ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD
(Department of Library and Information Sciences)
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Course: Advanced Technical Operations- (5509) Semester: Spring, 2011
Level: MLIS Total Marks: 400
Note: All questions carry equal marks.
ASSIGNMENT NO.1
(Unit 1 – 5)
Total Marks: 100
Q.1 Write different Indexing Systems used in retrieval of Information.
Q.2 Discuss Subject Heading assigning criteria described in Sear’s List of Subject Heading.
Q.3 What is Controlled Vocabulary? Why it is important in an Information Retrieval System?
Q.4 Write detail note on the thesaurus construction.
Q.5 Why we use Artificial Language instead of Natural Language in Libraries?
ASSIGNMENT NO. 2
(Unit 6-9)
Total Marks: 100
Q.1 Prepare abstracts of any two research articles. Also attach the copies of articles.
Q.2 Why abstracting is necessary? Write different types of abstracts.
Q.3 What is subject heading? Write detail note on Sear’s List of Subject Headings.
Q.4 Is DDC suitable for Pakistani Libraries? What changes/expansions are made by Pakistani Scholars in different classes of DDC for Pakistani collection? Discuss
Q.5 Discuss in detail about KWIC and KWOC with examples.
ASSIGNMENT NO.3
(Unit 10 – 14)
Total Marks: 100
Q.1 Write detailed note on different classification systems.
Q.2 What is difference between enumerative and faceted classification system.
Q.3 DDC has print as well as electronic version which one is easy to use, discuss
Q.4 Discuss about various areas of catalogue record.
Q.5 In the presence of AACR2R why JSC introduced RDA? Discuss.
ASSIGNMENT NO. 4
(Unit 15-18)
Total Marks: 100
Q.1 What is MARC-21? Discuss in detail its structure.
Q.2 What do you mean by DBMS? Describe different kinds of databases.
Q.3 Write detailed note on ISBD.
Q.4 Classify the following titles using DDC:
1. Treaties between the America and Pakistan
2. Submarine geology of Arctic Ocean
3. Gravitational forces
4. Conscious mental processes and intelligence of preschool children
5. Dialects of USA
6. Political Islam : religion and politics in the Arab world
7. Dictionary of space technology
8. Human body dynamics : impact, occupational, and athletic aspects
9. Blood flow in artificial organs and cardiovascular prostheses
10. German : biography of a language
Q.5 Prepare main entry card of the following categories:
1. Conference proceeding
2. Globe
3. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation
4. Motion Picture and video-recording
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