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Course Aims:

Intended Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the course, students will be able to demonstrate their competences on collection development, selection and processing of library materials and to distinguish and appraise different user services.

Course Content: (Main topics, Sub topics)

Collection development and management: acquisition procedure, selection, ordering, accessioning; Library technical processing; classification, cataloguing and physical processing services; Stock taking and verification; Introduction to user community in different libraries; Registration of users and Circulation; User education and new trends; Dissemination of information; Referral services, Inter Library Loan (ILL) and copying  services, Extension services, Community Information Services (CIS); Library cooperation, Library forums and Consortia.

Teaching /Learning Activities: 

Lectures/ Tutorials/ Presentations/ Practical sessions/ Creative activities

Assessment Strategy:

Continuous Assessment

50%

Final Assessment

50%

Details:

Quizzes 10%, Assignment 20%, Attendance

Individual Assignment

Class Test 10%

Quiz

Theory

60%

Practical

NA

Other
 (specify)

NA

60

Recommended Reading:

• Crawford, W. (1999), Being Analog: Creating Tomorrow’s Libraries, ALA, Chicago.
• Feather, J. (1998), The Information Society: A Study of Continuity and Change, LA, London.
• Herring, J. E. (1997), Teaching Information Skills in Schools, LA, London.
• Kao, M. L. (2001), Introduction to Technical Services for Library Technicians, Haworth Press, Binghamton.
• Kumar, P. S. G. (2003), Foundations of Library and Information Science: Kumar’s Curriculum Series in Library and Information Science-1, B. R.             Publishing Corporation, New Delhi.
• Matthews, J. R. (2007), The Evaluation and Measurement of Library Services, Libraries Unlimited, Westport.
• Pastine, M. (1997), Collection Development: Access in the Virtual Library, Haworth Press, New York.