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SYLLABUS

Management of Libraries and Information Centres

Objectives:

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The main aim of the course is to introduce students to the management of libraries and information centres. By the end of
this course, students should be able to:
• describe the term management as applied to libraries and information centre;
• identify the fundamental components of management, planning, organizing, staffing, directing and control;
• equip with the skills of managing resources, money, people and time; and
• Demonstrate management skill in libraries and information centres.

Sl. No. Description

1. Concept of Management: Principles of scientific management and their application
to libraries, Functions of administration. Levels of management.

2. Library organization: Policy making bodies of library: library authority and library
committee. Organizational structure in libraries

3. Human Resource Management: Policy and staffing (selection, recruitment,

training and development, appraisal), classification of library personnel, staff
manual, outsourcing.

4. Collection Development Section: Need, purpose, Principles and factors.
5. Collection Development policy: Procedure of ordering, appointing vendors. Book

trade problems with special reference to India. Accessioning.

Good Offices Committee (GOC). Acquisition of non- print/multimedia materials.
6. Library Finance: Sources of finance, Budgeting procedure and accounts. Cost -

effectiveness and Cost – benefit analysis.

7. Technical Section; Classification, Cataloguing and filing routines. Periodical

section: Acquisition, methods of recording with special reference to Kardex.

8. Circulation Section: Membership/Registration, Charging and discharging systems,

Library rules. Reference and

Information Section: Organization of reference and Information section. User

education.
9. Storage and Maintenance Section: Planning and policies, Open vs Closed access,

Stacking arrangement, stack maintenance, binding, stock rectification and stock
verification,

10. Library building and equipments: planning, responsibilities, Library building,

Qualities, location and environment etc. Furniture and equipments