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