NTRCA college written syllabus

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components of IR systems;  
 Retrieval models: Boolean, vector space model, 
probabilistic model, etc.;    
 Information search process, types of searches, 
choosing sources;  
 Online searching: planning and performing the 
search, modifying the search, selecting results, 
search scenarios and strategies;  
 Browsing versus searching, browsing strategies, 
types of browsing, browsing tools, advantages 
and limitations of browsing, user interfaces for 
browsing;  
 Retrieval performance evaluation: recall and 
precision, criticisms of recall and precision as 
evaluation measures; 
 Other measurement scales: accuracy, MAP, F-
measures, etc., user‐centred design and 
evaluation. 
 explain the fundamentals of 
library cooperation and 
resources sharing 
 
 describe resource sharing 
programmes and activities  
 
 evaluate different 
configurations of library 
networks  
 
 prepare agreements for library 
networking and resource 
sharing 
 
Unit 9: Library Resource Sharing  
 Objectives of library cooperation and resource 
sharing;  
 Reasons and importance of library cooperation 
and resource sharing;  
 Areas of library cooperation and resource 
sharing;  
 Components of library resource sharing; 
 Functions and activities of information resource 
sharing;   
 Components of information resource sharing;   
 Role of union catalogue in information resource 
sharing;  
 Resource sharing in online environment;  
 Factors influencing library resource sharing;  
 Barriers to resource sharing;   
 Types of library and information networks;  
 Configurations of library and information 
network;  
 Agreements for resource sharing; 
 Negotiation and licensing;  
 Necessary tools and for bibliographical control 
in resource sharing. 
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 identify the nature and 
functions of information 
literacy  
 
 determine the information 
literacy skills 
 
 explain the ethical use of 
information resource 
Unit 10: Information Literacy 
 Definition, objectives, functions and scope of 
information literacy;   
 Media literacy, digital literacy and other forms 
of literacies;  
 International alliance and partnerships on 
media and information literacy competencies;  
 Information literacy models and theories: The 
Seven Faces of Information Literacy, The 
SCONUL Seven Pillars of Information Literacy; 
Big6; PLUS, etc.; 
 Information literacy standards and practices;  
 Identification of the extent of information 
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