LIS201 Management of Library and Information Centres

FULLY SOLVED BOOK LASY 5 YEARS PAPERS SOLVED PLUS GUESS

  Unit – 1 Principles of Library Management
 Management: Concept, definition, need and scope
 Management schools of thought
 Scientific management: functions and principles; POSDCORB
 Principles of management and their applications in Library and Information Centres
Unit – 2 Collection Developments
 Book selection: concept, need, methods, principles and tools
 Acquisition: Policies and Programmes, Good Offices Committees (GOC)
 Acquisition of Books, Periodicals and Non-book materials
 Recent trends in Acquisition: Web based / online acquisition of reading materials
Unit – 3 Library House Keeping Operations
 Technical Processing, Serial Control, Circulation Methods
 Shelving, Maintenance, Stock Verification & Shelf Rectification Methods
 Preservation, Conservation and Restoration of reading materials
 Archiving - Concept
Unit – 4 Library Reports and Statistics
 Reporting: Types of reports, Annual report
 Library Statistics: Concept, need and purpose
 Fittings and furniture, Space Management
 Library Committee: Concept, Importance, Function, Types of committees, rules and regulations
Unit – 5 Human Resource Management
 HRM: concept, need and purpose, Planning, Policies & Issues
 Staffing: Recruitment methods, Staff training and Development, Staff formula and Manual
 Supervision, Motivation and control, Leadership, Interpersonal relations
 Job Analysis, Job Description, Job Evaluation & Performance appraisal