job description

A detailed description of the duties and responsibilities associated with a specific

position in an organization, used in training, performance evaluation, and the
allocation of workload. Compare with position description.

search strategy
In information retrieval, a systematic plan for conducting a search. In most cases,
the first step is to formulate a clear and concise topic statement. The next step is
to identify the main concepts in the topic. Then the most appropriate finding tools
for the subject must be identified and located. Lists of authorized subject
heading(s) and descriptors in the appropriate indexing systems can then be
consulted to find preferred terms to represent the main concepts.

In computer-based information retrieval, keywords can be combined using

Boolean logic to form one or more queries expressed in syntax acceptable to the
catalogs, bibliographic databases, and search engines most likely to contain
information on the subject. If the initial results of a search are unsatisfactory, the
user can modify the search statement by adding related terms or substituting
broader terms to expand retrieval, or by substituting narrower terms to restrict
retrieval. In most systems, limiting can be employed to restrict retrieval to entries
that meet specific parameters. See also: heuristic, proximity, and truncation.

Sears subject heading

A subject heading from a list created by Minnie E. Sears, first published in 1923
for use in school libraries and small public libraries. Although it is based on
Library of Congress subject headings, the Sears List of Subject Headings
published by H.W. Wilson is narrower in scope and its headings are more general.
Small libraries supplement it with LC headings as needed. Click here to read
reviews of the latest edition of the Sears List of Subject Headings

semantics
The branch of linguistics concerned with the meaning of the words, signs, and
symbols that constitute the elements of change and evolution in a spoken or
written language. Also, the branch of semiotics that deals with relationships of
meaning between signs, and between signs and their referents, within a system of
communication. See also: semantic relation.

server
A host computer on a network, programmed to answer requests to download data
or program files, received from client computers connected to the same network.
 Also refers to the software that makes serving clients possible over a network.
Servers are classified by the functions they perform (application server, database
server, fax server, file server, intranet server, mail server, proxy server, terminal
server, Web server, etc.).

Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)

Established in 1986, SGML is an ISO standard governing the rules for defining
tag sets that determine how machine-readable text documents are formatted. Not
dependent on a specific computer system or type of software, SGML is widely
used in preparing machine-readable text archives. The HTML code used to create
Web pages is an SGML markup language that uses a fixed set of predefined tags.
XML is a subset of SGML in which the tags are unlimited and not predefined.
Click here to browse the W3C overview of SGML resources.

OFFICIAL IFLA PUBLICATIONS

• Policies and Procedures

• Corporate Documents

• IFLA Journal (4 issues a year)

• International Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control (ICBC)

Journal (4 issues a year)

• Section Newsletters

• Core Activities Newsletters

• IFLA Professional Reports

• Conference Proceedings

• IFLA Publications Series

• IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control

IFLA DATABASES, DIRECTORIES, AND

INDEXES
• IFLA Membership Directory
 • National Libraries of the World: an Address List

• Digitized collections Directory UNESCO/IFLA

• International Directory of Art Libraries

• International Directory of Libraries for the Blind

• Directory of Union Catalogues

• World Directory of National Parliamentary Libraries

• IFLA Glossary – English-Spanish

• IFLA Glossary – English-German

OTHER INTERESTING RESOURCES

• Guidelines created by the World Blind Union (WBU) on how to
make the use of PowerPoint and other visual presentations
accessible for all:
o Complete WBU version
o Summary by Minna von Zansen and Jenny Craven (IFLA
Libraries for the Blind Section)
Question Papers of Dec 2009

Indian copyright act ( 1996 )

Consortia
Seven lamps of professional Ethics
What is Intute
Different Translation tools
Define Trend Report & explain the steps involved in its compilations
Significance of World Cat
Role of PERT in Library management
Cost Benefit Analysis & Cost effective analysis
Hypertext & Hypermedia Distinguish
Protocol ? TCP /IP
Various Metadata Sets
Use of Webometric , internet resources
Features of Digital Lib
UGC Infonet

12 Mark Questions

Examine the implication of National Knowledge Commission's recommandations on LIS

Education
Explain the term Information Gatekeeper, Technological Gatekeeper, Intermediaries,
sociometric status with exmples
Discuss the critical evaluation of web resources
Define Indexing ? silent features of PRECIS
Define Hypothesis ? Explain its roels in LIS Research

40 Mark Questions -

" The Emerging information communication technological have intended into

professional activities of categrories Libraries " in this context discuss the skill required
by professional to meet the challenges
" Marketing no longer remains the monopoly of profit making organizations, on it has
entered in to the there __ of Librarianship" justify the statement
The unbeated growth of consortia has radically changed the scenerio of information
access and delivery, in the light of the above statement discuss the role of INFONET in
promoting the R & D activities