UGC NET Questions - December 2010

Paper III

SECTION – I 
This section contains 2 Questions of 20 marks each to be answered in 500 words 

1. Describe in detail UNESCO’s role in assisting member states to promote access to information?
                                                            (OR) 
Describe the steps taken by UGC (India) to develop network of academic libraries in India? 

2. Libraries are shifting from possession to access. Describe the emergence of virtual libraries and their features in light of this assertion? 
                                                            (OR) 
Discuss the different facets of Human Resources Management in a library environment? 

SECTION – II 

This section contains 3 Questions of 15 marks each to be answered in 300 words 

1. Write briefly about the genesis and development of World Wide Web? 
2. Define Knowledge Management? Discuss briefly its tools and techniques? 
3. A National Information Policy is crucial for over all development of a country. Discuss the components of such policy? 


SECTION – III 
This section contains 9 Questions of 10 marks each to be answered in 50 words 


1. What do you understand by Data mining? Discuss any three tasks that are associated with it? 
2. How will you define Trans Borders Data flow? Discuss its impact on library and information services? 
3. What do you understand by information analysis? Discuss its significance in the area of information repackaging? 
4. Differentiate idea plan, verbal plan and notational plan with examples? 
5. Write an evaluative note on McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, latest edition? 
6. What do you mean by Open Sources Software? Explain any one in brief? 
7. Preservation of e-resources has assumed global dimensions. Discuss any well-known plan in India or abroad? 
8. Discuss correlation and regression ratio with examples? 
9. Define ‘Half-Life’ in the context of library materials. How is it calculated? 


As Posted in LIS Leadership Forum by Masood Raza, Assistant Librarian 
Baddi University of Emerging Sciences & Technology 
Baddi (H.P)- 173 205 
website: www.baddiuniv.ac.in 

Post of Librarian, Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore

Essential Requirements:

1. Postgraduate qualification in Library and Information Science or Associateship in Information Science or equivalent degree from a recognized university.

2. 4-6 years experience in a library.

3. Competence in the use of computers and software for library and information technology. Knowledge on KOHA and D-space is an added advantage.

4. Communication skills for effective interaction with information service providers, user community, and for engaging in inter-institutional partnerships.

Job description: The librarian should have the ability to maintain the relevance of the CSCS library in this fast-changing world in which modes of access to information are continually and rapidly evolving.

The responsibilities of the Librarian include, but are not limited to, the following:

a) Managing the day-to-day functioning of the library and its staff, interaction with user community to continue and update journal subscriptions and book collection; interaction with print and electronic information service providers, making financial projections and working towards the target goals.

b) With the Institute’s requirements in view, initiating necessary action to modernize and/or strengthen the structures to facilitate the research of the Institute.

c) To strengthen the Institute’s current active role in inter-institutional consortia and professional bodies, coordinating their activities, and liaising with local and national institutes’ libraries for exchange of information and for resource sharing.

d) For more information about the CSCS please logon to www.cscs.res.in

How to apply:  The application submitted for consideration should include a bio-data, record of qualifications, a resume emphasizing relevant academic and work experience. Applications should be submitted to Mr. M.P. Nagaraj, Administrative Officer, on email: admin@cscs.res.in. Last date for receiving applications is 7^th January 2010. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed in the second week of January. The selected candidate is expected to join the institution by late January 2011.

Should you have any further queries please contact:

M.P. Nagaraj

Administrative Officer

Centre for the Study of Culture and Society
No. 827, 29th Main Road
Poornaprajna HBCS Layout
Uttarahalli, BANGALORE - 560 061

Phone: 91-80-2642 3266/ 67 /68
Fax: 91-80-2642 3002

Email: admin@cscs.res.in

Half-Life of Scientific Literature

The term "half-life" comes from Burton, R. E., and R. W. Kebler. 1960. The "half-life" of some scientific and technical literatures. American documentation 11: 18-22. It makes an analogy to the radioactive decay of nuclear particles and assumes an exponential curve.


Use of the Library material can be measured a number of different ways (e.g., requests for the document via interlibrary loan or document delivery, citations to the publication, or number of times a book is circulated). Such studies help librarians decide which documents to keep or discard.

The rate and pattern at which usage drops of has been shown to vary by discipline. Generally speaking, documents in the physical sciences receive most of their use early in their "lives" and then drop off rather steeply, whereas documents in the humanities tend to be used on a more consistent basis and have a less steep drop off curve.

To compare the speed of decay in different subjects, "half-life" is used as a measure. Half-life refers to the time during which one half of the current active literature was published.

ISI's Journal Citation Reports (1997) defines "cited half-life" as "the number of journal publication years going back from the current year which account for 50% of the total citations received by the cited journal in the current year."

Source: Maharashtra Librarians Online Study Circle"

The Changing Role of the Librarian

The Changing Role of the Librarian – A Virtual Library and a Real Archive?

By Dr Alex C. Klugkist – University Librarian, University of Groningen, the Netherlands (mailto:a.c.klugist@ub.rug.nl)

Summary

The position of the library and the librarian has not been a matter for debate for centuries. It has been more or less self-evident that the role that the library plays in society is a useful one, and its librarian an esteemed and valued person. However, in the digital information society, there is clearly no longer any consensus on the value of the library and the librarian. Doubts about whether they will be needed in the future are regularly aired.

If libraries are to survive the new developments in information and communication technology, what will they have to look like? What future will there be for their librarians? Will the traditional library functions disappear; will they be replaced by new ones? Will librarians disappear altogether, or will the situation be exactly the opposite, and will they be pivotal to future information facilities?

This paper does not deal with Utopian libraries of the next century, but with the library and the librarian of the next decade. The accent is on libraries within educational and research institutions, especially university libraries.

We shall look at the changes the library is going to be confronted with. We see the library of the future as being characterised by four key aspects. In the first place it will be a gateway to information, whatever format this information comes in and wherever it is located. Secondly, because of the increasing complexity of information networks, the library will be an expertise centre. Nevertheless, there will still be a pressing need for the library to be a physical entity, not only in the sense of being a social meeting place and place of scholarly interaction, but also as a place where students and other users are provided with modern study facilities and adequate user support. Furthermore, during the coming decades, the library will retain its importance as a collection centre of printed material.

The library of the near future can only take on an appropriate shape and will only survive if the institutions that librarians serve in meet the four criteria just outlined. The librarian will have to meet demands on his professional knowledge and skills. He must have good didactic, organisational, communicative and people skills. Generally speaking, this does not mean that the librarian will have to be very different to the way he is now. However, as will be explained, relatively new job responsibilities and job attitudes will be required. There will only be a future for librarians who are willing and able to take these into account.

The full text article is available at: Proceedings of the Second ICSU-UNESCO International Conference on Electronic Publishing in Science held in association with CODATA, IFLA and ICSTI at UNESCO House, Paris 20-23 February 2001

DOI=10.1244/02.eps2/013.1.00 

Library Schools should start placement cells- Prof. RG Prasher.

Library Schools in India should start placement cells to provide better opportunity for budding LIS professionals. A well organized placement drive in collaboration with leading academic, research and development institutions and organization will help the job seekers to be placed as well as the employers to recruit the suitable candidate for their institutions, says Prof. RG Prasher, former Head, Dept. of library and information science, HS Gaur University, Sagar, MP. Prof. Prasher was interacting with the library science students in AMU.


Dr. Naushad Ali, Chairman presided over the function and informed that placement activities have been already started in the department and some students have been placed in various places in the country. Regular job alerts are posted in the department blog and displays in the notice board. He observed that the candidates are not willing to go far places for job, despite there are many enquiries and offer come to the department from inside and outside the country.

For job alerts visit the department blog: www.aligarhdlis.blogspot.com/

Institution Visit

A batch of BLISc Students, accompanied by Prof. CK Sharma, from Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad visited this department last week as part of institution visit. The team was welcomed by Dr. Naushad Ali PM, Chairman and other senior faculty members. An interactive program has been conducted for the students. 

PhD Viva Voce

Mrs Nishat Fatima, (Sr. Lecturer), a PhD candidate in this department will  defend her PhD thesis in an open viva voce will be held on 23th December 2010 (Saturday) at the seminar library of this department. 

We congratulate Mrs Fatima for successfully completing her research and wish all success in her viva examination. 

Prof. RG Prasher, Former Head, DLIS, HS Gaur University, Sagar, MP and 

Prof. JL Sardana, Former Head, DLIS, University of Delhi, will jointly conduct the Viva-voce examination
Mrs Nishat Fatima has participated in many national and international seminar and conferences and presented  research papers. She has published a number of research articles in international and national journals. 

Ph.D Entrance Result Published

Ph.D entrance 2010-11 result has been published. The detailed result available at http://www.amucontrollerexams.com/phd/results/librarysc_interv.pdf

Vacancies

                                                  
                                                  
Vacancies in Aligarh Muslim University
     
 Applications on the prescribed form are invited for the following posts by 20.01.2011
 
University Librarian, Maulana Azad Library  (1)
 
Scale/Pay Band: Rs.37400-67000 Grade Pay Rs 10,000 plus allowances 

QUALIFICATIONS - ESSENTIAL :
 
        1. Master's    degree    in    library     science/information science/documentation with at least 55% of the marks or its equivalent  grade  of B in the UGC seven  point  scale  and consistently good academic record;
        2. At  least  thirteen  years  as  a  Deputy  Librarian  in  a university  library  or  eighteen years'  experience  as  a College Librarian.
        3. Evidence of innovative library service and organisation  of published work.
 DESIRABLE :
           M.Phil.   /Ph.D.  degree  in  library   science/information science/ documentation/ archives and manuscript-keeping. 
 
Professional Assistants, Maulana Azad Library (10)
       Scale/Pay Band: Rs.9300-34800 Grade Pay Rs 4200 plus allowances 
       QUALIFICATIONS-ESSENTIAL :
        B.A./B.Sc./B.Com.  with  B.Lib.  Sc. or one  year  Diploma  in Library Science with four years experience of working as Semi-Professional in a Library of a University or of Institution of higher learning.
                                   OR
M.A./M.Sc./M.Com.  with B.Lib. Science or One Year Diploma  in Library Science.
         DESIRABLE :
1. Some  experience  of  working  of  Semi-Professional  in  a Library of a University or of Institution High learning for persons having post graduate qualification.
 2.  Knowledge  of  experience of Typing Catalogues in  Hindi  / English / Urdu / Persian / Arabic
Semi-Professional Assistants, Maulana Azad Library (14)
      (01 post reserved for HH)
 Scale/Pay Band: Rs.5200-20200 Grade Pay Rs 2800 plus allowances 
        QUALIFICATIONS-ESSENTIAL :
        M.A./M.Sc/ M.Com. with B.Lib. Science OR  one year Diploma  in Library Science .
                              OR
        B.A./B.Sc./B.Com.  with  B.Lib.  Science  or  one  year   Post Graduate Diploma in Library Science 
         DESIRABLE
Ability   to   prepare   Catalogue   cards   in   English/Urdu Typewriting.
 
 Jr.  Technical  Personal Assistant  (Computer),  Maulana  Azad 
        Library (2)
         Scale/Pay Band: Rs.5200-20200 Grade Pay Rs 2400 plus allowances 
         QUALIFICATIONS-ESSENTIAL :
 1. Bachelor's degree in Library & Information Sciences.
2. Diploma  / Certificate in Computer Application  of  at least one year duration.
3. One  year experience in the field of Library  Automation or working in LIPSIS Software.
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NET/ SLET pass a must for lecturers: HC

CHENNAI: In a significant ruling that could affect lecturer aspirants across the country, the Madras high court on Monday held that a pass in the National Eligibility Test (NET) or the State-Level Eligibility Test ( SLET) will continue to be the mandatory qualification to apply for assistant professor posts in colleges.

The first bench comprising Chief Justice M Yusuf Eqbal and Justice TS Sivagnanam, dismissing a batch of writ petitions and appeals filed by candidates with only MPhil qualification who have been seeking either exemption or sufficient time to clear NET/SLET, said: "The regulation and the decision of the central government (insisting on the NET/SLET) cannot, at any stretch of imagination, be held to be illegal, arbitrary or whimsical. The decision is rational and based on public interest and also national policy to upgrade the standard of education in the country."

The writ appeals were filed after a single judge dismissed the petitions against the central policy on April 22.

The petitioners had sought to restrain the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Teachers' Recruitment Board (TRB) from insisting on NET/SLET qualification for candidates who have passed MPhil prior to 1993 for appointment as assistant professors in Tamil Nadu Collegiate Educational Service. Noting that the UGC's regulations notified in July 2009 did not exempt candidates who had obtained their MPhil degrees prior to December 31, 1993, the petitioners also wanted the regulations to be quashed.

Opposing the petitions, additional solicitor general of South India M Ravindran and senior central government standing counsel P Chandrasekaran, representing the Centre, submitted that there were more than 12,000 NET-qualified candidates waiting for employment. If the requests of the petitioners are accepted, it would mean compromising on quality of education and teaching standard in colleges.

P Wilson, additional advocate-general of Tamil Nadu, representing the TRB, said that if the state did not follow the UGC regulations the Centre would not extend grants. Referring to the UGC's recent decision to exempt the candidates who obtained an MPhil degree on or before July 10, 2009 from clearing NET, he said such attempts have not been approved by the Centre. The HRD ministry too had earlier submitted that the UGC's decision is clearly incongruous and hence not acceptable.

Concurring with the submissions, the judges said the HRD ministry formed an experts' committee as it felt the need to upgrade the standard of teaching. After the Prof Mungerkar committee submitted its report, the government asked the UGC to frame guidelines. "But, the UGC, without considering the object and purpose of raising the standard of education, and without considering the global scenario, tried to give certain relaxation to the candidates for appearing in NET/SLET examination. In our opinion, the Central government has rightly refused to approve the decision of the UGC."

The UGC had last year notified its new regulations on minimum qualifications for teaching faculty as per which a pass in the NET was mandatory for appointment as assistant professors. This regulation had invited strong protests from a cross-section of the academic community and also led to multiple litigations in various high courts.



Read more: NET/ SLET pass a must for lecturers: HC - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/NET/-SLET-pass-a-must-for-lecturers-HC/articleshow/7056145.cms#ixzzo0uCfIGj6

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SLA International Conference Travel Award

The North Carolina Chapter of the Special Libraries Association is sponsoring a one-time International Conference Travel Award. The purpose of the award is to provide an opportunity for a librarian outside of the United States and Canada to attend the annual Special Libraries Association (SLA) conference, to be held in Philadelphia, PA. USA, June 12-15, 2011. Applications must be received by January 15, 2011 for consideration. Please see the full announcement for details regarding eligibility requirements and application procedures.
Contact Susan Forbes at forbes16@gmail.com if you have questions about this opportunity.

http://ncslainfoshare.blogspot.com/2010/10/ncsla-international-travel-award.html

Masjid Libraries: An Indian Initiatives

Library initiative to cover all mosques


New Delhi, Dec. 1: Every mosque in the country that has space to spare may soon have a library and a reading room.

Initiated by the Zakat Foundation of India, a Delhi based NGO, the library initiative has the support of all leading Muslim organisations, including the Jamiat Ulema, Jamaat Islami and the Milli Council.

The project has already been inaugurated in Kashmir and is scheduled to be launched in all states shortly. There are around 2 lakh mosques in the country.

Zakat foundation president Syed Zafar Mahmood said the plan was to sponsor a reading room, with a computer and books, in every mosque ready to provide space.

He said the idea of having a library in mosques was not new but simply a revival of tradition. “Mosques are supposed to be places of learning, as they were in the past. Of late, they have become synonymous with closed thinking. We want to change that perception,” he said.

The foundation has written to the heads of all mosques and to community leaders about the project. “All that the mosques will have to do is provide us some space. We will provide everything, right from providing books to Internet connection,” Mahmood said.

The library will have books for general reading as well those that are specifically religious, apart from Urdu, Hindi and English newspapers. “We want to inculcate the habit of reading among youngsters, which is lacking now,’’ he said.

Mahmood said the libraries could also double as information centres that provide data on welfare schemes for the Muslim community. If anybody was interested in having a library-cum-reading room in a mosque in his/her vicinity, all they needed to do was persuade its management and contact the foundation, he said.

The response to the library proposal had been quite encouraging, he said. “I am getting calls from as far away as Tripura and Tamil Nadu asking for details. Surely the community is changing for the better.”

The Imam Sangh, a national body of imams, sounded enthusiastic about the idea. “Mosques are usually open during the day and it would be great if the time and space can used for betterment of the community,’’ said Moulana Ilyasi of the Imam Sangh.

Source: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101202/jsp/nation/story_13248182.jsp#

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