TSPSC School Librarians Recruitment Syllabus & Exam Pattern

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TSPSC School Librarians recruitment Syllabus, Exam pattern (Scheme of the exam) Scheme and Syllabus for the post of Librarian (Schools) in

Residential Educational Institution Societies
Scheme of Examination

Syllabus
Paper – I: General Studies and General Abilities

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

Paper-II: Library & Information Science

Unit-1: Foundations of Library and Information Science
Five  Laws  of  Library  Science;  Types  of  Libraries  and  their  functions;  Library Movement in Telangana, Important libraries in Telangana; Library legislation in India; Library Extension Services; Library Association in India, UK and USA – ILA, IASLIC, SIS, LA  and  ALA; National  &  International  organizations promoting  Library Development-RRRLF, NASSDOC, NISCAIR, DESIDOC, IFLA and UNESCO

Unit-2: Information, Communication and Society
Data, Information and Knowledge; Information as a Resource / Commodity; Role of Information   in   Socio-Economic   Development;   Information   Society,   Knowledge Society; Knowledge Management;  Information Generation, Collection, Storage and Dissemination;  Communication  -Channels,  Barriers;  National  Knowledge Commission; Intellectual Property Rights; Copyright; Right to Information Act

Unit-3: Information Sources
Source of information-Primary, Secondary and Tertiary; Documentary and Non- documentary; Reference Sources- Dictionaries; Encyclopaedias; Geographical Sources; Biographical Sources; Year Books / Almanacs, Directories and Handbooks; Statistical sources; Bibliographies, Union Catalogues, Indexing and Abstracting Periodicals;  Serial  Publications;  E-Documents  – e-Books;  E-Journals;  Databases- Bibliographic; Numeric; and Full text

Unit-4: Information Services
Information services-  Bibliographic services,  Indexing and  Abstracting services, CAS, SDI, Document  Delivery  Services,  Referral services;  Online  Services;  User Education and  User  Studies;  Information.     Seeking  Behaviour and  Information Needs; Information Literacy.

Unit-5: Information Processing (Classification and Cataloguing)
Organization of knowledge/information; Modes of formation of subjects; Library classification-Canons, Laws and Principles; Notation & Mnemonics; Fundamental categories;  Call  Number;  Common  isolates;  Library classification  Schemes-DDC, UDC, and CC; Library Cataloguing-Canons, Laws and Principles; Library cataloguing codes-CCC and AACR-II;

Bibliographic standards: ISBD, MARC and CCF; Indexing- Pre-Coordinate, Post-Coordinate; Vocabulary control – Thesaurus, Lists of Subjects Headings; Information Storage & Retrieval (ISAR): Search Strategies; Boolean Operators; Evaluation of ISAR

Unit-6: Library Management
Management-Principles,  Functions,  Schools  of Thought;  Organizational  Structure; Planning;   Decisionmaking;    System   study-Analysis,   evaluation   and   design; Collection Development (Books Serials, nonbook, Material)- Principles of book selection; acquisition procedures; ISBN, ISSN; Maintenance; Preservation & Conservation;

Human Resources Management; Financial Management-Resources generation,   Budgeting,   Cost   and  Cost-Benefit   analysis;   PERT,   CPM;   Library Buildings, equipment & furniture; Marketing information products and services; Total Quality Management (TQM)

Unit-7: Fundamentals of Information Technology
Information Technology –Software and Hardware; storage devices; Software – Operating Systems; Application Software; Client-Server Technology; Different types of Servers.; Communication Technology – Telecommunications; Modem; Router; Wi-Fi; Transmission Media; Networking Concepts – Topologies- LAN, MAN, WAN;

Communication Tools and Techniques – Fax, E-mail, Tele Conferencing, Video Conferencing,  Voice  Mail.  HyperText and  HyperMedia.  List  Serve  /  Electronic groups.;  Standards;  Protocols and  Formats;  Interoperability.  ;  Internet  Basics  – WWW;  Web  Browsers;  Search  Engines;   Internet  Connectivity;   Data  Security- Computer Viruses.

Unit-8: Library Automation And Networks
Library Automation -Areas of Automation; Hardware and Software selection; OPAC; Resource  Sharing and Library Networks-ERNET,  NICNET,  DELNET,  INFLIBNET; OCLC; Library Consortia;  Information systems-  INIS, AGRIS, PUBMED,  INSPEC; Software for Library Automation.

Unit-9: Digital Libraries
Digital  Library  Initiatives;  Digitization  –  Software  &  hardware;  Standards;  File formats; Metadata; Digital Collection Management – e-books; e-journals; Databases; Electronic  Thesis  & Dissertations;  Resource  Discovery  – Search  engines;  search tools & techniques; Digital Rights Management, copyright & plagiarism

Unit-10: Research Methodology
Types of Research; Scientific Method; Hypothesis, Data Collection; Sampling techniques; Methods of Research-Historical, Case Study, Survey, experimental method etc.; Data Analysis & Interpretation; Report Writing; Bibliometrics, Scientometrics and Webometrics.

Scheme of Exam and Syllabus for Residential Educational Institution Societies:

1. Principal
2. Staff Nurse
3. TGT
4. PGT
5. Art Teacher
6. Craft Teacher
7. Music Teacher
8. PET
9. PD
10. Librarian in Schools
11. JL
12. Librarian in colleges