The Open Universities are very useful for those students who are unable to continue their higher education in a regular school. The post-graduation is a good choice after the graduation as its gives and edge to the students. Library management is a good career option as qualified people are required in that field.

What is taught in this paper?

The paper is about the different aspects of library automation and the reasons, justifications for that. The paper is about the different factors related to the automation techniques used in Library.

Importance of this subject:

The paper is about the automation of Libraries, as the increase in no. of books and journals are required to keep as a fluent way is not possible due to human errors. So, automation is a best option for it.

Paper Pattern:

The paper of Library automation is a pure theoretical paper and questions asked are of generally descriptive type. The paper contains 5 questions in it and each question is of long answer type. 4 questions are with their alternative to select. Last question is of 4 short notes and 2 from it are needed to be solved. Each is to be written in 250 words. The questions are to be answered with suitable diagram if required in a question.

Frequently asked questions:

The paper contains questions such as justify the automation of a library, planning is a prerequisite for library automation, essential features of an Integrated Library Software Package, Explain with a flow chart book ordering system, retrospective conversion, Automated Circulation System, Copy Cataloguing, Selective Dissemination of Information, alerting services etc.

Marks and time:

The paper is of 50 marks and time duration of the paper is 2 hours only.

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