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UGC NET Paper 2 — Library and Information Science

  • 100 questions
  • 200 marks
  • 120 minutes
  • +2 per right answer
  • no negative marking
  • Unit I — Information, Communication, the Information Industry, IPR and Information Law10 Qs · 20 marks
  • Unit II — Libraries in India, Library Legislation, the Profession, Users and Information Literacy10 Qs · 20 marks
  • Unit III — Information Sources, Reference Sources and Databases10 Qs · 20 marks
  • Unit IV — Information Services, Information Systems and Networks, and Consortia10 Qs · 20 marks
  • Unit V — Classification, Cataloguing and Metadata, Indexing and Information Retrieval10 Qs · 20 marks
  • Unit VI — Management of Libraries and Information Centres10 Qs · 20 marks
  • Unit VII — Computers, Telecommunication, Networks, the Internet and Security10 Qs · 20 marks
  • Unit VIII — Library Automation, Digital Libraries, Repositories and the Semantic Web10 Qs · 20 marks
  • Unit IX — Research Methods and Metric Studies10 Qs · 20 marks
  • Unit X — Types of Library and Information Systems10 Qs · 20 marks

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  • Chapters in English and Hindi22 chapters on the official syllabus, each ending in a quiz that explains every answer.
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From the chapter: Information and Communication I: Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom; the Information Life Cycle; the Role of Information; Information Science and the Information and Knowledge Society; and Communication with Trends in Scholarly Communication

In the DIKW hierarchy, which level answers the question "why" and concerns judgement about what ought to be done?

Show the answer and why

Answer: B.

Wisdom sits at the top of the pyramid and is the judgement to apply knowledge well. Data are raw symbols, information answers who, what, where and when, and knowledge answers how.

Syllabus

UGC NET Library and Information Science syllabus, unit by unit

Open a unit to see its chapters. The course’s free chapter is Paper 1’s first.

Unit I — Information, Communication, the Information Industry, IPR and Information Law2 chapters
  1. Information and Communication I: Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom; the Information Life Cycle; the Role of Information; Information Science and the Information and Knowledge Society; and Communication with Trends in Scholarly Communication
  2. Information and Communication II: the Information Industry; IPR and Legal Issues; Plagiarism; the Right to Information Act and the Information Technology Act; and the National Knowledge Commission and the National Mission on Libraries
Unit II — Libraries in India, Library Legislation, the Profession, Users and Information Literacy2 chapters
  1. Libraries in India I: Historical Development, Committees and Commissions; Types of Libraries; Library Legislation, the Press and Registration of Books Act and the Delivery of Books and Newspapers Act; and the Laws of Library Science
  2. Libraries in India II: the LIS Profession and its Ethics; Professional Associations and the Roles of UGC, RRRLF and UNESCO; LIS Education in India; Public Relations and Extension; Users, User Studies and User Education; and Information Literacy
Unit III — Information Sources, Reference Sources and Databases2 chapters
  1. Information Sources I: Nature, Characteristics, Types and Formats; Primary, Secondary and Tertiary, Documentary and Non-Documentary Sources; and Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources in Print and Electronic Form
  2. Information Sources II: Reference Sources by Type; Electronic Information Resources; Bibliographic, Numeric, Full-Text, Multimedia and Open Access Databases; Institutional and Human Resources; and the Evaluation of Reference and Web Sources
Unit IV — Information Services, Information Systems and Networks, and Consortia2 chapters
  1. Information Services I: Community Information Services; Reference and Referral Services; CAS, SDI, Inter-Library Loan and Document Delivery; Mobile-Based Library Services; Web 2.0, Web 3.0 and Library 2.0; and Collaborative Services
  2. Information Services II: Web-Scale Discovery Services; National Information Systems and Networks; International Information Systems and Networks; and Library Resource Sharing and Consortia
Unit V — Classification, Cataloguing and Metadata, Indexing and Information Retrieval3 chapters
  1. Knowledge Organisation I: the Universe of Knowledge and Modes of Formation of Subjects; Classification Theories, Canons and Principles; SKOS, Taxonomies, Folksonomy and Trends; and Mapping Subjects in DDC, UDC and CC
  2. Knowledge Organisation II: Cataloguing Canons and Principles, Centralised and Co-operative Cataloguing, CCC and AACR-II; ISBD, MARC 21, CCF, RDA, FRBR and BIBFRAME; ISO 2709, Z39.50 and Z39.71; and Dublin Core, METS, MODS and EAD
  3. Knowledge Organisation III: Indexing Systems and Techniques, Assigned and Derived, Pre-Coordinate and Post-Coordinate; Vocabulary Control; Abstracting, its Types and Guidelines; and Information Retrieval Systems, their Features, Components, Models and Evaluation
Unit VI — Management of Libraries and Information Centres3 chapters
  1. Library Management I: Principles, Functions and Schools of Management; Book Selection, Acquisition, Technical Processing, Circulation, Serial Control, Maintenance and Stock Verification; and Preservation, Conservation and the Hazards to Library Materials
  2. Library Management II: Human Resource Management and the Staff Manual; Financial Management, Budgeting, Cost Analysis, Annual Reports and the Library Authority and Committee; Project Management with SWOT, PEST and PERT/CPM; and TQM, Six Sigma and the Evaluation of Library Services
  3. Library Management III: Library Buildings, Furniture and Equipment, Green Buildings, Information Commons, Makerspaces, Security and Safety; MIS, MBO, Change, Disaster and Crisis Management; Knowledge Management; and Marketing of Library Products and Services
Unit VII — Computers, Telecommunication, Networks, the Internet and Security2 chapters
  1. ICT in Libraries I: Character Representation (ASCII, ISCII, Unicode), Hardware, Storage and Input-Output Devices; System and Application Software; Programming and Web Languages; Telecommunication; and Wireless Communication
  2. ICT in Libraries II: Computer Networks and Topologies; the Internet, Browsers, the Web, E-mail and Search Engines; Internet Protocols and Standards; Hypertext, Multimedia, Video Conferencing and Virtual and Augmented Reality; and Data and Network Security
Unit VIII — Library Automation, Digital Libraries, Repositories and the Semantic Web2 chapters
  1. Digital Libraries I: Library Automation and its Standards; Barcode, RFID, QR Code, Biometric and Smart Card Technologies; Digitisation; Digital Libraries, their Architecture, Standards, Formats and Protocols, and the DOI; and Digital Preservation
  2. Digital Libraries II: National and International Digital Library Initiatives; Institutional Repositories, ROAR, OpenDOAR and Sherpa Romeo; Content Management Systems; AI, Expert Systems, Robotics, SMAC and Cloud Computing; and Ontology, the Semantic Web, Linked Data, Big Data, Data Mining and Data Harvesting
Unit IX — Research Methods and Metric Studies2 chapters
  1. Research Methods in LIS: Concept, Types and Ethics; Historical, Descriptive, Experimental and Delphi Methods; Research Design, Hypothesis and Sampling; Data Collection; Data Analysis; Statistical Packages; and Report Writing, Style Manuals, Citation and Anti-Plagiarism Tools
  2. Metric Studies in LIS: Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, Webometrics and Altmetrics; the Laws of Lotka, Bradford and Zipf; Journal, Institutional and Author Impact Measures with the h-Index, g-Index and i10-Index Worked; and Trends in LIS Research
Unit X — Types of Library and Information Systems2 chapters
  1. Library and Information Systems I: Academic, Public, Special and Health Science Library and Information Systems
  2. Library and Information Systems II: Corporate, Agricultural and Engineering Systems; Archives, Museums and Oriental Libraries; Community Information Systems; and Services for Persons with Disability, Children and Women

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What does the UGC NET Library and Information Science course cost?

The first chapter of the UGC NET course is free. All 22 chapters of this subject, in English and Hindi, unlock with the UGC NET plan — ₹29 a month, less than ₹1 a day, cancel anytime — with scored practice, the Paper-2 mock test and spaced revision. Premium adds the AI mentor.

Does it cover the whole Library and Information Science syllabus?

All 10 units of the NTA syllabus (subject code 59) are written, in 22 chapters, from the official document unit by unit.

What is the UGC NET Paper 2 exam pattern for Library and Information Science?

100 questions for 200 marks, with no negative marking. Paper 1 and Paper 2 are taken in one sitting of three hours; the mock test here rehearses Paper 2 in 120 minutes.

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