CURRICULUM

OF

LIBRARY & INFORMATION

SCIENCE
FOR

BS 4-Year Program

(2009)

EDUCATION

HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION

ISLAMABAD
 CURRICULUM DIVISION, HEC

Dr. Syed Sohail H. Naqvi Executive Director

Prof. Dr. Altaf Ali G. Shaikh Member (Acad)

Miss Ghayyur Fatima Director (Curri)

Mr. M. Tahir Ali Shah Deputy Director (Curri)

Mr. Shafiullah Deputy Director

Composed by: Ms. Pakeeza Yousuf, HEC, Islamabad

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 CONTENTS

1. Introduction 6

2. Standardized Template for BS 4-year 12

Degree programme
3. Layout for BS Library & Information Science 13

4. Scheme of Studies for 4-year BS in Library 14

& Information Science

5. Details of Compulsory Courses 16

6. Details of Foundation Courses 28

7. Details of Major Courses 37

8. Details of Elective Courses 46

9. Recommendations 61

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 PREFACE
Curriculum of a subject is said to be the throbbing pulse of a nation. By looking at
the curriculum one can judge the state of intellectual development and the state of
progress of the nation. The world has turned into a global village; new ideas and
information are pouring in like a stream. It is, therefore, imperative to update our
curricula regularly by introducing the recent developments in the relevant fields of
knowledge.

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Federal

Supervision of Curricula Textbooks and Maintenance of Standards of Education Act
1976, the Federal Government vide notification No. D773/76-JEA (cur.), dated
December 4th 1976, appointed the University Grants Commission as the competent
authority to look after the curriculum revision work beyond class XII at the bachelor
level and onwards to all degrees, certificates and diplomas awarded by degree
colleges, universities and other institutions of higher education.

In pursuance of the above decisions and directives, the Higher Education

Commission (HEC) is continually performing curriculum revision in collaboration
with universities. According to the decision of the special meeting of Vice-
Chancellor’s Committee, the curriculum of a subject must be reviewed after every 3
years.

A committee of experts comprising of conveners from the National Curriculum

Revision of HEC in Basic, Applied Social Sciences and Engineering disciplines met
in April 2007 and developed a unified template to standardize degree programs in
the country to bring the national curriculum at par with international standards, and
to fulfill the needs of the local industries. It also aimed to give a basic, broad based
knowledge to the students to ensure the quality of education. The new Bachelor
(BS) degree shall be of 4 years duration, and will require the completion of 130-136
credit hours. For those social sciences and basic sciences degrees, 63.50% of the
curriculum will consist of discipline specific courses, and 36.50% will consist of
compulsory courses and general courses offered through other departments.

For the purpose of curriculum revision various committees are constituted at the
national level, comprising of senior teachers nominated by universities, degree
awarding institutions, R&D organizations, respective accreditation councils and
stake holders. The National Curriculum Revision Committee for Library &
Information Science in a meeting held on April 16-18, 2009 at HEC Regional
Centre, Karachi in continuation of its earlier meeting held on December 29-31, 2008
at HEC Regional Center, Lahore, revised the curriculum in light of the unified
template. The revised draft curriculum is being circulated for implementation in the
concerned institutions.

PROF. DR.ALTAF ALI G. SHAIKH

Member Academics
4
August 2009

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 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
STAGE-I STAGE-II STAGE-III STAGE-IV

CURRI. UNDER CURRI. IN DRAFT FINAL STAGE FOLLOW UP

CONSIDERATION STAGE

COLLECTION OF
EXP
NOMINATION APPRAISAL OF 1ST PREP. OF FINAL QUESTIONNAIRE
UNI, R&D, DRAFT BY EXP CURRI.
INDUSTRY &
COUNCILS

CONS. OF NCRC. FINALIZATION OF COMMENTS

DRAFT BY NCRC
PRINTING OF
CURRI.

PREP. OF DRAFT REVIEW

BY NCRC
IMPLE. OF
CURRI.

Abbreviations Used:
NCRC. National Curriculum Revision Committee
VCC. Vice-Chancellor’s Committee
ORIENTATION BACK TO
EXP. Experts COURSES BY STAGE-I
LI, HEC
COL. Colleges
UNI. Universities
PREP. Preparation
REC. Recommendations
LI Learning Innovation
R&D Research & Development Organization
HEC Higher Education Commission

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 INTRODUCTION

The final National Curriculum Revision Committee’s meeting for the

discipline of Library & Information Science was held from April 16-18, 2009 at
HEC Regional Centre, Karachi. The preliminary meeting for the same was
held from December 29-31, 2008 at HEC Regional Centre, Lahore. The
committee reviewed/revised the existing curriculum in Library & Information
Science in the light of the HEC unified framework/template for integrated
curriculum in the basic, social, applied and natural sciences. Mostly
participants for both the meetings were same except Dr. Rubina Bhatti, Dr.
Raees Ahmad Samdani, Mr. Muhammad Ramzan & Mr. Anwar Shoaib who
were specially invited for 2nd round of the meeting.
The meeting was chaired by Prof. Malahat Kaleem Sherwani with the
Secretary Mr. Hamid Rahman.
Meeting started with the recitation of Holy Quran at 9:00 AM. The
formal inauguration took place after the recitation and was declared open by
the zonal chief at HEC sub office Karachi.
The Secretary read out the minutes of the previous meeting before the
August house which unanimously got approved.
The coordinator Ms. Ghayyur Fatima briefed the house and explained
the agenda already circulated in advance to all the members.
In the formal session house reviewed all the expected flaws could be
seen in the forthcoming syllabus. House discussed the scheme of study in
detail and laid down the objectives of the different courses which were left
over in the previous meeting of Lahore.
Discussion started with compulsory courses bearing weightage of 25
credit hours and made it final that there would be no choice in the compulsory
courses.
Next it came the turn to discuss the general courses to be chosen from
other departments with the weightage of 25 credit hours. Among the huge list
of subjects suggested it curtailed down to seven courses which were thought
most important for the students of Library & Information Science. Every
course was discussed in detail and then made it final to place for the
approval from the competent authority.
After the general courses next day discussion opened with the
foundation courses and after deliberate discussion the house agreed upon to
stay with ten foundation courses with 30 credit hours of wightage. Each
member had a long list of literature/ reading material and it was difficult to
select the most appropriate one. After thorough and mutual discussion it is
agreed upon that recent published books and journals will be recommended.
Web based literature from different popular sites was also recommended.
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 On 3rd day major course composition was brought to the discussion.
There were altogether 12 major courses got approved with 43 credit hours of
justification and which with little changes made final.
The remaining elective subject were discussed in the last phase of the
meeting and unanimously approved. With these the house put forward the
recommendations for consideration to the HEC after which meeting got
adjourned with the vote of thanks from the coordinator.
The following participants attended the preliminary and final meeting.
Sr. Name
1. Prof. Malahat Kaleem Sherwani Convener
Chairperson,
Dept of Lib. Information Science,
Karachi University
Karachi.
2. Ch. Yaqub Ali, Member
The Chief Librarian
International Islamic University,
Islamabad
3. Ch. Muhammad Nazir, Member
The Director General,
National Library of Pakistan,
Ministry of Education,
Islamabad.
4. Ms. Gulnaz Akhtar, Member
Librarian,
Fatima Jinnah Women University,
The Mall, Rawalpindi
5. Dr. Khalid Mahmood, Member
Chairman
Deptt of Library & Information Science
University of the Punjab
Lahore
6. Dr. Kanwal Ameen, Member
Associate Professor,
Deptt of Library & Information Science
University of the Punjab
Lahore
7. Manzoor Ahmad Khan Anjum, Member
Chief Librarian,
University of Faisalabad,
Sargodha Road,
Faisalabad
8. Mian Muhyammad Aslam Bhatti, Member
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Sr. Name
Associate Professor,
Department of Library Science,
University of Sargodha,
Sargodha
9. Prof. Dr. M. Fazil Khan, Member
Department of Library Science,
University of Sargodha,
Sargodha
10. Dr. Muhammad Ramzan Member
Chief Librarian
Lahore University of Management Sciences
(LUMS), Lahore.
11. Dr. Khadija Ansar, Member
Professor,
Deptt of Library
University of Sindh
Jamshoro
12. Dr. Sheerin Gul, Member
Assistant Professor,
Deptt of Library
University of Sindh
Jamshoro.
13. Mrs. Azra Qureshi Member
Chief Librarian,
Health Science Library
Agha Khan University
Karachi
14. Mr. Muhammad Shoaib, Member
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Science,
Karachi University
Karachi
15. Mr. Khurshid Akhtar Ansari, Member
Chairmen,
Dept of Lib. & Information Science
University of Balochistan,
Quetta
16. Mr. Hassan Zadi Member
Project Coordinator
Digital Library
Higher Education Commission
Islamabad
17. Dr. Robina Bhatti Member
Deptt. Of Library and Information Sciences
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 Sr. Name
Islamia University
Bahawalpur
18. Syed Ghyour Hussain, Member
Research Officer,
Department of Libraries,
Ministry of Education, G-5,
Islamabad
19. Mr.Hamid-ur-Rahman, Secretary
Chairman
Dept. of Lib. & Information Science
University of Peshawar,
Peshawar
Minutes of the 1st Meeting
Meeting started with the recitation of Holy Qu ran by Mr. Bashir Ahmad
zonal head of the regional office HEC Lahore.
Experts from all over the country were invited to participate and benefit
the committee with their valuable thoughts.
Delegates from University of Karachi, Balochistan, Bahawalpur, and
Sargodha could not participate due to uncertain weather condition somehow
following experts participated in the meeting:-
1. Ms. Azra Qureshi Agha Khan University Karachi
2. Ms. Shireen Gul Somroo University of Sindh Jamshoro ( in
chair)
3. Ms. Khadija Ansari University of Sindh Jamshoro
4. Dr. Kanwal Amin University of the Punjab Lahore
5. Dr. Khalid Mahmood University of the Punjab Lahore
6. Mr. Manzoor Anjum University of Faisal Abad
7. Ch. Muhammad Nazir D.G National Library Islamabad
8. Syed Ghayour Hussain Asst. Director National Library
Islamabad
9. Ms. Gul Naz Akhtar Fatima Jinnah University Islamabad
10. Ch. Muhammad Yaqoob International Islamic University
Islamabad
11. Hamid Rahman Chairman Library School, University of
Peshawar (Secretary)
12. Mr. Hassan Zaidi H.E.C. Digital Library Coordinator,
Islamabad
13. Ms. Ghayyur Fatima Coordinator, Library Science
Curriculum, HEC, Islamabad

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 Meeting started a bit late due to late arrival of a few delegates from
Karachi whose flights were cancelled due to fog & uncertain weather.
Following the agenda and layout fixed for meeting, discussion started with
compulsory courses. The house discussed the feasibility of B.S four year
programme with eight semesters to which house agreed upon. House
unanimously decided to proceed from general courses to specific and
recommended general courses of English, Pakistan Studies and Islamyat
with little introduction of Library & Information Studies at the initial level.
After a through and deliberate discussion experts recommended 25
credit Hours for compulsory courses with the recommendation of Basic
Statistics and English IV seminar based oral presentation to replace the
“university’s own choice” option.
As a result of brain storming more than 30 disciplines were pinpointed
to include in general courses. But keeping in view the credit limits, house
short listed with one compulsory course of personality development with
leaving the option of six general courses out of a huge list of sixteen
disciplines.
After pray and lunch break experts met again and start taking input
from the participants for the construction of foundation courses. Basic
requirements for eight semesters, provided were nine to ten courses with 30-
33 credit hours. Committee selected most important courses for the
foundation segment. The day 1st activity concluded with the session, leaving
rest of the task for next day.
Day II Activity:-
The house again met on December 30, 2008 at 9:00 AM at HEC’s
conference hall and got feed back from the specialists to formulate the major
courses for B.S four year programme.
Keeping in view the previous curricula, committee after a thorough
deliberation agreed upon 12 major courses with 41 credit hours. A few new
courses e.g. information literacy etc were new inductions.
After lunch time a huge list of elective subjects was brought forward.
As elective courses are discretionary and by choice, a verity of courses from
the Library & Information Science discipline were discussed and left open for
the library school to offer.
Day III Activity:-
Participant after having got the courses for all templates made
reshuffling. Switching over a few courses from general to foundation and
foundation to major and major to elective courses were discussed & done in
order to fix the priorities & feasibility.

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 Course contents for newly introduced courses were also finalized.
Discussing about the literature (Books etc) and other sources were put
forward & recommended the latest editions for syllabus.
House after the lunch break went through the recommendation and
suggested to extend its request to HEC for teachers training programme at
national and international level, books/periodicals, computers and
accreditation issues.
House also showed its concern about the mushroom growth of library
school in the country and recommended for check and balance of such sub
standard programmes.
House finally came up with the vote of thanks by the chair and
secretary of the session.
The preliminary draft was recommended to circulate among the
experts who could not attend the meeting and will meet again in the second
meeting to finalize the tasks given.

HAMID REHMAN
SECRETARY

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 LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE IN BS (4-YEAR)
STRUCTURE

No. of Credit
Sr. Categories
courses Hours
1. Compulsory requirement (No Choice) 9 25
2. General courses to be chosen from 7 21
other departments
3. Discipline specific foundation courses 10 30
4. Major courses including research 12 43
project / internship
5. Electives within the major 4 12
Total 42 131

 Total numbers of credit hours 131

 Duration 4 years
 Semester duration 16-18 weeks
 Semesters 8
 Course load per semester 15-18 Cr hr
 Number of courses per semester 4-6

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PROGRAM LAYOUT
Compulsory Requirements General Courses to be chosen from Discipline Specific
(the student has no choice) other departments Foundation Courses
9 courses 7 courses 10 courses
25 Credit hours 21 Cr. Hours 30 Credit hours
Subject Cr. hr Subject Cr. Subject Cr.
hr hr
1. English I 3 1. Personality Development 3 1. Information, Library & 3
(Functional) 3 Six out of the Following Society
2. English II 1. Education 2. Evolution of Libraries 3
(Communication 3 2. Psychology 3 and Information 3
Skill) 3. Sociology 3 Sources
3. English III 4. Logic & Critical Thinking 3 3. User Services in 3
(Technical Writing 3 5. Languages (other than Urdu and 3 Libraries
and Presentation English) 3 4. Use of Emerging 3
Skills) 6. Cultural and Heritage Studies Technologies in Library
4. English – IV 2 7. Law 3 5. Organization of 3
(Seminar Based 2 8. Literature Studies Information
Oral 3 9. Professional Ethics 3 6. Basic Reference 3
Communication 3 10. Economics 3 Sources
Skills) 3 11. Art Appreciation 3 7. Management of Library 3
5. Pakistan Studies 12. Geography 3 & Information Services 3
6. Islamic Studies / 13. Archeology 3 8. Introduction to 3
Ethics 14. General Science 3 Publishing and Book
7. Mathematics 15. Communication Studies 3 Trade
8. Basic Statistics 16. Gender Studies 3 9. Research Methodology
9. Introduction to 17. Entrepreneurship 3 10. Collection Development
Compute 3 & Management
(any other course offered by the 10. Introduction to
University) Publishing and Book
Trade

25 21 30

Major courses including research

Elective Courses within the major
project/internship
12 courses 4 courses
43 Credit hours 12 Credit Hours
Subject Cr. Hr Subject Cr.
hr
1. Applied Classification 3+1 Any four of the following
2. Applied Cataloguing 3+1 1. Digital Libraries 3
3. Resource Sharing and Networking 3 2. Media Librarianship 3
4. Quantitative Research Methods 3 3. Data Base Design & Management 3
5. Qualitative Research Methods 3 4. Web Development 3
6. Library & Information Services in 3 5. Knowledge Management 3
Pakistan 3+1 6. Human Resource Management 3
7. Indexing and Abstracting 3 7. Financial Management 3
8. Library Automation Systems 3 8. Archives & Records Management 3
9. Marketing of Library and Information 3+1 9. Intellectual Property Rights 3
Services 10. Bibliographic Control 3
10. Information Storage and Retrieval 3 11. Project Management 3
11. Information Literacy 6 12. Preservation & Conservation of Library Material 3
12. Research Project / Internship 13. Serial Management 3
14. Information Sources on Islam and Pakistan 3
15. Information Sources on Business & Industry 3
16. Information Sources on Health Sciences 3
17. Information Sources on Humanities and Social 3
Sciences
18. Information Sources on Science & Technology 3
19. Information Sources on Law 3
20. Information Sources on Agriculture 3
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 SCHEME OF STUDIES
Semester Name of Subject Credits
First ENGLISH-I 3
PAKISTAN STUDIES 2
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER 3
GENERAL-I 3
GENERAL-II 3
Information, Library & Society 3
(FOUNDATION-I)
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Second ENGLISH-II 3
ISLAMIC STUDIES / ETHICS 2
MATHEMATICS 3
GENERAL-III 3
GENERAL-IV 3
Evolution of Libraries & Information 3
Sources
(FOUNDATION-II )
17
Third ENGLISH-III 3
BASIC STATISTICS 3
GENERAL-V 3
GENERAL-VI 3
User Services in Libraries 3
(FOUNDATION-III )
15
Fourth ENGLISH-IV (Seminar Based Oral 3
Communication Skills)
GENERAL-VII 3
Use of Emerging Technologies in 3
Library (FOUNDATION-IV)
Organization of Information 3
(FOUNDATION-V )
Basic Reference Sources 3
(FOUNDATION-VI )
15
Fifth Management of Library & Information 3
Services
(FOUNDATION-VII )
Introduction to Publishing and Book 3
Trade (FOUNDATION-VIII )

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 Applied Classification 3+1
(MAJOR-I )
Research Methodology 3
(MAJOR-II)
Marketing of Library and Information 3
Services
(MAJOR-III)
16
Sixth Quantitative Research Methods 3
(FOUNDATION-IX )
Collection Development & 3
Management
(FOUNDATION-X )
Applied Cataloguing 3+1
(MAJOR-IV)
Library Automation Systems 3+1
(MAJOR-V)
Information Literacy (MAJOR-XI) 3
17
Seventh Library & Information Services in 3
Pakistan
(MAJOR-VII )
Indexing and Abstracting 3
(MAJOR-VIII)
Resource Sharing and Networking 3
(MAJOR-IX)
ELECTIVE-I 3
ELECTIVE-II 3
3
Qualitative Research Methods 18
(MAJOR-VI)
Eight Information Storage and Retrieval 3+1
(MAJOR-X)
3
ELECTIVE-III 3
ELECTIVE-IV 3
RESEARCH PROJ/INTERNSHIP 3
(Major XII)RESEARCH PROJ / 3
INTERNSHIP (Major XII)
16
TOTAL 131

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 COMPULSORY COURSES
COMPULSORY COURSES IN ENGLISH FOR BS
(4 YEAR) IN BASIC & SOCIAL SCIENCES

ENGLISH I
(Functional English)

Objectives: Enhance language skills and develop critical thinking.

Course Contents
Basics of Grammar
Parts of speech and use of articles
Sentence structure, active and passive voice
Practice in unified sentence
Analysis of phrase, clause and sentence structure
Transitive and intransitive verbs
Punctuation and spelling
Comprehension
Answers to questions on a given text
Discussion
General topics and every-day conversation (topics for discussion to be
at the discretion of the teacher keeping in view the level of students)
Listening
To be improved by showing documentaries/films carefully selected by
subject teachers

Translation skills
Urdu to English
Paragraph writing
Topics to be chosen at the discretion of the teacher
Presentation skills
Introduction
Note: Extensive reading is required for vocabulary building
Recommended books:
1. Functional English
a) Grammar

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 1. Practical English Grammar by A.J. Thomson and A.V. Martinet.
Exercises 1. Third edition. Oxford University Press. 1997. ISBN
0194313492
2. Practical English Grammar by A.J. Thomson and A.V. Martinet.
Exercises 2. Third edition. Oxford University Press. 1997. ISBN
0194313506
b) Writing
1. Writing. Intermediate by Marie-Christine Boutin, Suzanne Brinand
and Francoise Grellet. Oxford Supplementary Skills. Fourth
Impression 1993. ISBN 0 19 435405 7 Pages 20-27 and 35-41.

c) Reading/Comprehension
1. Reading. Upper Intermediate. Brain Tomlinson and Rod Ellis. Oxford
Supplementary Skills. Third Impression 1992. ISBN 0 19 453402 2.

d) Speaking

ENGLISH II
(Communication Skills)

Objectives: Enable the students to meet their real life communication

needs.

Course Contents

Paragraph writing
Practice in writing a good, unified and coherent paragraph

Essay writing
Introduction

CV and job application

Translation skills
Urdu to English

Study skills
Skimming and scanning, intensive and extensive, and speed reading,
summary and précis writing and comprehension

Academic skills
Letter/memo writing, minutes of meetings, use of library and internet

Presentation skills
Personality development (emphasis on content, style and
pronunciation)
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Note: documentaries to be shown for discussion and review

Recommended books:
A. Communication Skills
a) Grammar
1. Practical English Grammar by A.J. Thomson and A.V. Martinet.
Exercises 2. Third edition. Oxford University Press 1986.
ISBN 0 19 431350 6.

b) Writing
2. Writing. Intermediate by Marie-Chrisitine Boutin, Suzanne
Brinand and Francoise Grellet. Oxford Supplementary Skills.
Fourth Impression 1993. ISBN 019 435405 7 Pages 45-53 (note
taking).
3. Writing. Upper-Intermediate by Rob Nolasco. Oxford
Supplementary Skills. Fourth Impression 1992. (particularly good
for writing memos, introduction to presentations, descriptive and
argumentative writing).ISBN 0 19 435406 5

c) Reading
1. Reading. Advanced. Brian Tomlinson and Rod Ellis. Oxford
Supplementary Skills. 3rd Impression 1991. ISBN 0 19 453403 0.
2. Reading and Study Skills by John Langan
4. Study Skills by Riachard Yorky.

ENGLISH III
(Technical Writing and Presentation Skills)

Objectives: Enhance language skills and develop critical thinking

Course Contents
Presentation skills
Essay writing
Descriptive, narrative, discursive, argumentative
Academic writing
How to write a proposal for research paper/term paper
How to write a research paper/term paper (emphasis on style, content,
language, form, clarity, consistency)

Technical Report writing

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 Progress report writing

Note: Extensive reading is required for vocabulary building

Recommended books:

Technical Writing and Presentation Skills

a) Essay Writing and Academic Writing

1. Writing. Advanced by Ron White. Oxford Supplementary
Skills. Third Impression 1992. ISBN 0 19 435407 3
(particularly suitable for discursive, descriptive,
argumentative and report writing).

2. College Writing Skills by John Langan. Mc=Graw-Hill

Higher Education. 2004.
3. Patterns of College Writing (4th edition) by Laurie G.
Kirszner and Stephen R. Mandell. St. Martin’s Press.

b) Presentation Skills
c) Reading
The Mercury Reader. A Custom Publication. Compiled by
norther Illinois University. General Editiors: Janice Neulib;
Kathleen Shine Cain; Stephen Ruffus and Maurice Scharton. (A
reader which will give students exposure to the best of twentieth
century literature, without taxing the taste of engineering
students).

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 PAKISTAN STUDIES
(Compulsory)

Introduction/Objectives

 Develop vision of historical perspective, government, politics,

contemporary Pakistan, ideological background of Pakistan.
 Study the process of governance, national development, issues arising
in the modern age and posing challenges to Pakistan.
Course Outline
1. Historical Perspective
a. Ideological rationale with special reference to Sir Syed Ahmed
Khan, Allama Muhammad Iqbal and Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali
Jinnah.
b. Factors leading to Muslim separatism
c. People and Land
i. Indus Civilization
ii. Muslim advent
iii. Location and geo-physical features.
2. Government and Politics in Pakistan
Political and constitutional phases:
a. 1947-58
b. 1958-71
c. 1971-77
d. 1977-88
e. 1988-99
f. 1999 onward
3. Contemporary Pakistan
a. Economic institutions and issues
b. Society and social structure
c. Ethnicity
d. Foreign policy of Pakistan and challenges
e. Futuristic outlook of Pakistan
Recommended Books
1. Burki, Shahid Javed. State & Society in Pakistan, The Macmillan Press
Ltd 1980.
2. Akbar, S. Zaidi. Issue in Pakistan’s Economy. Karachi: Oxford
University Press, 2000.
3. S.M. Burke and Lawrence Ziring. Pakistan’s Foreign policy: An
Historical analysis. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1993.
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4. Mehmood, Safdar. Pakistan Political Roots & Development. Lahore,
1994.
5. Wilcox, Wayne.The Emergence of Banglades., Washington: American
Enterprise, Institute of Public Policy Research, 1972.
6. Mehmood, Safdar. Pakistan Kayyun Toota, Lahore: Idara-e-Saqafat-e-
Islamia, Club Road, nd.
7. Amin, Tahir. Ethno - National Movement in Pakistan, Islamabad:
Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad.
8. Ziring, Lawrence. Enigma of Political Development. Kent England:
WmDawson & sons Ltd, 1980.
9. Zahid, Ansar. History & Culture of Sindh. Karachi: Royal Book
Company, 1980.
10. Afzal, M. Rafique. Political Parties in Pakistan, Vol. I, II & III.
Islamabad: National Institute of Historical and cultural Research, 1998.
11. Sayeed, Khalid Bin. The Political System of Pakistan. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, 1967.
12. Aziz, K.K. Party, Politics in Pakistan, Islamabad: National Commission
on Historical and Cultural Research, 1976.
13. Muhammad Waseem, Pakistan Under Martial Law, Lahore: Vanguard,
1987.
14. Haq, Noor ul. Making of Pakistan: The Military Perspective. Islamabad:
National Commission on Historical and Cultural Research, 1993.

ISLAMIC STUDIES
(Compulsory)
Objectives:

This course is aimed at:

1 To provide Basic information about Islamic Studies
2 To enhance understanding of the students regarding Islamic Civilization
3 To improve Students skill to perform prayers and other worships
4 To enhance the skill of the students for understanding of issues related to
faith and religious life.

Detail of Courses
Introduction to Quranic Studies
1) Basic Concepts of Quran
2) History of Quran
3) Uloom-ul -Quran

Study of Selected Text of Holly Quran

1) Verses of Surah Al-Baqra Related to Faith (Verse No-284-286)

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 2) Verses of Surah Al-Hujrat Related to Adab Al-Nabi
(Verse No-1-18)
3) Verses of Surah Al-Mumanoon Related to Characteristics of faithful
(Verse No-1-11)
4) Verses of Surah al-Furqan Related to Social Ethics (Verse No.63-77)
5) Verses of Surah Al-Inam Related to Ihkam(Verse No-152-154)

Study of Selected Text of Holly Quran

1) Verses of Surah Al-Ihzab Related to Adab al-Nabi (Verse

No.6,21,40,56,57,58.)
2) Verses of Surah Al-Hashar (18,19,20) Related to thinking, Day of
Judgment
3) Verses of Surah Al-Saf Related to Tafakar,Tadabar (Verse No-1,14)

Seerat of Holy Prophet (S.A.W)

1) Life of Muhammad Bin Abdullah ( Before Prophet Hood)

2) Life of Holy Prophet (S.A.W) in Makkah
3) Important Lessons Derived from the life of Holy Prophet in
Makkah

Seerat of Holy Prophet (S.A.W) II

1) Life of Holy Prophet (S.A.W) in Madina
2) Important Events of Life Holy Prophet in Madina
3) Important Lessons Derived from the life of Holy Prophet in
Madina

Introduction To Sunnah
1) Basic Concepts of Hadith
2) History of Hadith
3) Kinds of Hadith
4) Uloom –ul-Hadith
5) Sunnah & Hadith
6) Legal Position of Sunnah

Selected Study from Text of Hadith

Introduction To Islamic Law & Jurisprudence

1) Basic Concepts of Islamic Law & Jurisprudence
2) History & Importance of Islamic Law & Jurisprudence
3) Sources of Islamic Law & Jurisprudence
4) Nature of Differences in Islamic Law
5) Islam and Sectarianism

Islamic Culture & Civilization

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 1) Basic Concepts of Islamic Culture & Civilization
2) Historical Development of Islamic Culture & Civilization
3) Characteristics of Islamic Culture & Civilization
4) Islamic Culture & Civilization and Contemporary Issues

Islam & Science

1) Basic Concepts of Islam & Science
2) Contributions of Muslims in the Development of Science
3) Quranic & Science

Islamic Economic System

1) Basic Concepts of Islamic Economic System
2) Means of Distribution of wealth in Islamic Economics
3) Islamic Concept of Riba
4) Islamic Ways of Trade & Commerce

Political System of Islam

1) Basic Concepts of Islamic Political System
2) Islamic Concept of Sovereignty
3) Basic Institutions of Govt. in Islam

Islamic History
1) Period of Khlaft-E-Rashida
2) Period of Ummayyads
3) Period of Abbasids

Social System of Islam

1) Basic Concepts Of Social System Of Islam
2) Elements Of Family
3) Ethical Values Of Islam

Reference Books:
1) Hameed ullah Muhammad, “Emergence of Islam” , IRI,
Islamabad
2) Hameed ullah Muhammad, “Muslim Conduct of State”
3) Hameed ullah Muhammad, ‘Introduction to Islam
4) Mulana Muhammad Yousaf Islahi,”
5) Hussain Hamid Hassan, u leaf Publication Islamabad, Pakistan.
6) Ahmad Hasan, “Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence” Islamic Research
Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad (1993)
7) Mir Waliullah, “Muslim Jrisprudence and the Quranic Law of Crimes”
Islamic Book Service (1982)
8) H.S. Bhatia, “Studies in Islamic Law, Religion and Society” Deep & Deep
Publications New Delhi (1989)
9) Dr. Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, “Introduction to Al Sharia Al Islamia” Allama
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Note: One course will be selected from the following six courses of
Mathematics.

COMPULSORY MATHEMATICS

COURSE FOR NON-MATHEMATICS MAJORS IN SOCIAL

SCIENCES

Title of subject: MATHEMATICS

Discipline : BS (Social Sciences).
Pre-requisites : SSC (Metric) level Mathematics
Credit Hours : 03 + 00
Minimum Contact Hours : 40
Assessment : written examination;
Effective : 2008 and onward

Aims : To give the basic knowledge of Mathematics and prepare

the students not majoring in mathematics.

Objectives : After completion of this course the student should be able

to:
 Understand the use of the essential tools of basic
mathematics;
 Apply the concepts and the techniques in their respective
disciplines;
 Model the effects non-isothermal problems through
different domains;

Contents :

1. Algebra : Preliminaries: Real and complex numbers,

Introduction to sets, set operations, functions, types of
functions. Matrices: Introduction to matrices, types of
matrices, inverse of matrices, determinants, system of linear
equations, Cramer’s rule. Quadratic equations: Solution of
quadratic equations, nature of roots of quadratic equations,
equations reducible to quadratic equations. Sequence and
Series: Arithmetic, geometric and harmonic progressions.
Permutation and combinations: Introduction to permutation
and combinations, Binomial Theorem: Introduction to binomial
theorem. Trigonometry: Fundamentals of trigonometry,
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 trigonometric identities. Graphs: Graph of straight line, circle
and trigonometric functions.
2. Statistics : Introduction: Meaning and definition of
statistics, relationship of statistics with social science,
characteristics of statistics, limitations of statistics and main
division of statistics. Frequency distribution: Organisation of
data, array, ungrouped and grouped data, types of frequency
series, individual, discrete and continuous series, tally sheet
method, graphic presentation of the frequency distribution,
bar frequency diagram histogram, frequency polygon,
cumulative frequency curve. Measures of central tendency:
Mean medium and modes, quartiles, deciles and percentiles.
Measures of dispersion: Range, inter quartile deviation mean
deviation, standard deviation, variance, moments, skewness
and kurtosis.

Books Recommended:
1. Swokowski. E. W., ‘Fundamentals of Algebra and Trigonometry’,
Latest Edition.
2. Kaufmann. J. E., ‘College Algebra and Trigonometry’, PWS-Kent
Company, Boston, Latest Edition.
3. Walpole, R. E., ‘Introduction of Statistics’, Prentice Hall, Latest
Edition.
4. Wilcox, R. R., ‘Statistics for The Social Sciences’,

INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS
Credit hrs: 3(3-0)
Unit 1. What is Statistics?
Definition of Statistics, Population, sample Descriptive and inferential
Statistics, Observations, Data, Discrete and continuous variables,
Errors of measurement, Significant digits, Rounding of a Number,
Collection of primary and secondary data, Sources, Editing of Data.
Exercises.

Unit 2. Presentation of Data

Introduction, basic principles of classification and Tabulation,
Constructing of a frequency distribution, Relative and Cumulative
frequency distribution, Diagrams, Graphs and their Construction, Bar
charts, Pie chart, Histogram, Frequency polygon and Frequency curve,

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 Cumulative Frequency Polygon or Ogive, Historigram, Ogive for
Discrete Variable. Types of frequency curves. Exercises.

Unit 3. Measures of Central Tendency

Introduction, Different types of Averages, Quantiles, The Mode,
Empirical Relation between Mean, Median and mode, Relative Merits
and Demerits of various Averages. properties of Good Average, Box
and Whisker Plot, Stem and Leaf Display, definition of outliers and their
detection. Exercises.

Unit 4. Measures of Dispersion

Introduction, Absolute and relative measures, Range, The semi-Inter-
quartile Range, The Mean Deviation, The Variance and standard
deviation, Change of origin and scale, Interpretation of the standard
Deviation, Coefficient of variation, Properties of variance and standard
Deviation, Standardized variables, Moments and Moments ratios.
Exercises.

Unit 5. Probability and Probability Distributions.

Discrete and continuous distributions: Binomial, Poisson and Normal
Distribution. Exercises

Unit 6. Sampling and Sampling Distributions

Introduction, sample design and sampling frame, bias, sampling and
non sampling errors, sampling with and without replacement,
probability and non-probability sampling, Sampling distributions for
single mean and proportion, Difference of means and proportions.
Exercises.
Unit 7. Hypothesis Testing
Introduction, Statistical problem, null and alternative hypothesis, Type-I
and Type-II errors, level of significance, Test statistics, acceptance and
rejection regions, general procedure for testing of hypothesis.
Exercises.

Unit 8. Testing of Hypothesis- Single Population

Introduction, Testing of hypothesis and confidence interval about the
population mean and proportion for small and large samples, Exercises

Unit 9. Testing of Hypotheses-Two or more Populations

Introduction, Testing of hypothesis and confidence intervals about the
difference of population means and proportions for small and large
samples, Analysis of Variance and ANOVA Table. Exercises

Unit 10. Testing of Hypothesis-Independece of Attributes

Introduction, Contingency Tables, Testing of hypothesis about the
Independence of attributes. Exercises.
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Unit 11. Regression and Correlation
Introduction, cause and effect relationships, examples, simple linear
regression, estimation of parameters and their interpretation. r and R2.
Correlation. Coefficient of linear correlation, its estimation and
interpretation. Multiple regression and interpretation of its parameters.
Examples

Recommended Books
1 Walpole, R. E. 1982. “Introduction to Statistics”, 3 rd Ed., Macmillan
Publishing Co., Inc. New York.
2 Muhammad, F. 2005. “Statistical Methods and Data Analysis”, Kitab
Markaz, Bhawana Bazar Faisalabad.

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 FOUNDATION COURSES
INFORMATION, LIBRARY AND SOCIETY
Objectives:
 To explore the environment in which library and information
professionals work.
 To understand social, political and economic context in which libraries
and other information agencies operate.
 To understand the nature of library and information and their role in
society.
Description:
Nature of information and knowledge. Library and Information Profession,
Library and its role in Society. Information society. Communication and
information management. Social information. Economic aspects of
information. Information policy. Freedom of information. Information privacy.
Intellectual property. Information ethics.

Recommended Readings:
1. Chowdhury, G. G., et al. (2007). Librarianship: The complete
introduction. London: Facet.
2. Feather, J. (2008). The information society: A study of continuity and
change. New York: Neal-Schuman.
3. Gerard, D. (1978). Libraries in society. London: Clive Bingley.
4. Himma, K. E. (2007). Information ethics. Bradford: Emerald.
5. Lester, J., & Koehler, W. C. (2007). Fundamentals of information
studies. New York: Neal-Schuman.
6. Rubin, R. (2004). Foundations of library and information science. New
York: Neal-Schuman.
7. Torr, J. D. (2003). The information age: Current controversies. San
Diego: Greenhaven Press.
8. IFLA (2000) Libraries in the information society
9. Crawford, W and Gorman, Micheal(1995). Future Librarians: dreams,
Madness & reality: Chicago. American Library Association.
10. Levy, David(2000). Scrolling Forward: Making sense of documents in
the digital age.New York. Arcade Publishing

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EVOLUTION OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION
SOURCES
Objectives:

 To give an overview of the evolution of libraries and various formats of

information and knowledge resources starting from ancient to present
times
 To develop basic understanding regarding these formats

Description:

Ancient records of knowledge. History of libraries. Evolution of alphabets.

Clay tablets. Parchment. Papyrus roles. Codex. Invention of printing, Books.
Serials--- Journals, Magazines, newspapers. Audio. Visual. Audio-visual.
Multimedia. Microforms. Digital forms--- online, offline.

Recommended Readings:

1. Chappel, W., & Bringhurst, R. (2000). A short history of the printed

word. Point Roberts, WA: Hartley & Marks. 
2. Foot, P. W. R. (1967). The story of communications. Oxford:
Pergamum Press.
3. Kilgour, F. G. (1998). The evolution of the book.  New York, Oxford
University Press.
4. Liu, Z. (2008). Paper to digital: Documents in the information age.
Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited.
5. Wilkie, C. (1999). Managing film and video collections. London: The
Association for Information Management.
6. Muhammad Fazil Khan (1988)Kutub Khanoo Ki Tareekh: Ahd-e-
Qadeem say Ahd-e-Mughliya tak.Multan. Bacon Books.
7. Harris,Micheal Age and Johnson, ElmerP.(1999) History of Libraries in
the western world. 4th ed . Scarcrow Press.N.J.
8. Cassel, Kay Ann and uma Hiremath.Reference & Information Services
in 21st century: An introduction.Neal Schuman

USER SERVICES IN LIBRARIES

Objectives:

 To understand the types and terminology of user services in libraries.

 To develop skills for designing, implementing and evaluating effective
user services.

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Description:

Introduction to user services. Circulation service. Reference and information

services. Referral service. Current awareness service. Selective
Dissemination of Information (SDI). Documentation services. Translation
services. Inter Library Loan (ILL) and Document Delivery. Reprographic
service. User education.

Recommended Book:

1. Bopp, R. E., & Smith, L. C. (2001). Reference and information

services: An introduction. Englewood, Colo: Libraries Unlimited.
2. Evans, G. E. (2008). Introduction to library public services. Westport:
Libraries Unlimited.
3. Janes, J. (2003). Introduction to reference work in the digital age. New
York: Neal-Schuman.
4. Katz, W. A. (2001). Introduction to reference work. New York: McGraw-
Hill.

USE OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN LIBRARY

Objectives:

 To develop a conceptual understanding of information and other

technologies used in libraries.
 To develop practical skills in using library technologies.

Description:

Information and other library technologies. Hardware. Software. Operating

system. Telecommunications and networks. Internet and the WWW, barcode
technology, wireless technology and virtual private network (VPN). Social
networking. Email. Word processing. Spreadsheets. Presentation software.
Desktop publishing. Databases. Library security systems. Tele-lifts.
Digitization hardware and software. Reprographic technology.

Recommended Readings:

1. Burke, J. J. (2006). Library technology companion. New York: Neal-

Schuman.
2. Ferguson, S., & Hebels, R. (2003). Computers for librarians: An
introduction to the electronic library. Wagga Wagga: Centre for
Information Studies, Charles Sturt University.

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 3. Miller, J. B. (2008). Internet technologies and information services.
Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.
4. Morley, D. (2007). Understanding computers: today and tomorrow.
Boston, Mass: Thomson/Course Technology.
5. Rowley, J. (2001). The electronic library. London: Library Association
Publ.
6. Shelly, G. B., Cashman, T. J., & Vermaat, M. (2007). Discovering
computers 2007: A gateway to information. Boston, Mass: Thomson
Course Technology.

ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION

Objectives:

 To introduce theories and trends of bibliographic description and

subject analysis.
 To understand concepts of organization of both print and electronic
information.
 To give and overview of the efforts of information organization in
Pakistan.

Description:

Historical development of the organization of information. Systems for

organization of information: Environments, Storage and Retrieval tools,
Encoding standards, Cataloguing Codes, Current systems. The information
organization process: Surrogate/Metadata records: Description, Access;
Authority control. Subject access: Analysis, Verbal subject approaches,
Classification. Organization and administration: Arrangement, Management
issues. Problems of information organization in Pakistan.

Recommended Readings:

1. Coleman, A. (2004). Guide to selecting and cataloging quality WWW

resources for the small library. Fairfield, CA: LRACCC.
2. Harvey, D. R., Hider, P., & Harvey, D. R. (2004). Organising
knowledge in a global society: Principles and practice in libraries and
information centres. Wagga Wagga, N.S.W.: Centre for Information
Studies, Charles Sturt University.
3. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.
(2002). ISBD(M): International Standard Bibliographic Description.
(2002). Available at: www.ifla.org/VII/s13/pubs/isbd_m0602.pdf

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 4. Rowley, J. E., & Farrow, J. (2000). Organizing knowledge: An
introduction to managing access to information. Aldershot, Hampshire:
Gower.
5. Svenonius, E. (2000). The intellectual foundation of information
organization. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.
6. Taylor, A. G., & Joudrey, D. N. (2008). The organization of information.
Westport, Conn: Libraries Unlimited.
7. Khurshid, Anis (1993) Jadid Catalogue Sazi : Muqtadara Qumi Zaban.
Isala Abad
8. Chan, LLouis Mai.(1994) Cataloguing and Classification: An
introduction. 2nd ed. Mc Graw Hill. New York

BASIC REFERENCE SOURCES

Objectives:

 The primary intent is to acquaint students with basic reference sources

and learn about a few standard titles in each of the basic categories.
 Enable them to retrieve information efficiently using these information
sources. 

Description:

Definition. Evaluation Criteria. Bibliographies-- General bibliographies, Basic

guides to reference materials, Library catalogs; Serials guides; Indexes and
abstracts; HEC NDL; Dictionaries and thesauri; Almanacs and fact books;
Encyclopedias; Directories; Biographical sources; Geographical sources--
Maps, atlases & gazetteers; Reference Web sites; Internet Public Library
(http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref00.00.00). Evaluation

Recommended Readings:

1. Basic reference sources.

http://www.lili.org/forlibs/ce/able/course11/welcome-2.htm
2. Bopp, R. E., & Smith, L. C. (2001). Reference and information services:
An introduction. Englewood, Colo: Libraries Unlimited.
3. Katz, W. A. (2002). Introduction to reference work: Vol. 1, Basic
information services. Boston: McGraw-Hill.

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MANAGEMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION
SERVICES

Objectives:

 To understand functions of management and their underlying

theoretical concepts.
 To understand how these functions can be applied to provide effective
library and information services.

Description:

Basic theories and principles of administration for effective management of

public, academic, and special libraries and information centers, With
emphasis on planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting,
and budgeting. Administrative aspects of public and technical services,
facilities, rules and regulations, evaluation, public relations, inter-agency
cooperation, and change management. Library space management.

Recommended Readings:

1. Evans, G. E., Layzell Ward, P., Rugaas, B., & Evans, G. E. (2007).
Management basics for information professionals. New York: Neal-
Schuman.
2. Massis, B. E. (2003). The practical library manager. New York:
Haworth Press.
3. Stueart, R. D. & Moran, B. B. (2007). Library and information center
management. Greenwood Village, CO: Libraries Unlimited.
4. Sajjad-ur-Rehman(1993). Elm-e-Intezamyat: Taaruf aur kutub khano
par etlaq. University of the Punjab Lahore. PULSAA.

INTRODUCTION TO PUBLISHING AND BOOK TRADE

Objectives:

 To develop understanding of the information industry dynamics

 To develop learning about dealing with commercial and non
commercial publishers in libraries context

Description:

What is publishing? A brief history of publishing; Scholarly

publishing/communication; Job of publisher. Types of publishers—
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commercial, non-commercial. Electronic publishing. Dynamics of foreign and
local book trade in Pakistan; Acquisition of foreign books, journals and
databases in libraries of Pakistan: procedure and problems. Vendors, book-
sellers and distributors.

Recommended Readings:

1. Gorman, G. E. (2005). Scholarly publishing in an electronic era.

London:Facet.
2. Ameen, K. (2008). Issues of book acquisition in university libraries: A
case study of Pakistan. Library Philosophy and Practice.
http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~mbolin/lpp2008.htm
3. BUBL Link. Electronic publishing. Available at
http://bubl.ac.uk/LINK/e/electronicpublishing.htm
4. De Sompel, H. V., et al. (2004). Rethinking scholarly communication:
Building the system that scholars deserve. D-Lib Magazine, 10 (9).
Available at:
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september04/vandesompel/09vandesompel.ht
ml
5. Evans, G. E., & Margaret, Z. (2005). Developing library and information
center collections. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited. (Chap. 11)
6. NBCP. (1981). Problems of book distribution in Pakistan. Karachi.
7. NBCP. (1981). Problems of book publishing in Pakistan. Karachi.
8. NBCP. (1981). Problems of periodical publishing in Pakistan. Karachi.
9. Wilkinson, F. C., & Lewis, L. K. (2009). The complete guide to
acquisitions management. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited.
10. Wilson, T. (1997). Electronic publishing and the future of the book.
Information Research, 3 (2). Available at: http://informationr.net/ir/3-
2/paper39.html
11. Ibrahim Saad (1994) Readers on Book publishing in Pakistan. Royal
book co

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Objectives:

 To understand basic concepts, terminology and process of social

science research within the library and information science field.

Description:

Definition. Types of research. Research methods. Research problem. Theory

formulation. Literature review. Research questions / hypotheses. Sampling.
Data collection. Data analysis and Interpretation. Report writing.
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Dissemination of results. Research proposal. Research ethics. Research in
library & information science.

Recommended Readings:

1. Babbie, E. R. (2007). The practice of social research. Belmont, CA:

Wadsworth Publishing.
2. Beck, S. E., & Manuel, K. (2007). Practical research methods for
librarians and information professionals. New York: Neal-Schuman.
3. Leedy, Paul D., and Jeanne Ellis Ormrod. 2005. Practical research:
Planning and design. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall.
4. Pickard, A. J. (2007). Research methods in information. London: Facet.
5. Powell, R. R., & Connaway, L. S. (2004). Basic research methods for
librarians. Westport, Conn: Libraries Unlimited.
6. Moore, Nick(2000). How to do research: the complete guide to
designing & managing research projects. London. Library Association

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT

Objectives:

 To recognize methods, problems, and challenges of collection

development and management.
 To develop constructive approaches to investigate and resolve
problems of collection development and management
 To understand current issues in collection development and
management faced in various types of libraries.

Description:

Basic concepts. Planning for the management of library & information

resources. Collection development policies. Selection and acquisition of
library & information resources. Evaluation of library collections. Collection
development and management of electronic resources. Intellectual freedom
and censorship. Deselection & preservation. Write off of library material.

Recommended Readings:
1. American Library Association, Office for Intellectual Freedom. (2005).
Intellectual freedom manual. Chicago: ALA.
2. Chapman, L. (2008). Managing acquisitions in library and information
services. New York: Neal-Schuman.
3. Evans, G. E. (2005). Developing libraries and information center
collections. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited.

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4. Johnson, P. (2009). Fundamentals of collection development and
management. Chicago: American Library Association.
5. Wilkinson, F. C., & Lewis, L. K. (2003). The complete guide to
acquisitions management. Westport, Conn: Libraries Unlimited.

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 MAJOR COURSES
APPLIED CLASSIFICATION

Objectives:

 To develop practical skills in using classification schemes and

assigning subject headings and Cutter numbers.

Description:

Dewey Decimal Classification (Print and online editions). Sear’s List of

Subject Headings / Library of Congress Subject Headings. Call number
(Cutter Table and author mark). Other Classification Schemes.

Recommended Readings:

1. Broughton, V. (2008). Essential Library of Congress Subject Headings.

New York: Neal-Schuman.
2. Chan, L. M., & Mitchell, J, S. (2003). Dewey Decimal Classification:
Principles and application. Dublin, OH: OCLC Online Computer Library
Center.
3. Chan, L.M. (2007). Cataloging and classification: An introduction.
Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
4. Dewey, M. et al. (2003). Dewey decimal classification and relative
index. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Online Computer Library Center.
5. Goodsell, J., & Sears, M. E. (2007). Sears list of subject headings. HW
Wilson.
6. Library of Congress. Library of Congress Subject Headings. 21st ed.
7. Taylor, A. G. (2006). Introduction to cataloging and classification.
Westport, CT; Libraries Unlimited.

APPLIED CATALOGUING

Objectives:

 To develop practical skills in making catalog entries of print and other

materials.

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Description:

Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules and MARC. ALA Filing Rules.

Cataloguing of book and non-book materials. Metadata standards. Copy
Cataloguing. Cataloguing of Oriental Names.

Recommended Readings:

1. American Library Association. (2005). Anglo-American cataloguing

rules. Chicago: ALA.
2. Caplan, P. (2003). Metadata fundamentals for all librarians. Chicago:
American Library Association.
3. Chan, L.M. (2007). Cataloging and classification: An introduction.
Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
4. Evans, G. E., Intner, S. S., & Weihs, J. (2002). Introduction to technical
services. Greenwood Village, CO: Libraries Unlimited.
5. Hillmann, D., & Westbrooks, E. L. (2004). Metadata in practice.
Chicago: American Library Association.
6. Library of Congress. (2006). MARC 21 concise formats. Washington:
Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service.
7. Taylor, A. G. (2006). Introduction to cataloging and classification.
Westport, CT; Libraries Unlimited.
8. Zeng, M. L., & Qin, J. (2008). Metadata. New York: Neal-Schuman.
9. Anis Khurshid(1997). Cataloguing of Pakistani Names. Rev ed.
Karachi. BCCT University of Karachi
10. ALA rules for filing catalogue cards. 2nd ed Seely P.A ed. Chicago.
American Library Association.

RESOURCE SHARING AND NETWORKING

Objectives:

 To introduce the concepts and practices of resource sharing in

libraries.
 To introduce the concepts and practices of library and information
networking.

Description:

Concept, scope and importance of resource sharing in various types of

libraries. Pre-requisites. Functions, systems and techniques. Fundamental
concepts, types (LAN, MAN, WAN, Intranet, Internet) and topology of
networking. Basic data communication concept. Networking devices. Network
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protocols. OSI layers. CD-ROM based networks, networking and resource
sharing in microcomputer environment. Resource Sharing and Networking in
Pakistan

Recommended Readings:

1. Kurose, J. F., & Ross, K. W. (2007). Computer networking: A top-down

approach featuring the Internet. Boston: Pearson/Addison Wesley.
2. Lee, S. H. (2003). Impact of digital technology on library collections
and resource sharing. Binghamton, N.Y.: Haworth.
3. Tanenbaum, A. S. (2003). Computer networks. Upper Saddle River,
N.J.: Prentice Hall.
4. Tomsho, G. (2006). Guide to networking essentials. Cambridge, Mass:
Course Technology.
5. Webster, P. (2006). Library resource sharing networks. Baltimore, MD:
The Johns Hopkins University Press.
6. Evans G.E (Chapter on resource sharing) in Management techniques
for librarians. 2nd ed. N.Y. Academic Press

QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS

Objectives:

 To introduce the concepts of quantitative research methods.

 To develop practical skills in conducting quantitative research in library
and information settings.

Description:

Nature and types of quantitative research. Difference with other research

methods. Experimental designs. Content analysis. Bibliometrics. Formulation
of hypothesis. Sampling and sample statistics. Instrument construction.
Measurement scales. Descriptive and inferential statistics. SPSS software.
Quantitative research methods in library and information science.

Recommended Book:

1. Clayton, P., & Gorman, G. E. (2009). The information professional's

guide to quantitative research: A practical handbook. London: Facet.
2. Egghe, L., & Rousseau, R. (2001). Elementary statistics for library and
information service management. London: Aslib-IMI.
3. Levin, J., & Fox, J. A. (2007). Elementary statistics in social research:
The essentials. London: Pearson Education.

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 4. Patten, M. L. (2001). Questionnaire research: A practical guide. Los
Angeles, CA: Pyrczak Pub.
5. Bell, Judith( 1999)Doing your research project: aguide for the first time
researchers in educational & social sciences. New Delhi. Viva Books.

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS

Objectives:

 Develop basic understanding of the theory of qualitative research

methodology
 Learn the application of qualitative methods to LIS.

Description:

Defining and understanding qualitative research design. Differences and

relation with quantitative research design. Major qualitative data collection
methods; Observation, interview, focus group, field notes, content analysis
etc.; Interpreting and reporting qualitative research.

Recommended Readings:

1. Cresswell, J. W. (2007). Qualitative inquiry and research design:

Choosing among five approaches. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
2. Gorman, G. E., Clayton, P., Shep, S. J., & Clayton, A. (2005).
Qualitative research for the information professional: A practical
handbook. London: Facet.
3. Marshall, C., & Rossman, G. B. (2006). Designing qualitative research.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

LIBRARY & INFORMATION SERVICES IN PAKISTAN

Objectives:

 To introduce students with basics of librarianship in Pakistan

 To develop broad-based understanding of the major aspects of
librarianship in Pakistan

Description:

Structure of Libraries-- National, Academic, Public, Special; Library resources

and services. Use of ICTs in libraries; Challenges faced by libraries and
librarians. Legislation, standards, policies, service structure etc. Future
prospects. Library Education and training. Job opportunities for LIS
professionals. Library associations. Library literature.
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Recommended Readings:

1. Ameen, K., Ali, R. A., & Tahami, M. A. (2008). Emerging paradigm in

librarianship: A call for innovation. Proceeding of the PLA Golden
Jubilee International Conference 2007. Lahore: PLA (Punjab).
2. Mahmood, K. (1998). Information technology in libraries. Lahore: Pak
Book Corporation.
3. National Library of Pakistan. http://www.nlp.gov.pk/
4. Sajjad-Ur-Rehman(1992) Library Education in Pakistan: Past present &
future. Lahore. PULSAA
5. Hallmarks of Library and Infornation services in Pakistan. Mohammad
Asghar ,Afzal Haq qurshi and Syed Jamil Rizvi. Lahore. PULSAA

INDEXING AND ABSTRACTING

Objectives:

 To introduce concepts of indexing and abstracting.

 To develop practical skills in preparing indexes and abstracts.

Description:

Principles and methods of indexing and abstracting. Manual and

computerized indexing processes for different kinds of indexes including I & A
databases, back-of-book indexes, website indexes, etc. Vocabulary control.
Basic techniques of thesaurus construction. Theory and practice of indexing
for specialized formats and subjects. Types, formats and techniques of
abstracts. Current issues in automatic indexing and abstracting.

Recommended Readings:

1. Broughton, V. (2006). Essential thesaurus construction. New York:

Neal-Schuman.
2. Cleveland, D. B., & Cleveland, A. D. (2000). Introduction to indexing
and abstracting. Littleton, Colo: Libraries Unlimited.
3. Lancaster, F. W. (2003). Indexing and abstracting in theory and
practice. Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois.

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LIBRARY AUTOMATION SYSTEMS

Objectives:

 To introduce functions of library automation systems.

 To develop practical skills in using state of the art library automation
systems.

Description:

Overview of library automation systems. Systems analysis for library

automation: hardware, software, networks. Relevant technical standards.
Planning and acquisition of library automation systems. Request for
proposals; contract negotiation; implementation, maintenance and evaluation.
Retrospective conversion. Structure of the library automation industry.
Overview of the major library automation subsystems: circulation; inter-library
loan; acquisitions and collections management; serials; cataloguing; OPAC
services; and reference. Role of library staff, senior management, library
systems personnel, other librarians, vendors and consultants in planning and
acquisitions of systems. The Digital library

Recommended Readings:

1. Bilal, D. (2002). Automating media centers and small libraries: A

microcomputer-based approach. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.
2. Bolan, K., & Cullin, R. (2007). Technology made simple: An
improvement guide for small and medium libraries. Chicago: American
Library Association.
3. Ferguson, S., & Hebels, R. (2003). Computers for librarians: An
introduction to the electronic library. Wagga Wagga: Centre for
Information Studies, Charles Sturt University.
4. Ingersoll, P., & Culshaw, J. (2004). Managing information technology:
A handbook for systems librarians. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.
5. Kochtanek, T. R., & Matthews, J. R. (2002). Library information
systems: From library automation to distributed information access
solutions. Library and information science text series. Westport, CT:
Libraries Unlimited.
6. Matthews, J. R. (2004). Technology planning: Preparing and updating
a library technology plan. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.
7. Schultz-Jones, B. (2006). An automation primer for school library
media centers and small libraries. Worthington, Ohio: Linworth Pub.
8. Automating Library Services in Pakistan Fida Muhammad. Hamid
Rehman etc. Peshawar

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MARKETING OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION
SERVICES

Objectives:

 To introduce basic concepts of marketing

 To introduce marketing in library and information settings.
 To develop practical skills in preparing marketing plan for library and
information services.

Description:

Defining Basic concepts of Marketing---market, clients needs, wants,

demand, transaction, target market, product, service. What is marketing and
Services Marketing?.Marketing Process; Unique aspects of services
marketing; Application of marketing concepts to library and information
services, Market research. Developing Marketing Mix ---Ps and Cs,
Marketing audit. E-Marketing.

Recommended Readings:

1. Andreasen, A. R., & Kotler, P. (2003). Strategic marketing for nonprofit

organizations. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
2. Broady, J. (2000). Strategic marketing for library and information
services. London: Library Association.
3. De Sáez, E. E. (2002). Marketing concepts for libraries and information
services. London: Facet Pub.
4. Mathews, B. (2009). Marketing today’s academic library. Chicago:
American Library Association.
5. Rowley, J. E. (2006). Information marketing. Aldershot, Hants,
England: Ashgate.
6. Walters, S. (2004). Library marketing that works. New York: Neal-
Schuman.
7. Zeithaml, V. A. (2007). Services marketing: integrating customer focus
across the firm. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson.

INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL

Objectives:

 To introduce concepts, terminology and systems of information storage

and retrieval.
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  To develop practical skills in searching online information.

Description:

Information representation. Basic concepts of database design and

management. Information storage devices. Search processes. User needs
and interview skills; inverted index and parsing rules. OPACs. Online
databases. Web search engines. Stop words. Boolean logic. Vector space.
Truncation. Phrase search. Word proximity. Reserved words. Prefix/suffix
fields. Search strategies. Issues of database licensing. Information brokers.
HEC Digital Library. Evaluation of information retrieval systems.

Recommended Readings:

1. Barker, J. (2007). Finding information on the Internet: A tutorial.

University of California at Berkeley.
2. Bell, S. S. (2009). Librarian's guide to online searching. Westport,
Conn: Libraries Unlimited.
3. Chowdhury, G. G. (2004). Introduction to modern information retrieval.
London: Facet.
4. Chu, H. (2003). Information representation & retrieval in the digital age.
Medford, NJ: Information Today
5. Kowalski, G. J., & Maybury, M. T. (2000). Information storage and
retrieval. Boston: Kluwer.
6. Meadow, C. T., Kraft, D. H., & Boyce, B. R. (2007). Text information
retrieval systems. San Diego: Academic Press.

INFORMATION LITERACY

Objectives:

 To understand basic concepts and terminology of information literacy.

 To develop practical skills for designing, delivering and evaluating
information literacy programs.

Description:

Concepts and components of information literacy. IL models. Teaching and

training fundamentals. Learning styles. Instructional strategies, Managing
large and small instruction programs. Designing online information literacy
instruction modules. Creating successful instruction classes. Evaluating
information literacy programs.

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Recommended Readings:

1. Avery, E. F. (2003). Assessing student learning outcomes for

information literacy instruction in academic institutions. Chicago:
Association of College and Research Libraries.
2. Conroy, H., & Webb, J. (2009). A guide to teaching information literacy.
New York: Neal-Schuman.
3. Cox, C. N., & Lindsay, E. B. (2008). Information literacy instruction
handbook. Chicago: American Library Association.
4. Eisenberg, M., Lowe, C. A., Spitzer, K. L., & Spitzer, K. L. (2004).
Information literacy: Essential skills for the information age. Westport,
Conn: Libraries Unlimited.
5. Grassian, E. S., & Kaplowitz, J. R. (2005). Learning to lead and
manage information literacy instruction. New York: Neal-Schuman.
6. Grassian, E. S., & Kaplowitz, J. R. (2009). Information literacy
instruction: Theory and practice. New York: Neal-Schuman.
7. Riedling, A. M. (2007). An educator’s guide to information literacy.
Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited.
8. Smith, S. S. (2006). Web-based instruction: A guide for libraries.
Chicago: American Library Association.

RESEARCH PROJECT AND/OR INTERNSHIP

Objectives:

 To develop practical skills in research to solve library and information

problems.
 To give practical exposure to the students of working in libraries and
information centers.

Description:

A supervised research project on an information management problem. The

student will apply one or more established methodologies to collect and
analyze data and communicate the results in a written report.
A full time work experience in a selected library or information center under
supervision of the internal and external supervisors. The student will
communicate the results in a written report.
A viva-voce examination will be conducted both in research project and
internship.

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 ELECTIVE COURSES
DIGITAL LIBRARIES

Objectives:

 To understand fundamental issues, problems, and approaches to

digital libraries.
 To develop skills for designing digital libraries.

Description:

Concepts and issues of digital libraries. Evolution of digital libraries. DL

communities. Content creation. Different file formats. Digitization. DL
architecture. Elements of a DL. DOI, Open URL, CrossRef and other aspects.
DL content management issues. Metadata and other resource discovery
issues. Access control and DRM, security and preservation issues. DL
softwares. Digital Libraries in Pakistan.

Recommended Readings:

1. Arms, W. Y. (2000). Digital libraries. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.

2. Bishop, A. P., Van House, N. A., & Buttenfield, B. P. (2003). Digital
library use: Social practice in design and evaluation. Digital libraries
and electronic publishing. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.
3. Chowdhury, G. G., & Chowdhury, S. (2002). Introduction to digital
libraries. New York: Neal-Schuman.
4. Lesk, M., & Lesk, M. (2005). Understanding digital libraries.
Amsterdam: Elsevier.
5. Reese, T., & Banerjee, J. K. (2008). Building digital libraries: A how-to-
do-it manual for librarians. New York: Neal-Schuman.
6. Witten, I. H. (2003). How to build a digital library. New York: Elsevier
Science.

MEDIA LIBRARIANSHIP

Objectives:

 To introduce Multi-media used for information storage and retrieval.

 To develop skills for handling Multi-media in libraries.

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Description:

Introduction to media librarianship. Nature and characteristics of Audio-visual

and other non-print material. Acquisition, organization and use of multi-media
materials; types and formats of microforms; equipment required to use
different formats; comparison and economics of print, microform and
computer products; services and production of AV and microforms; role of
multimedia in dissemination of information with special reference to
educational institutions/academic libraries.

Recommended Readings:

1. Handman, G. P. (2002). Video collection development in multitype

libraries: A handbook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
2. Schopflin, K. (2008). A handbook for media librarians. New York: Neal-
Schuman.

DATABASE DESIGN & MANAGEMENT

Objectives:

 To understand basic concepts, terminology, methods, and issues

related to database systems, database design and database
management.
 To be familiar with a database software.

Description:

Overview of databases and database design. Components of a Database

Management System (DBMS). Logical modeling and E-R diagramming. The
relational model. Normalization. Physical modeling. Querying a database.
Issues and Trends in DBMS. Creating a database application.

Recommended Readings:

1. Connolly, T. M., & Begg, C. E. (2004). Database solutions: A step-by-

step guide to building databases. Harlow, England: Pearson/Addison
Wesley.
2. Groh, M. (2007). Access 2007 bible. Indianapolis, Ind: Wiley
Publishing.

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WEB DEVELOPMENT

Objectives:

 To develop practical skills in designing Web based services for libraries

and information centers.

Description:

Document design and electronic publishing. Web site design. HTML and
XML. Web editors. Images and other media formats. Interactive documents
with Java and JavaScript. Server-side scripting. Web site design for library &
information services.

Recommended Readings:

1. Griffiths, P. (2004). Managing your Internet and intranet services: The

information and professional’s guide to strategy. London: Facet.
2. Song, Y. (2003). Building better web sites: A how-to-do-it manual for
librarians. New York: Neal-Schuman.
3. Lehman, T., & Nikkel, T. (2007). Making library web sites usable. New
York: Neal-Schuman.
4. Westman, S. R. (2005). Creating database-backed library web pages.
Chicago: American Library Association.

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

Objective:

 To introduce the concepts and tools of knowledge management.

Description:

Introduction to knowledge management. Knowledge management cycle.

Knowledge management models. Knowledge capture and codification.
Knowledge sharing and communities of practice. Transfer of best practices.
Role of organizational culture. Knowledge management tools. KM strategy
and metrics. KM team. Future challenges for KM.

Recommended Readings:

1. Byrne, D. (2008). Essential knowledge management. New York: Neal-

Schuman.
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 2. Davenport, T. H., & Prusak, L. (2000). Working knowledge: How
organizations manage what they know. Boston, Mass: Harvard
Business School Press.
3. Jennex, M. E. (2007). Knowledge management in modern
organizations. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Pub.
4. Nonaka, I., & Teece, D. J. (2001). Managing industrial knowledge:
Creation, transfer and utilization. London: Sage.
5. Pfeffer, J., & Sutton, R. I. (2000). The knowing-doing gap: How smart
companies turn knowledge into action. Boston, Mass: Harvard
Business School Press.
6. Tiwana, A. (2002). The Knowledge Management Toolkit: Orchestrating
IT, strategy, and knowledge platforms. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice Hall.
7. Wallace, D. P. (2007). Knowledge management. Westport, Conn.:
Libraries Unlimited.

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Objectives:

 To understand the concepts and functions of human resource

management.
 To understand how these functions can be applied to manage human
resources in library and information services.

Description:

Human resource management roles & functions. Motivation in the workplace.

Control in the workplace. Required competencies.Job recruitment. Job
interviewing. Orientation to the workplace. Training and staff development.
Employee supervision. Communication skills for managers. Performance
evaluation.

Recommended Readings:

1. Allan, B. (2007). Supervising and leading teams in ILS. London: Facet.

2. Cohn, J. M., & Kelsey, A. L. (2005). Staffing the modern library: A how-
to-do-it manual. New York: Neal-Schuman.
3. Mondy, R. W., & Noe, R. M. (2007). Human resource management.
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
4. Simmons-Welburn, J., & McNeil, B. (2004). Human resources
management in today's academic library. Englewood, CO: Libraries
Unlimited.

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 5. Stanley, M. (2008). Managing library employees. New York: Neal-
Schuman.
6. Trotta, M. (2006). Supervising staff: A how-to-do-it manual for
librarians. New York: Neal-Schuman.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR LIBRARIES

Objectives:

 To understand the concepts and functions of financial management.

 To understand how these functions can be applied to manage finances
in libraries and information centers.

Description:

Introduction to financial management. Budget as a planning tool and change

agent. Budget process. Major components of budgets. Types of budgets.
Preparing, presenting and defending the budget. Budget monitoring, financial
workflow, internal controls, audited statements. Organizing, analyzing and
presenting financial and statistical data. Alternative sources of revenue and
their impact on budgets. Current issues in budgetary and financial
management.

Recommended Readings:

1. Finkler, S. A. (2001). Financial management for public, health, and not-

for-profit organizations. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
2. Hallam, A., & Dalston, T. R. (2005). Managing budgets and finances: A
how-to-do-it manual for librarians. New York: Neal-Schuman.
3. Kingma, B. R. (2001). The economics of information: A guide to
economic and cost-benefit analysis for information professionals.
Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.
4. Turner, A. M. (2007). Managing money: A guide for librarians.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland.

ARCHIVES & RECORDS MANAGEMENT

Objectives:

 To understand the nature of archives and public records.

 To understand how management functions can be applied to provide
effective services based on archives and public records.

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Description:

Introduction to archives and public records. Theory and concepts of archives

and records management. Strategies. Control. Accessibility. Disposal.
Storage. Electronic records.

1. Boles, F. (2005). Selecting and appraising archives and manuscripts.

Chicago: Society of American Archivists.
2. Dearstyne, B. W. (2008). Leading and managing archives and records
programs. New York: Neal-Schuman.
3. Hughes, C. (2005). Modern records management: Key skills and core
competencies. Oxford: Chandos.
4. Hunter, G. S. (2003). Developing and maintaining practical archives.
New York: Neal-Schuman.
5. Hunter, G. S. (2009). Records management: A how-to-do-it manual.
New York: Neal Schuman.
6. Read, J., Ginn, M. L., Jones, V. A., & Rankin, D. S. (2007). Records
management. Cincinnati, Oh: South-Western Publishing.
7. Roe, K. D. (2005). Arranging and describing archives and manuscripts.
Chicago: Society of American Archivists.
8. Smith, K. (2007). Planning and implementing electronic records
management. London: Facet.
9. Smith, K. (2007). Public sector records management: A practical guide.
Aldershot, Hants, England: Ashgate.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Objectives:

 To introduce concept of intellectual property rights.

 To develop familiarity with the provisions of international and national
conventions and laws related to the protection of IPRs.
 Explore the role of libraries and information centers in creating,
disseminating and managing intellectual property in society.

Description:

Introduction to intellectual property rights. IP laws. Patents law. Design law.

Trade marks law. Copyright law of Pakistan. Ownership and licenses.
Copyright infringement. Principles of fair use. Copyright policy in libraries.
Electronic reserves. Digital rights management.

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Recommended Readings:

1. Cohen, J. E., et al. (2006). Copyright in a global information economy.

New York: Aspen Publishers.
2. Crews, K. (2005). Copyright law for librarians and educators. Chicago:
American Library Association.
3. Joyce, C. (2006). Copyright law. Newark, NJ: LexisNexis.
4. Norman, S. (2004). Practical copyright for information professionals.
New York: Neal-Schuman.
5. Russell, C. (2004). Complete copyright: An everyday guide for
librarians. Chicago: American Library Association.
6. Wherry, T. L. (2002). Librarian’s guide to intellectual property in the
digital age. Chicago: American Library Association.

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTROL

Objectives:

 To understand the concepts of bibliography.

 To review the efforts of bibliographic control with special reference to
Pakistan.

Description:

Meaning definition and concept of bibliography. Need and importance.

Historical development. Types. Inner forms. Bibliographic control at
international level. Preparation of bibliography. Automated bibliographic
control. Bibliographic databases. Bibliometrics. Depository laws. Bibliographic
control in Pakistan.

Recommended Readings:
1. Davinson, D. (1981). Bibliographic control. London: Clive Bingley.
2. Library of Congress. (2008). On the record: Report of the Library of
Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress.
3. Pakistan. (1962- ). The Pakistan national bibliography. Islamabad:
Govt. of Pakistan, Department of Libraries, National Bibliographical Unit.

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Objectives:

 To introduce the concepts and phases of project management.

 To develop skills in project planning.

Description:

Introduction to project management. Project life cycle. Project teams and

team building. Tools and processes for project management. Project
management context and processes. Project integration management.
Project scope management. Project time management. Project cost
management. Project quality management. Project human resource
management. Project communications management. Project risk and
procurement management. Project procurement management.PCs.

Recommended Readings:

1. Allan, B. (2004). Project management: Tools and techniques for

today’s ILS professional. Facet Publishing.
2. Heerkens, G. (2002). Project management. New York: McGraw-Hill.
3. Mantel, S. J. (2007). Core concepts of project management in practice.
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley.
4. Project Management Institute. (2008). A guide to the project
management body of knowledge. Newtown Square, PA: PMI.

PRESERVATION & CONSERVATION OF LIBRARY

MATERIALS

Objectives:

 To understand the concepts and methods of preservation and

conservation of library materials.
 To develop skills in preserving and conserving materials.

Description:

Preservation & conservation (P&C) concepts . Environment control guidelines

and risk assessment Storage.Handling. Exhibitions. Copying and
reformatting. Preservation policy. Digital preservation. Management of P&C.
Assessment of P&C. Disaster preparedness. International cooperation
initiatives.
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Recommended Readings:

1. Balloffet, N., & Hille, J. (2004). Preservation and conservation for

libraries and archives. Chicago: American Library Association.
2. Banks, P. N., & Pilette, R. (2000). Preservation: Issues and planning.
Chicago: American Library Association.
3. Feather, J. (2004). Managing preservation for libraries and archives:
Current practice and future developments. Aldershot: Ashgate.
4. Gorman, G. E., & Shep, S. J. (2006). Preservation management for
libraries, archives and museums. London: Facet.
5. Ashraf Ali (1993). Tahuff-e-Dustawezat. Islam Abad. Muqtadara Qumi
Zaban.

SERIALS MANAGEMENT

Objective:

 To introduce the concept and practices of serials management in

libraries.

Description:

An overview of serial publications. Subscription policy and procedures.

Classification and cataloguing. Preservation and conservation. Automated
serial control. Bibliographic control. Problems of serial management with
special reference to Pakistan. Management and use of
e-journals.

Recommended Readings:

1. Black, S. (2006). Serials in libraries: Issues and practices.  Westport,

Conn.: Libraries Unlimited. 
2. Fenner, A. (2006). Integrating print and digital resources in library
collections. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Information Press.
3. Fowler, D. C. (2004). E-serials collection management: Transitions,
trends, and technicalities. New York: Haworth Information Press.
4. Kidd, T. (2001). The serials management handbook: A practical guide
to print and electronic serials management. London: Library
Association Publishing.
5. Lightman, H., & Blosser, J. P. (2007). Perspectives on serials in the
hybrid environment. Chicago: Association for Library Collections &
Technical Services.

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 6. Russell, R. (2000). Making sense of standards and technologies for
serials management: A guide to practice and future developments for
librarians, publishers, and systems developers. London: Library
Association Publishing.
INFORMATION SOURCES ON ISLAM AND PAKISTAN

Objectives:

 To demonstrate a base knowledge of Islamic and Pakistan studies and

the vocabulary to analyze reference questions.
 To explore the nature of sources and their use by scholars and
students.
 To demonstrate familiarity with the contents of primary and secondary
reference resources including print, online databases, and websites.

Description:

Domain of Islamic Sciences and Pakistan studies; mapping of Islamic

literature and literature on Pakistan; generation, output and dissemination of
literature on Islam and Pakistan; evaluation of resources on Islam and
Pakistan; and organizations dealing with Islam; bibliographic control of
literature on Islam and Pakistan; and, important bibliographic and indexing
services on Islam and Pakistan.

Recommended Readings:

1. Sardar, Z. (1988). Information and the Muslim World: A strategy for the
twenty-first century. London: Mansell.
2. Skreslet, P. Y., & Skreslet, R. (2006). The literature of Islam: A guide to
the primary sources in English translation. Lanham, Maryland:
Scarecrow Press.
3. Taylor, D. D. (1996). Pakistan: A bibliography. Karachi: Books and
Books.
4. Woodward, C. (2002). Islam: Background and bibliography.
Hauppauge, N.Y.: Novinka Books.
5. Samdani, Rais Ahmed (1993). Bibliographical Source on Islam,
Karachi; Pakistan Bibliographical Working Group, 44p.

INFORMATION SOURCES ON BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

Objectives:

 To demonstrate a base knowledge of business and industrial studies

and the vocabulary to analyze reference questions.
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  To explore the nature of sources and their use by scholars and
students.
 To demonstrate familiarity with the contents of primary and secondary
reference resources including print, online databases, and websites.
Description:

Introduction to business and industry information concepts and services.

Organizing and evaluating business information. Company information.
Markets and industries. Economics and finance. Legislation and regulations.
Management and human resources. International sources of business
information. Business information services. Information needs of business
professionals.

Recommended Readings:

1. Burke, M. E., & Hall, H. (1998). Navigating business information

sources: A practical guide for information managers. London: Library
Association Pub.
2. Moss, R. W., & Strauss, D. W. (2004). Strauss's handbook of business
information: A guide for librarians, students, and researchers.
Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

INFORMATION SOURCES ON HEALTH SCIENCES

Objectives:

 To demonstrate a base knowledge of humanities fields and the

vocabulary to analyze reference questions.
 To explore the nature of sources and their use by scholars, students,
and the lay public in health sciences.
 To demonstrate familiarity with the contents of primary and secondary
reference resources in health sciences, including print, online
databases, and websites.

Description:

Information services and sources (both electronic and print) for health care
professionals and the general public. Information needs of health
professionals and scientists. Role of health libraries and information centers.
Principles of medical library practice, functions, and management.

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Recommended Readings:

1. Forsman, R. B. (2001). Administration and management in health

sciences libraries: Current practice in health sciences librarianship .
Blue Ridge Summit: Scarecrow Press.
2. Holst, R., Phillips, S. A., & Bensing, K. M. (2000). The Medical Library
Association guide to managing health care libraries. Chicago: Medical
Library Association.
3. Huber J. T., Boorkman, J. A., & Roper, F. W. (2008). Introduction to
reference sources in the health sciences. New York: Neal-Schuman.
4. Wood, M. S. (2008). Introduction to health sciences librarianship. New
York: The Haworth Press.
5. MLA handbook for writers of research papers(2009). 7th ed . MLA
6. www.cpsp.edu.pk
7. www.nlm.nih.gov

INFORMATION SOURCES ON HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL

SCIENCES

Objectives:

 To gain an awareness of the information structure for various

disciplines in humanities and social sciences.
 To gain practical experience with specific information sources each
humanities and social science field.

Description:

Information sources and services in the fields of humanities and social

sciences. Information needs and information-seeking behavior of user groups
in these fields. Information cycle, print and digital reference services, and
information-seeking research.

Recommended Readings:

1. Blazek, R., & Aversa, E. (2000). The humanities: A selective guide to

information sources. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.
2. Fisher, D., Price, S. A., & Hanstock, T. (2002). Information sources in
the social sciences.  Munchen: K.G.Saur.
3. Herron, N. L., Ed. (2002). The social sciences: A cross-disciplinary
guide to selected sources. Greenwood Village, CO: Libraries Unlimited.
4. Li, T. (2000). Social science reference sources: A practical guide.
Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press.
5. www.IOSS.org
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INFORMATION SOURCES ON SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Objectives:

 To demonstrate a base knowledge of science and technology fields

and the vocabulary to analyze reference questions.
 To explore the nature of sources and their use by scholars and
students.
 To demonstrate familiarity with the contents of primary and secondary
reference resources including print, online databases, and websites.

Description:

Process of communication and information requirements in the scientific

community. Study of primary, secondary, and tertiary sources of information
in the physical, biological, and applied sciences. Study and application of new
information technologies, and in particular the World Wide Web, as used in
scientific and technical communication.

Recommended Readings:

1. Hurt, C. D. (1998). Information sources in science and technology.

Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.
2. Meadows, A. J. (1998). Communicating research. Toronto: Academic
Press.
3. Stern, D. (2000). Guide to information sources in the physical sciences.
Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.
4. www.Pastic.gov.pk
5. www.ISIknowledge.com
6. www.Science direct.com
7. www.psf.gov.pk

INFORMATION SOURCES ON LAW

Objectives:

 To demonstrate a base knowledge of legal studies and the vocabulary

to analyze reference questions.
 To explore the nature of sources and their use by scholars, legal
practitioners and students.

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  To demonstrate familiarity with the contents of primary and secondary
reference resources including print, online databases, and websites.

Description:

Nature and scope of law librarianship and legal information sources.

Examination of the organization of legal knowledge. Legal research process.
Law information sources both print and electronic. Information needs of legal
practitioners.

Recommended Readings:

1. Berring, R. C., & Edinger, E. A. (2005). Finding the law. St. Paul, Minn:
Thomson/West.
2. Cohen, M. L., & Olson, K. C. (2007). Legal research in a nutshell. St.
Paul, Minn: Thomson/West.
3. Defoe, D. D., & Hepler, C. I. (2007). Find it free and fast on the Net:
Strategies for legal research on the Web. Eau Claire, WI: National
Business Institute.
4. Elias, S. R., & Levinkin, S. (2005). Legal research: How to find &
understand the law. Berkeley, CA: Nolo Press.
5. Kehoe, P. E., Lyman, L., & McCann, G. (1995). Law librarianship: A
handbook for the electronic age. Littleton, Colo: F.B. Rothman.
6. Sloan, A. E. (2009). Basic legal research. New York: Aspen Pub.
7. Thomas, P. A., & Knowles, J. (2006). Effective legal research. London:
Thomas/Sweet & Maxwell.
8. www.Pakistanlawsite.com

INFORMATION SOURCES ON AGRICULTURE

Objectives:

 To demonstrate a base knowledge of agricultural sciences and the

vocabulary to analyze reference questions.
 To explore the nature of sources and their use by scientists and
students.
 To demonstrate familiarity with the contents of primary and secondary
reference resources including print, online databases, and websites.

Description:

Information sources and services in the field of agricultural sciences.

Information needs and information-seeking behavior of user groups in this

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field. Information cycle, print and digital reference services, and information-
seeking research.

Recommended Readings:
1. Drew, W. (1995). Key guide to electronic resources: Agriculture.
Medford, NJ: Information Today.
2. Lilley, G. P. (1993). Information sources in agriculture and horticulture.
London: Bowker-Saur.
3. www.PARC.gov.pk/narc.htm
4. www.nalusda.gov

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 RECOMMENDATIONS
The curriculum revision committee concludes with that the
implementation of new curriculum can only be achieved if it is properly
followed and cared of. The same needs proper home work to meet the pre
requisites. However committee hopes that in order to implement the changed
program in letter and spirit the authorities will meet all these formalities on
priority bases.

To carry out this program the committee recommends that:

1. Regular in-service faculty development program be chalked out for

new and existed faculty at national and international level.

The training should aim the following areas:

 Pedagogical skills
 Use of emerging electronic gadgets e.g. multimedia, ICT’s data
shows and over head projector, e- searching and surfing, use of
power point and other techniques.
 Managerial and administrative skills.

2. The members agreed to establish a platform with the name of

“Pakistan Library and Information science Council” which will be
responsible to enroll and register the qualified professional by issuing
them a license .The council will also be responsible for regulating and
framing the bye laws and standards for academic etc.

3. The nature of library and information science courses is kept changing

off and on where as our public service commission offices are not
updating themselves about the change in nomenclature and status of
the degrees and courses offered .They without having verified the
situation advertise the posts which cause chaos and uncertainty for
both employee and employer.

Keeping in view this situation, the committee recommends the all the
provincial and federal services commissions be intimated about the
criteria and pre requisites of a post being advertised.

4. The committee recommends that Higher Education Commission

should arrange the following resources for the library schools.
To establish /update the computer laboratories, HEC should sanction
30 latest PCs and three laptops for each school of public sector.

o A New television set, DVD and VCR.

o 2 multimedia and over head projectors.
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 o 2 tape records and a fax machine.
o A latest photo copier be provided.

5. ALA and IFLA Life membership for all schools be paid by HEC and
encourage faculty participation by providing them scholarships and
funds etc.

6. Latest books and at least subscription of five international reputable

Journals be sanctioned for all the schools.

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