paper-II Library and Information
150 150 150
Science

Total 300

Syllabus
Paper - I: General Studies and General Abilities
1. Current Affairs – Regional, National & International.
2. Indian Constitution; Indian Political System; Governance and Public Policy.
3. Social Exclusion; Rights issues such as Gender, Caste, Tribe, Disability etc.,
and inclusive policies.
4. Society Culture, Civilization Heritage, Arts and Literature of India and
Telangana
5. General Science; India’s Achievements in Science and Technology
6. Environmental Issues; Disaster Management- Prevention and Mitigation
Strategies and Sustainable Development.
7. Economic and Social Development of India and Telangana.
8. Socio-economic, Political and Cultural History of Telangana with special
emphasis on Telangana Statehood Movement and formation of Telangana
state.
9. Moral Values and Professional Ethics in Education.
10. Analytical Abilities: Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation.
11. Basic English

Paper - II: Library & Information Science

Unit-1: Foundations of Library and Information Science

Five Laws of library Science; Types of Libraries and their functions; Library
Movement in Telangana, Important libraries in Telangana; Library legislation in India;
Library Extension Services;Library Association in India, UK and USA - ILA, IASLIC,
SIS, LA and ALA; National & International organizations promoting Library
Development-RRRLF, NASSDOC, NISCAIR, DESIDOC, IFLA and UNESCO
Unit-2: Information, Communicaton and Society
Data, Information and Knowledge; Information as a Resource / Commodity; Role of
Information in Socio-Economic Development; Information Society, Knowledge
Society; Knowledge Management; Information Generation, Collection, Storage and
Dissemination; Communication -Channels, Barriers; National Knowledge
Commission; Intellectual Property Rights; Copyright; Right to Information Act
Unit-3: Information Sources
Source of information-Primary , Secondary and Tertiary;Documentary and Non-
documentary; Reference Sources- Dictionaries; Encyclopaedias; Geographical
Sources; Biographical Sources; Year Books / Almanacs, Directories and Handbooks;
Statistical sources; Bibliographies, Union Catalogues, Indexing and Abstracting
Periodicals; Serial Publications; E-Documents - e-Books; E-Journals; Databases-
Bibliographic; Numeric; and Full text
Unit-4: Information Services
Information services- Bibliographic services, Indexing and Abstracting services,
CAS, SDI, Document Delivery Services, Referral services; Online Services; User
Education and User Studies; Information. Seeking Behaviour and Information
Needs; Information Literacy.
Unit-5: Information Processing (Classification and Cataloguing)
Organization of knowledge/information; Modes of formation of subjects; Library
classification-Canons, Laws and Principles; Notation & Mnemonics; Fundamental
categories; Call Number; Common isolates; Library classification Schemes-DDC,
UDC, and CC; Library Cataloguing-Canons, Laws and Principles; Library cataloguing
codes-CCC and AACR-II; Bibliographic standards: ISBD, MARC and CCF; Indexing-
Pre-Coordinate , Post-Coordinate; Vocabulary control - Thesaurus, Lists of Subjects
Headings; Information Storage & Retrieval (ISAR): Search Strategies; Boolean
Operators; Evaluation of ISAR
Unit-6: Library Management
Management-Principles, Functions, Schools of Thought; Organizational Structure;
Planning ; Decisionmaking; System study-Analysis, evaluation and design;
Collection Development (Books Serials, nonbook, Material)- Principles of book
selection; acquisition procedures; ISBN, ISSN; Maintenance; Preservation &
Conservation; Human Resources Management; Financial Management-Resources
generation, Budgeting, Cost and Cost-Benefit analysis; PERT, CPM; Library
Buildings, equipment & furniture; Marketing information products and services; Total
Quality Management (TQM)
Unit-7: Fundamentals of Information Technology
Information Technology –Software and Hardware; storage devices; Software –
Operating Systems ; Application Software; Client-Server Technology; Different types
of Servers.; Communication Technology – Telecommunications; Modem; Router; Wi
Fi; Transmission Media; Networking Concepts – Topologies- LAN, MAN, WAN;
Communication Tools and Techniques – Fax, E-mail, Tele Conferencing, Video
Conferencing, Voice Mail. Hyper Text and Hyper Media. List Serve / Electronic
groups.; Standards; Protocols and Formats; Interoperability. ; Internet Basics –
WWW; Web Browsers; Search Engines; Internet Connectivity; Data Security-
Computer Viruses.

Unit-8: Library Automation And Networks

Library Automation -Areas of Automation; Hardware and Software selection; OPAC;
Resource Sharing and Library Networks-ERNET, NICNET, DELNET, INFLIBNET;
OCLC; Library Consortia; Information systems- INIS, AGRIS, PUBMED, INSPEC;
Software for Library Automation.
Unit-9: Digital Libraries
Digital Library Initiatives; Digitization – Software & hardware; Standards; File
formats; Metadata; Digital Collection Management – e-books; e-journals; Databases;
Electronic Thesis & Dissertations; Resource Discovery – Search engines; search
tools & techniques; Digital Rights Management, copyright & plagiarism
Unit-10: Research Methodology
Types of Research; Scientific Method; Hypothesis , Data Collection; Sampling
techniques; Methods of Research-Historical , Case Study, Survey, experimental
method etc.; Data Analysis & Interpretation; Report Writing; Bibliometrics,
Scientometrics and Webometrics.