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Library Information Technology (Theory part)

LIS-MNR-404: Library Information Technology (Theory part)

Unit 1: Physical and Logical Units of ICT
Unit 2: Computer Networks and Distributed Information System
Unit 3: Database Management System (DBMS)
Unit 4: Programming Languages

Unit 5: Practical Components (see the next course)

Credits: 4 | FM: 100 | Term end: 60 - IA: 10 - PRC: 30 (Unit 5)

Library Information Technology (Practical Part)

LIS-MNR-404: Library Information Technology (Practical part)

Unit 1: Operating Systems, Unix-like OS (including Office Management Software)
Unit 2: Programming language – Basic tasks and problem solving
Unit 3: DBMS – Multipurpose DBMS and Bibliographic DBMS
Unit 4: LAMP architecture

(See the previous course for Unit 1 to Unit 4)

Unit 5: Practical Components 

Credits: 4 | FM: 100 | Term end: 60 - IA: 10 - PRC: 30 (Unit 5)

Information Sources, Systems and Services

LIS-MNR-405 : Unit 3

  • Electronic information sources and services – Conceptual foundations, Types and characteristics, Traditional Vs. Digital information sources;
  • Bibliographic databases, Citation databases, Full-text databases, Portals, Vortals and Gateways, Multimedia based information products, Open access knowledge system: products and services;
  • Alerting services (CAS & e-CAS, SDI & e-SDI, RSS based services), Bibliographic, Referral, Literature search, Electronic document delivery and machine translation services;
  • Virtual Reference Services: Tools and Techniques (Publishers based services – Xrefer, Credo etc, Library based services – QuestionPoint, VRD etc, Use of asynchronous and synchronous virtual communication tools);
  • Trends and future.

AI Literacy

LIS-VAC-449 (Value-added courses)

449 A: AI Literacy

  • Concept of AI/ML

  • Machine learning

  • Generative AI and Large Language Models

  • AI-enabled Information Retrieval Tools

  • AI in library operations

Note: A student can opt for any one from the array: LIS-VAC-449 A or LIS-VAC-449 B

Reference Management Tools

LIS-VAC-449 (Value-added courses)

449 B: Reference Management Tools

  • Technical writing vs. Creative writing

  • Reference vs. Bibliography vs. Citations

  • Reference Management Tools (Open Source)

  • Plugin in Reference Management Tools

  • AI-enabled Reference Management for Literature Review