ICT in Libraries (Practical)

Paper Code: 
BLIS 205
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

1. Create, edit and manage files using Word Processing, Spread Sheet and Power

Point Presentation software

2. Carry out library housekeeping operations using library management software KOHA

3. Generate different types of report using library management software

4. Search information from internet and databases adopting suitable search strategies

5. Find bibliographic information from WebOPAC, WorldCat, IndCat

 

Unit I: 

Setting of Desktop; Use of Operating System; Use of Word Processing Software,

Spread Sheet Management Software and Power Point Presentation Software

 

 

Unit II: 

Installation and Use of Library Management Software KOHA (all modules); Generation of Various Reports using Library Management Software KOHA

 

Unit III: 

Searching Information from Internet using Different Search Engines;

 

Unit IV: 

Searching WebOPAC, WorldCat, IndCat; Formulating and applying various strategies

 

Unit V: 

Searching Databases by adopting various search strategies and filters

Essential Readings: 
  • Clayton, Marlene (2018). Managing library automation. 2nd ed. London:
  • Routledge.
  • Markey, Karen (2019). Online searching: A guide to finding quality information
  • efficiently and effectively. 2nd ed. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield
  • Publishers.
  • Mishra, Vinod Kumar (2016). Basics of library automation, Koha library
  • management software and data migration: Challenges with case studies. New
  • Delhi: EssEss Publications.

 

References: 
  • Brown, Christopher & Bell, Suzanne (2018). Librarian's guide to online
  • searching: cultivating database skills for research and instruction. 5th ed. London:
  • Libraries Unlimited
  • Marmel, Elaine (2015). Office 2016 Simplified. Hoboken. New Jersey: John Wiley
  • & Sons.

e-resources

 

 

 

Academic Year: 
2023-24
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