Director (Technical)

Part-I: 25 Marks (MCQ)

 25 MCQ Questions on Part-II.

Part-II: 75 Marks (Descriptive)

(Library/Information Science)

I. Information, Library and Society

Nature of information and knowledge. Library and Information Profession, Library and its

role in Society. Information society. Communication and information management. Social

information. Economic aspects of information. Information policy. Freedom of information.

Information privacy. Intellectual property. Information ethics.

II. Use of Emerging Technologies in Library

Information and other library technologies. Hardware. Software. Operating system.

Telecommunications and networks. Internet and the WWW, barcode technology, wireless

technology and virtual private network (VPN). Social networking. Email. Word processing.

Spreadsheets. Presentation software. Desktop publishing. Databases. Library security

systems. Tele-lifts. Digitization hardware and software. Reprographic technology. 

III. Organization of Information

Historical development of the organization of information. Systems for organization of

information: Environments, Storage and Retrieval tools, Encoding standards, Cataloguing

Codes, Current systems. The information organization process: Surrogate/Metadata

records: Description, Access; Authority control. Subject access: Analysis, Verbal subject

approaches, Classification. Organization and administration: Arrangement, Management

issues. Problems of information organization in Pakistan.

IV. Basic Reference Sources

Definition. Evaluation Criteria. Bibliographies-- General bibliographies, Basic guides to

reference materials, Library catalogs; Serials guides; Indexes and abstracts; HEC NDL;

Dictionaries and thesauri; Almanacs and fact books; Encyclopedias; Directories;

Biographical sources; Geographical sources-- Maps, atlases & gazetteers; Reference Web

sites; Internet Public Library (http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref00.00.00). Evaluation

V. Management of Library and Information Services

Basic theories and principles of administration for effective management of public,

academic, and special libraries and information centres, With emphasis on planning,

organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting, and budgeting. Administrative

aspects of public and technical services, facilities, rules and regulations, evaluation, public

relations, inter-agency cooperation, and change management. Library space management.

VI. Research Methodology

Definition. Types of research. Research methods. Research problem. Theory formulation.

Literature review. Research questions / hypotheses. Sampling. Data collection. Data

analysis and Interpretation. Report writing. Dissemination of results. Research proposal.

Research ethics. Research in library & information science.

SUGGESTED READINGS

S. No. Title Author

1. Practical research methods for librarians and

information professionals.

Beck, S. E., & Manuel, K.

(2007).

2. Reference and information services: An

introduction.

Bopp, R. E., & Smith, L. C.

(2001).

3. Future Librarians: dreams, Madness & reality. Crawford, W and Gorman,

Micheal(1995).

4. Management basics for information

professionals.

Evans, G. E., Layzell Ward,

P., Rugaas, B., & Evans, G.

E. (2007).

5. Computers for librarians: An introduction to the

electronic library.

Ferguson, S., & Hebels, R.

(2003).

6. Libraries in society. Gerard, D. (1978).

7. Organising knowledge in a global society:

Principles and practice in libraries and

information centres.

Harvey, D. R., Hider, P., &

Harvey, D. R. (2004).

8. Introduction to reference work: Vol. 1, Katz, W. A. (2002).

9. Paper to digital: Documents in the information

age.

Liu, Z. (2008).

10. The practical library manager. Massis, B. E. (2003).