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JKSSB Junior Librarian / Library Assistant Syllabus & Exam Pattern

Official 120-mark written examination syllabus for Junior Librarian and Library Assistant covering Foundations of Library & Information Science and Five Laws (UNESCO Manifesto, Ranganathan Five Laws, Weeding 5th Law, National Library Kolkata, Imperial Library Act 1902 Lord Curzon, Delivery of Books Act 1954, Copyright Fair Dealing Sec 52, RRRLF Ministry of Culture, DRTC 1962, CILIP, IFLA School/Digital Manifestos, Connemara/Baroda/Delhi Public Libraries), Library Management, Stock Verification, Serials & Documentation Centers (Cycle Counting, Accessioning Procedure ii-i-iii-iv, Photo-charging Ralph Shaw, Ranganathan 'Library Administration' 1935, NASSDOC ICSSR 1970, INFLIBNET 1991, NISCAIR 2002, ISBN 13-Digit Transition 2007 Bookland 978/979), Classification Schemes & Cataloguing Codes (DDC Table 2 Area, CC PMEST & Isolates, UDC, LCC, AACR-2R Section 12 Serials, RDA FRBR, UNIMARC IFLA 1977, Canons of Characteristics Idea Plane, Facet Sequence Principles Cow-Calf/Wall-Picture/Whole-Organ, Post-Coordinate Indexing Taube/Mooers/Batten, 1876 DDC & Cutter, Catalogue Codes AA/CCC/ALA/AACR), Information Sources, Reference Services & Bibliometrics (Primary Research Articles/Patents/Theses vs Secondary Textbooks/Bibliographies, Ready vs Long-Range Reference, Wyer & Rothstein Theories, H.P. Luhn SDI Document/User Profiles, Bradford Law of Scattering, Literature Half-Life, Web of Science / Scopus Impact Factor, Science Abstracts INSPEC, Grey Literature), and Library Automation, Digital Libraries & ICT (e-Granthalaya NIC, OAI-PMH, DRM, Shibboleth Access Management, VPN/EZproxy Remote Access, Open Journal Systems OJS, RFID Circulation/Security, Z39.50, DOAJ, Vidyanidhi, ePrints@IISc, TKDL, Libsys/SOUL, ASCII 7-Bit, Computer Generations).

📜 Notification:Advt No. 04 of 2024 & Advt No. 03 of 2025 (OMR Examination 2025)
TOTAL MARKS
120 Marks
TIME DURATION
120 Mins
NEGATIVE MARKING
-0.25 Mark
UNITS / SECTIONS
5 Sections

Declared Weightage vs. Observed Exam History

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UNIT 1

Foundations of Library & Information Science and Five Laws

25 Marks
UNESCO Public Library Manifesto, Ranganathan's Five Laws (Weeding 5th Law, Inclusivity 2nd Law, User-Centered 3rd Law, Time Saving 4th Law) & IFLA Manifestos
Declared: 13 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Imperial Library Act 1902 (Lord Curzon), National Library Kolkata, Delivery of Books Act 1954, Copyright Act 1957 (Fair Dealing Sec 52), RRRLF Ministry of Culture & DRTC
Declared: 12 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 2

Library Management, Stock Verification, Serials & Documentation Centers

25 Marks
Stock Verification (Cycle Counting), Book Accessioning Workflow, Ralph Shaw Photo-Charging & Ranganathan 'Library Administration' (1935)
Declared: 12 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Serials Management, ISBN 13-Digit Transition (2007, 978/979 Bookland), NASSDOC (ICSSR), INFLIBNET (1991), NISCAIR (2002) & National Missions (Manuscripts 2003, Libraries 2012)
Declared: 13 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 3

Classification Schemes (DDC, CC, UDC) & Cataloguing Codes (AACR-2, CCC, RDA)

25 Marks
DDC Table 2 (Area), Colon Classification (PMEST Fundamental Categories, Isolates, Facet Formula L [P]:[E]), UDC, LCC, Canons for Characteristics & Facet Principles (Cow-Calf, Wall-Picture)
Declared: 13 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
AACR-2R (Chapter 12 Serials), RDA, CCC, UNIMARC (IFLA 1977), ISBD (1971), Dublin Core Metadata, Post-Coordinate Indexing (Taube, Mooers, Batten) & 1876 Landmark Codes
Declared: 12 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 4

Information Sources, Reference Services & Bibliometrics

25 Marks
Primary Sources (Patents, Theses, Articles) vs Secondary (Textbooks), Reference Tools (Dictionaries, Glossaries, Thesauri, Lexicons), Trade Bibliographies & Grey Literature
Declared: 12 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Ready vs Long-Range Reference, Wyer & Rothstein Reference Theories, H.P. Luhn SDI (User/Document Profiles), Bradford's Law of Scattering, Literature Half-Life & Journal Impact Factor (Web of Science / Scopus)
Declared: 13 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 5

Library Automation, Digital Libraries, Networking & ICT Applications

20 Marks
e-Granthalaya (NIC), ILS Chronology (LibSys 1984, Sanjay 1995, SOUL 2000, SLIM), Open Source (Evergreen, NewGenLib) vs Proprietary (Virtua) & RFID (Circulation/Security)
Declared: 10 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
OAI-PMH Interoperability, DRM Digital Rights, Shibboleth Access Management, VPN/EZproxy Remote Access, Open Journal Systems (OJS), Digital Repositories (Vidyanidhi, TKDL, DOAJ, ePrints@IISc) & Computer Generations
Declared: 10 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)

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