Adis Sample07

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE

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Syllabus for the Entrance Examination for “Associateship in Documentation and Information Science”

Candidates are expected to have the knowledge in all the topics covered in BLISc programme of Universities in India. For example, to name a few:

1. Foundation of Library and Information Science – library and society, five laws of library science, etc 2. Information Resources – primary, secondary, tertiary sources, human and institutional sources, etc 3. Fundamentals of Information Technology and its applications 4. Library classification (theory and practice) – CC, DDC, etc. 5. Library cataloguing (theory and practice) – CCC, AACR etc. 6. Indexing – Chain indexing, relative index, POPSI, etc. 7. Library and information services 8. Library administration, including collection development: book selection, acquisition, evaluation, etc 9. Elements of Statistics and basics of bibliometrics.

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SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER For the entrance for ADIS Course-2007 Sub: Library & Information Science Test Code: AD -I Example 1. Library cess is one of the sources of finance for which type of libraries a. Business b. Academic c. Special √ d. Public ______________________________________________________________ 1. Which indicator digit is used for phase relation in CC a) Colon (:) d) Dot (.)

b) Hypen (-)

c) Ampersand (&)

2. The concept of user studies was first conceived by a) de Solla Price c) S.R Ranganathan 3.

b) J.D Bernal d) CV Raman

Which one is Canon of Idea Plane a) Canon of ascertainability c) Canon of reticence

b) Canon of Context d) Canon of Enumeration

4. A Postulate is a) b) a) b)

A principle A Self evident statement about the possibility of a thing Findings of a research project Process of analysis in fundamental research

5. The term “Library Economy” was coined a) S.R Ranganathan c) W.C.B Sayers

b) Melvil Dewey d) C.A Cutter 2

SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER For the entrance for ADIS Course-2007 Sub: Library & Information Science Test Code: AD -II

1. What is meant by APUPA arrangement? 2. Discuss various implications of 1st Law of Library Science 3. Describe the features of ideal catalogue form. 4. What is bibliometrics? Discuss it briefly 5. Write short notes on a) Analytical Entry b) Selective Dissemination of Information

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