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SYLLABUS

Information Analysis and Repackaging

Objectives:

• To customize information to user needs
• To facilitate dissemination, organization and communication.
• To facilitate interactivity between user, knowledge base, and technology.

Sr. No. Content

1 Information Analysis, Repackaging and Consolidation: Information Analysis,

Repackaging and Consolidation: Concept, Process. Guiding Principles for
arrangement and presentation of idea in a helpful sequence.

2 Electronic Content Creation. Information Consolidation Products: Concepts,
Types, Design, Development and Methodology.

3 Information Products : Information News-letter, Hand Book, House Bulletin, In-
house Communication, Trade Bulletin, Product Bulletin, State–of–the-Art Report,

Trend Report.

4 Technical Digest : Nature, concept, types, design and development
5 Information Retrieval: IR Models, Search Strategies; Manual / Machine,

Feedback and Refining. Evaluation of Information Retrieval Systems; Project and

Parameters
6 Marketing of Information: Concept, Need, Benefits, Ingredients. Information

Marketing in India. Trends in Marketing of Information Services.

7 Cataloguing & Subject Indexing: Principles and Practices: Principles of
Subject Cataloguing: Assigning Subject Headings Using Library of Congress

Subject Headings and Sear’s List of Subject Headings etc. Pre & Post Coordinate
Indexing Systems and Citation Indexing. Development of Indexing Concept

8 Indexing Language: Types and Characteristics: Indexing Language: Types and

Characteristics. Vocabulary Control. Tools of Vocabulary Control. Structure and

Construction of an IR Thesaurus, Trends in automatic indexing.