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SYLLABUS FOR BCS (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION
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LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
(POST RELATED)
Subject Code: 411
Total Marks-200
Part-I
Marks: 100
Part-A: History of Printing, Books and Libraries Marks – 50
I. Evolution and development of paper, writing, printing press and book making from the earliest
age to present times.
II. History of libraries during ancient period. Babylonian and Assyrian libraries; Egyptian, Greek,
Roman libraries.
III. Libraries during the middle ages, Renaissance and Reformation. Byzantine libraries; Muslim
libraries in Baghdad, Basra, Constantinople, Persia, Damascus, Southe rn France, Cairo,
Algiers, Morocco, Cordova, Seville, Toledo, Malaga, Granada(Spain); Turkey, Egypt,
Sicily(Italy); Samarkand, Vatican Library(Rome); Assurbanipal Library (Mesopotamia);
Nalanda University Library(Patna); Alexandria Library(Egypt), Pergamum Library, Monastic
and Cathedral Library.
IV. Libraries in the modern world. Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris), Lenin State Library (Moscow),
National Diet Library ( Tokyo), The British Library ( London), Library of Congress
(Washington DC).
V. Status of libraries in Bangladesh.
Part-B: Development of Information Resources Marks – 50
1. Principles of collection development; Acquisitions policy of library materials; Evaluation and
selection of library materials.
2. Criteria of selection of non-fiction and fictions, AV materials and electronic resources.
3. Principles of selection and evaluation in different kinds of information Institutions: School,
College, University, Special, Public and National libraries.
4. Aids and guides to selection: International: subject guide to BI P, Whitaker‘s book list, CBI,
BNB, INB, Publishers weekly, BRD. National: Bangladesh national bibliography, Bangla
sahitya granthapanji, Shishu Sahitya granthapanji, Books in print from Bangladesh, Boiar
khabar, Boi, trade catalogues.
5. Book reviews and Annotations.
6. Copyright and censorship; Operation of copyright laws; Copyright law of Bangladesh, 2000;
Selection of controversial materials; Weeding Banned books.