BACHELOR OF LIBRARY AND SCIENCE
June, 2012
BLS-1 : LIBRARY AND SOCIETY
1.1 State the five laws of library science. Discuss the implications of the first law on libraries.
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1.2 Discuss the recommendations of some of the committees relating to the development of public and academic libraries in
2.1 State the objectives of a school library. Describe the collection building and services of a secondary school library.
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2.2 What is a special library ? Describe it from the point of view of its type of collection and services.
3.1 Compare the Andhra Pradesh public libraries Act, 1960 with the Maharashtra Public Libraries Act, 1967.
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3.2 Discuss the significance of 'user studies'. Describe the different types of users and their characteristics.
4.1 State the objectives of resource sharing. How does INFLIBNET propose to achieve these objectives ?
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4.2 Give an account of the objectives and activities of IASLIC.
5.0 Write short notes on any three of the following
(in about 300 words each ) :
(a) Subscription libraries in the
(b) Model public libraries Act of S.R. Ranganathan
(c) A-V aids in user education
(d) Objectives of RRRLF
(e) Value - added patent information system
