MDC LIS Syllabus Semester-II

MDC on Library and Information Studies

Subject Name: Library and Information Studies

Subject Code: LIS

Semester-II

Course Code: LIS-MDC-201

Title of the course: Information Discovery and Access

Total credit: 3, Full marks: 50 (Th. Marks-40; Attendance marks-05; Class performances-05)

Objectives of the course:

1. To understand the concept of information discovery and access.

2. To know the sources and resources of information.

3. To be aware about legal aspects of information discovery and access.

4. To be acquainted with the ethical aspects of information discovery and access.

5. To understand the basic concepts of Information Retrieval processes.

Learning outcome

1. Ability to understand the basics of information discovery and access.

2. Knowledge of types of information sources and resources.

3. Enabling students to understand the legal and ethical aspects of information access.

4. Facilitating students to understand the information retrieval process.

Course Content

Semester-II

Module

Content

I

Information sources- Documentary, Non-documentary, Print and non-print; primary, Secondary, and tertiary sources of information; Information intermediaries; Reference sources: Long range and short range; types of reference books; Introduction, definition, scope and purpose of dictionary, encyclopaedia; ready reference sources, statistical sources, geographical sources, electronic sources of information like databases, websites, Library OPAC and Web-OPAC, Union Catalogue like OCLC WorldCat, IndCat, etc. Information retrieval-Basic concepts, objectives, purpose, various search tools and techniques; Library discovery tools-concepts

II

Legal aspects of access to information- Copy Right and related Intellectual Property Rights; Open Access-Definition, types, Open Access Movement; Creative Commons etc.

III

Ethical aspects of information access- Referencing and Citation, Plagiarism, Plagiarism Tools, Censorship, Data Security, Trans-border Data Flow, etc.

 

Suggested readings

1. Lipow, A. G. (2003). The virtual reference librarian's handbook. Berkeley, Calif.: Library Solutions Press.

2.Kumar, K. (2011). Reference service. (5th rev ed.) New Delhi: Vikas Pub. House.

3. Nicholas, D. (2000). Accessing Information needs: Tools, techniques and concepts for the internet age(2nd ed). London:ASLIB.

4. Choudhury, G.G. (2011). Information Users and usability in the digital age. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers,Inc.

5. Jain, A. K. (1999). Marketing information products and services: a primer for library and information professionals. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill

6. Choudhury, GG.(2004). Introduction to modern information retrival (3rd ed).

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