Multidisciplinary Courses Library & Information Science PDF

# Multidisciplinary Courses (MDC) on Library & Information Science (LIS) ## Course Title: Academic Libraries in Digital Environment - **Nature of the Course:** Multidisciplinary Courses (MDC) for UG Programme - **Total Credit:** 3 (Theoretical = 2 & Practical/Tutorial=1 or Theoretical=3, Duration=...

# Multidisciplinary Courses (MDC) on Library & Information Science (LIS) ## Course Title: Academic Libraries in Digital Environment - **Nature of the Course:** Multidisciplinary Courses (MDC) for UG Programme - **Total Credit:** 3 (Theoretical = 2 & Practical/Tutorial=1 or Theoretical=3, Duration= 45 Hrs - **Marks:** 45 ## Objectives of Course - To understand the academic library system & services - To acquire knowledge about various library resources like Print, Digital/E-resources - To enhance the Information Search Skill/Information Literacy Skill and to make students efficient enough to identify information resources for their regular study and research - To know the concept of library access system or information access system ## Course Structure & Module of the MED for UG Programme | Module | Topic and Content | |---|---| | I | **Academic Library Resources and Services (15 Hours):** Definition, aims, objectives, functions and services; Types of Libraries; Academic Library System. | | | **Sources of Information (Print & Digital including Open access):** Meaning, Definition, Nature, Evolution, Characteristics, Functions of different types of reference sources and their Importance. Browsing & Search techniques of different printed sources of information. Digital Resources: e-books, e-journals, e-theses, databases bibliographic databases, fulltext databases, citation databases, NDLI, Digital Libraries of reputed organizations. | | II |**Digital Information Retrieval (10 Hours):** Searching Digital Sources including Open Educational Resources (OER); Searching information uses various strategies and filters: Internet using different Search Engines; WebOPAC; Databases, Meta Search Engines, Artificial Intelligence (AI) in information retrieval. | | III | **Research Support Tools (15 Hours):** Research Writing, Referencing & Citation Style, Citation Management Tools, Plagiarism Tools, Research Profile Management Tools, Copyright Issues and IPR | | | **Continuous Evaluation (05 Hours)** | ## Course Outcomes - Enabling students to enrich their credibility of library use in the digital environment - Ability enhancement in identifying and access the various sources of information - Augmenting information literacy and digital literacy skills for access and application - Ability to understand the basics of academic library activities in the digital scenario ## Resource Person: - Existing Full-time Librarian(s) in Colleges - Librarian(s) will exchange faculty between MoU colleges under the Faculty exchange programme