UNIT – VIII (LIS)

• 1. Library Automation – Areas, Planning, Selection of Hardware and Software, Implementation and Evaluation; Standards for Library Automation.  
• 2. Barcode, RFID, QR Code, Biometric, Smartcard: Features and Applications. 
• 3. Digitization – Planning, Selection of Materials, Hardware, Software, Process, Issues. 
• 4. Digital Library: Genesis, Characteristics, Types, Architecture; Standards, Formats and Protocols, DOI.  
• 5. Digital Preservation - Need, Purpose, Standards, Methods, Techniques, Projects (National and International).  
• 6. Digital Library Initiatives – National and International. 
• 7. Institutional Repositories - Need, Purpose, Types and Tools; Institutional Repositories in India; ROAR, DOAR, SHARPA-ROMIO.  
• 8. Content Management Systems – Architecture, Data Integration, CMS Software – Selection, Implementation and Evaluation. 
• 9. Application of Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems and Robotics in Libraries; Social Mobile Analytics Cloud (SMAC); Cloud Computing.  
• 10. Ontology – Tools (RDF, RDFS, Potege); Semantic Web, Linked Data, Big Data, Data Mining, Data Harvesting.